The presentation I gave at the BeJUG a couple of weeks back is now available on parleys.com. Here is part 1: You can also find the code to the Raffle application I used to demo a couple features on github.com. For more information, downloads and full documentation on ehcache plea … | Continue reading
A common pattern to offloading the database is to use a cache in front of it. Yet, generally, it’s still application code that goes to the underlying system of records for writes. It also then becomes responsible for invalidating or updating cached entries.Using cache writers can … | Continue reading
Sergio Bossa and myself gave this presentation at jFokus (Stockholm, Sweden) and Codemotion (Rome, Italy). Here’s the slidedeck For more information: www.ehcache.org www.terracotta.org code.google.com/p/terrastore/ | Continue reading
Many web services allow access to their APIs via JSONP nowadays. This allows client-side JavaScript to access ressources via domain boundaries. However, for several reasons caching ressources locally (on the same server … | Continue reading
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Last May, I spent a day in Fallbrook at Emerald Forest Bird Gardens, the very source of our Toucan beak and feather specimens (NB: No birds are harmed in this research!). The special occasion was a NOVA filming event for the “Making Stuff” series, the first part of which aired la … | Continue reading
While I was laying the groundwork for a new datastore client library with support for asynchronous requests, I added some low-level support... | Continue reading
As you may have noticed, I have had to take a break from regular posts on this blog, as we mobilize communities against our utility in California, PG&E, who are attempting to force ‘smart’ gas and electric meters on everyone’s … Continue reading → | Continue reading
This post is primarily intended for App Engine users (and of those, only Python users :-). Over the past months I've been working on a new ... | Continue reading
One week ago we released the first beta of our Fremantle release, which includes Ehcache 2.4, Terracotta Enterprise Suite 3.5 and at last but not least Quartz 2.0. You have been able to cluster your Quartz Scheduler instances using Terracotta for a while already. Yet, as with a J … | Continue reading
Bart Vander Sanden Freelance app and web developer in Leuven, Belgium Home Web Development Photography Blog English Nederlands Home › Blog › Strzebonsky Noizescene & DEViNE Soundsystem at Torres (Leuven) on 17 November 2010 Strzebonsky Noizescene & DEViNE Soundsystem at Torres (L … | Continue reading
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There have been a great number of articles and opinons about Instagram lately (if you missed them, try google), but Rands’ “The Art of Not” — as usual — comes out near the top and is definitely worth sharing. On a sidenote, Instagram has done two things to me. It has managed to r … | Continue reading
The new Make Magazine is out on the streets, and with it, my article on cargo bicycles, entitled Cargo Bike Power: Car-Free Carrying Makes a Comeback. In the course of my research, I interviewed innovators and relatively new entrants into … Continue reading → | Continue reading
It’s incredible to me how so many of my friends- even those who know the risks- still hold small microwave ovens (cause that’s what they are) up to their heads and keep them on their bodies. Watch this video if … Continue reading → | Continue reading
This is a peak under the hood of an ongoing project. Encouraged by the widespread enthusiasm regarding CSS3 and its adoption across all browsers and platforms we encountered during this year's fronteers conference, we decided to especially put rgba to work for us. The following s … | Continue reading
I’m devastated and heartsick to hear that the pregnant blue whale who washed up at Bean Hollow beach this last weekend was the victim of a ship strike off the coast. This follows another recent whale killing where a cargo … Continue reading → | Continue reading
@UK PLC new cloud email system is brilliant and orders of magnitude faster than exchange at dealing with hundreds of thousands of messages. | Continue reading
Go Mark Ronson! This is one cool video 🙂 | Continue reading
More and more websites are popping up toolbars when you scroll down a certain distance on a page. I can't stand these annoying bars, some of which are powered by Apture.com I think Annoy. should be added to that list. If you want to block the Apture bar, simply add 127.0.0.1 ww … | Continue reading
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I have to confess my profound consternation over the fact that one of the top search engine terms leading to my blog includes the word “panties” And it serves as no consolation that the number one (by grand margin) search term on the list reveals what lies beneath the panties. It … | Continue reading
On Saturday morning, I was roused from slumber before 7:00 AM by the unnerving machine gun style alarm calls of the Bulbuls (of which there are now four free-flying in my living room). I stumbled off of the sofa, peered out of the window, and looked for a cat. I did not see one, … | Continue reading
Just finished up hacking on my submission for the Wufoo API contest. VoiceForms 4000 takes any existing Wufoo form and turns it into a phone survey. The app is written in Python, runs on App Engine, and uses Twilio for all the phone magic. https://voiceforms4000.appspot.com/ Go a … | Continue reading
Duncan Conjecture that the original Big Bang black hole had a high speed evaporation phase via quantum tunnelling of a postulated high energy escape particle. | Continue reading
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I read this article in the Chronicle about a month ago, and its been festering in the back of my mind since then. I didn’t want to let it pass without mentioning it on my blog. Essentially- if you haven’t … Continue reading → | Continue reading
I’ve settled down with my honey in the Santa Cruz Mountains now, and helped to start the Scotts Valley Neighbors Against Smart Meters (SVNASM). We are a resident-led local organization fighting PG&E’s plans to force inaccurate, potentially health damaging meters … Continue readin … | Continue reading
The other day, my mom’s neighbor saw me arriving by bike from Marin County (about 60 miles away), and told me how impressed she was with the ‘sacrifice’ I was making by not driving. I thanked her, and said that … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Last week, we had a couple of victories as the cities of Scotts Valley and Capitola responded to growing public pressure, demanding that PG&E halt any further ‘smart’ meter installation until public hearings are held and investigations are completed. This … Continue reading → | Continue reading
PG&E wants to rush ‘smart’ meters onto people’s homes before we realize they can cause cancer After California’s utility PG&E was firmly smacked down with the defeat of Prop. 16 last month- an attempt by the corporate behemoth to extend … Continue reading → | Continue reading
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In 2006 we got rid of our gas guzzlers, and it was clear that we could do a lot more through our business. We have now made a breakthrough in quick calculation of environmental impacts down to the individual products that are purchased, which make is easy for us to measure the im … | Continue reading
Our Arco protests received national coverage in the New York Times today. Apart from being overly conciliatory to the station owner, who is really an aggressive and dangerous man, unfair in its portrayal of protesters shouting ‘where’s your bike?’ as … Continue reading → | Continue reading
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I was on KPFA’s Terra Verde show hosted by Adam Greenfield last Friday. talking about surface travel, the Arco/BP protests, and what regular people can do in the face of environmental collapse. Listen here: http://kpfa.org/archive/id/62134 If anyone finds out what … Continue read … | Continue reading
By the way, I’m wearing the facemask and keffiyah to protect against all that pollution on Fell St.– any resemblance to an anarchist is purely coincidental. | Continue reading
Go directly to the ENAT European Accessible Cities list Create your own Accessible City profile page (For ENAT members only - please make sure you are logged in). Read about the European Access City Award 2018 Deadline for applications was on 11th September 2017. Introduction E … | Continue reading
I was forwarded this event announcement from a mystery source- apparently this happens on Saturday: Hands Across the Road: Real Solutions to Oil Dependence On June 26th, millions of well meaning, but misled people will drive their Toyota Priuses to … Continue reading → | Continue reading
This shot delivered me from some of the May Gray/June Gloom doldrums. Lesser Goldfinches (Carduelis psaltria) at Balboa Park, 22 May 2010 (spotted when I went to see the “All that Glitters” exhibit) | Continue reading
Donald Appleyard always used to say that the measure of a livable street was if a cat could lie out in the middle of the road. Chances are it was a good habitat for humans as well. When Andrew Lloyd … Continue reading → | Continue reading
From the UK Guardian: “The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself. In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and activist shows how … Continue reading → | Continue reading