The Learning Journey

Trying out Google Sitemaps. Vaguely, looks like the service is supposed to make Google some sort of website subscriber.

Following Google's instructions:

1. Downloaded python script from sourceforge (along with example config,urllist files).
2. Created the urllist.txt including most of my urls with their parameter values based on their database values.
3. Created config.xml (following example_config.xml) - pointing to the newly created urllist.txt.
4. Uploaded the files to the webserver.
5. Ran the script that generated the sitemap.xml.gz file.
6. Used my google account to notify google with the newly created file.

Previously, Google didn't enlist many of the dynamically generated pages, it seems partly because some used query (url) parameters didn't appeal to Google algorithms (using parameter names with ID like productID, categoryID). [here] and [here]

I'll keep monitoing the website's enlisted urls for any changes.

I was wondering what book to pick for Spring?
There seems to be 4 books on shelves now:

• Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework from Wrox, by Rod Johnson et al (Read his previous book that started Spring).
• Spring in Action from Manning, By Craig Walls et al.
• Spring Live from Sourcebeat, by Matt Raible (I'm a fan of his blog).
• Pro Spring from Apress by Rob Harrop et al.

  I would really love to read your recommendations.
  

What's your favourite Class name?
Mine is BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate - Funny name with a noble function (helped me filter a bean list, knowing the value of one of its properties).

BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate bpvep = new BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate(”myProperty”, “someValue”);
CollectionUtils.find(beanList, bpvep);

Disclaimer: Old news to some.
Google Summer of Code is kind of a unique initiative. The project simply provides a stipend to students ($4500) for working on assignments to imporove/enhance opensource projects from a list of OS participating organizations.

It's wonderful to have such initiatives aiming at finding new open source developers and planting open source ideas in young minds.
Any student (from all over the world) can apply, provided that s/he's a student.

• Summer Of Code & Participating Organizations List
• FAQs
• Application

I want to have one of those “Time Cameras” I once read about in one of the comic books (Mickey Mouse) :-).

Living in a cultural cross roads country where many cultures have met, shared, collided or died is definitely exotic.

The daily trip to work (45 min ride) involves passing through many old neighborhoods of the city.
There, ONCE stood magnificent buildings with wonderful architecture, designs and styles.
Buildings that must have been an honor to their architects, designers, builders, owners and dwellers.

Unfortunately, their battle with time (?) was lost. What is left now is some (still) inhibited remains with lots and lots of “Broken Windows”

I think now should be a very good time to have those cameras

The idea is simple> Just point, shoot, and there you have it. A picture of the building as it once stood. As magnificent as ever, as beautiful as ever, as honoring as ever.

Dreams.

Update:
After 15 Google minutes - found the original comic story on INDUCKS (fun to know this database really exists).
Thank you Google/INDUCKS for bringing back a scent of fun days.