Comments(1) Google is redirecting me to Google Netherland (google.nl). Has someone hacked their locale directing modules?
I changed browser default language a couple of times, and it was responding correctly to those language change, I used both IE and FF but still I'm directed to Google Netherland 
I got you Google!! 
Comments(1) After 1 month, and 2 Rails applications, I've just received the longly awaited Agile Web Development with Rails
Comments(0) Yet again Ruby on Rails vs Java stack argument. But this time it's a true and tried case study for using Rails to write an enterprise-class health care system - CenterNet (or at least part of it) and its comparison with the use of Java stack.
The system according to the mailing list post is
N * 1,000 dedicated users spread over multiple
states (probably 80+ locations at deployment), 24/7 uptime required,
$multi-million project budget (see also: training), multiple platforms
for both servers and clients, etc.
Here's from Rick Bradely's “rewrite” website
In September (or so) we went through the process of trying to decide whether we wanted to keep plowing through the JBoss Java stack we were building with or to pursue an alternate technology. We did some test prototyping of part of our first component (of 6) in
Ruby on Rails[Java?] and then a test re-implementation of the full component in Ruby on Rails.The productivity increase (and code footprint decrease) was basically staggering. We undertook a full analysis of the consequences of shifting our development from our Java stack to a Ruby on Rails platform. Ultimately we decided to shift from Java to Ruby on Rails.
The summary document of the issues (edited to protect the guilty
Comments(0) A smile was drawn on every face I showed the alpha site of Riya!
The idea is magnificent: Let Riya client go through you photos (desktop, web, etc…), Feed Riya with the names of people on some of the pictures, and Voila! you can search your photos (and future ones) with the names of the people/the places/the scenes/the signs they contain.
Wonderful, isn't it.
Can't wait till I get a review account, but, according to Tara's email - [the queue] is getting pretty long
Comments(0) What an idea! A documentary about a group of interns at Fog Creek, during a real world assignment of designing, developing and delivering Copilot in 12 weeks.
Boondoggle Films presents a journey through the world of software development from the perspective of a unique upstart, four quirky interns, and the world of The Geek.
Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks would be a thrill to watch (and learn from) - a must have.
Comments(0) I was finally invited to preview Measure Map, a wonderful blog management tool (alpha release) from Adaptive Path.
I was in need of many of the features that it provides. I just hope that the licensing is affordable, as I still can't tell what features would be freely available in the final release.
Setup:
Their setup scripts are simple (but I had to fit them into Roller templates as it's not one of their supported engines (yet?).
In Roller's “Weblog” Template - Added the following at the end - (before the </body> tag)
<!--
MeasureMap Script
-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://tracker.measuremap.com/a/###"></script>
In the “_entry” Tempalte - Added the following at the end:
<!--
Measure Map
-->
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
if(!mmposts){var mmposts=[];}mmposts[mmposts.length]=”$entry.Id”;
//–></script>
<!– mmp mmid:$entry.Id mmdate:$entry.pubTime mmurl:$ctxPath$entry.permaLink mmtitle:$entry.title –>
As I don't have a “comment” template as per their recommendations, I had to hack the “_day” page to enable statistics for Comments (still not fully tested).
Before the end of “_day” template, within the #foreach( $entry in $entries ) loop I added:
#foreach( $comment in $entry.comments )
<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
if(!mmcomments){var mmcomments=[];}mmcomments[mmcomments.length]=”$comment.Id”;
//–></script>
<!– mmc mmid:$comment.Id mmdate:$comment.postTime mmauthor:$comment.name –>
#end
Measure Map will sure be my first stop on my daily trip - Keep up the good work.
Comments(2) JRoller haven't reset the hit counter on my blog for a couple of days (or those of other blogs too as I can see). Is this a feature or a bug? Should I be resetting the counter explicitly?
Comments(0) Thanks to the post by the serious traveller, Faiser, who's recently introduced me to Google Reader, now, I can read a list that's of real help. The list is from Phil Bradley and it is the I Want To list.
You can find solutions to things like “Send large files to friends”, “online sharable spreadsheet”, (personal favourite) “Freak out people by reading books with strange covers”, etc…
