It was a little while since I had the change to play woth Ubuntu. I’ve now found it acts as a perfect test environment for the applications I’d like to deploy to my hosting provider. In essence, I’ve replicated my hoster’s configuration on my local Linux, so I can run/test opensource packages before simply FTP’ing…

As I start to get requests from friends and family to build websites, I’m thinking that maybe getting a Reseller Hosting account is probably a good idea. The last few times, I’ve had them purchase their own domain/hosting, but since I’m the one ultimately managing their sites, it probably makes more sense to buy a…

How could I pass an article like this when this 80/20 rule is what I’m all about… WebSphere tuning for the impatient: How to get 80% of the performance improvement with 20% of the effort This article shows you how to tune WebSphere Application Server V6 to get maximum performance improvement with minimal effort. It…

Well, thank to everyone that reads my blog – sincerely. When you start writing, you never figure that so many people could actually find what you think remotely interesting. And so, on that note, yes, it’s time for another stats update. This time, I can tell you that the numbers are through the roof, as far…

Last October, I was blogging about the fact Oracle was releasing a free version of its database. Well, IBM has finally followed suit by offering DB2 Express-C V8.2 for everyone’s downloading pleasure. I’m actually downloading it myself to take it for a spin, even though I’m not a DBA by a long shot. My intent…

Yeah. I’m like that. I thought I could go for a good 6 months without updating the look/feel of the blog and the rest of my personal domain applications, but hey, there’s so much going on. Frankly, I’m hooked – why deny it. The things I’ve done to this blog are minor this time around,…

I’ve been looking for an alternative to Joomla lately, because, well, I think it’s sorta big, slow and bloated. There, I said it. I know, I’m a spoiled brat. I don’t code and I get this stuff for free through the joy of opensource development. I’d heard of e107 before, but discarded when I was…

What I’ve come to realize as I looked at various ways to manage my bookmarks across multiple systems is twofold: There is no application right now that would match my ideal deployment/runtime scenario I don’t need to overcomplicate things, given my usage patterns Let’s backtrack for a minute, so you can appreciate the evolution (or…

I’ve just hit this news release on the WebSphere Application support website (which by the way provides an RSS feed) : It is now possible to simply install and configure WebSphere® Application Server for multiple systems. Simplify installing GA code, refresh packs, fix packs and interim fixes, as well as creating/configuring artifacts and deploying applications.…