Plans for Germany
I really wish I had more time to plan this business trip… After having gotten a few books from the local library, I’ve decided that I would go to Koln on my arrival, after having checked to my hotel. Since I’ve only got a half-day, and Koln is about 40km away, that’ll give me plenty…
Lire la suiteFinished (much needed) updates to RFPtrack
I finally bit the bullet and decided today was gonna be the day that RFPtrack (my RFP tracking application, if the title doesn’t give it away) would be finished. Finalized. Done. Completed. Of course, you might say «Well, it was put into production already, how can it be not finished?». Ahhhhh, that’s the magic of…
Lire la suiteTweaking my WordPress Template
I’ve made a few modifications today to fix some things that bugged me for a little while. First, I was looking for a way to change the ranking that showed on the sidebar, from the All Times High to what happened in the last 30 days. I’m using Alex King’s Popularity Contest plugin, and found…
Lire la suiteOne week from departure to Germany
In one week (give or take an hour or two), I’ll be on a flight to Dusseldorf, to attend the annual WebSphere Technical Conference. This is a double-whammy as the Rational annual technical conference will be held at the same time. And since to me, appdev tools and websphere runtimes go hand-in-hand, it’s just great…
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Yesterday was pretty demanding in terms of brain cycles – I went through numerous labs showing the various facets of WebSphere Integration Developer (WID). Now, I’m no (serious) programmer, so while the SOA concepts aren’t that difficult to understand, the hidden complexity to WID is mesmorizing. There are so many options everywhere… I would not…
Lire la suiteAutomatically restarting WebSphere processes
Same problem as for VNC, I essentially always want WebSphere Application Server processes to be up. Well, the IBM WAS InfoCenter has the answer for us here: Automatically restarting server processes On a Linux or UNIX operating system, after you install the WebSphere Application Server product, set up a Linux and UNIX-based shell script to…
Lire la suiteHardening VNC for unexpected reboots
The fun thing with Linux is making sure all your apps and network access are restored should the server reboot unexpectedly, or if the power went out and your system is set to reboot automatically in those cases. I got very few hits through a Google search, but still got the info I was looking…
Lire la suiteSOA & WebSphere Process Integration Education – Day 2
When I got to the office for this 2nd day of class, I realized my 2nd Thinkpad was … dead. I hadn’t logged into it for a few days, so I guess I didn’t realize until it was too late. In essence, my HDD was down for the count. I had been considering for a…
Lire la suiteTechSales Wiki Fully Operational
I started inputting content to the TechSales wiki on Sept 16th, and I can say that after two weeks, it’s finally in a state that I like, in terms of presentation, content organization and all. I’ve stumbled a few times as to what I’d put there, but I finally decided to stick to my needs…
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