Monthly Archives: May 2006

Complex forms & Springs’ ServletRequestDataBinder

Posted on May 31, 2006 by peter

I caught one of my collegueas trying to hack a custom way of handling a complex HTML form. He was trying to use the parameter names of his form to create some sort of imperative language his constructs looked something … Continue reading →

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Smackbook

Posted on May 26, 2006 by peter

The macbook and macbook pro have a built-in tilt/motion sensors. It seems that Apple intended the sensor to be used for boring things like theft alarms and the like. The following video demonstrates a much more useful use of the … Continue reading →

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Autumn vs. Spring

Posted on May 22, 2006 by peter

When we returned home from a nice weekend in a cabin near the sea I noticed the strangest thing: On of the to-be flowerbeds is totally filled with small mushrooms! Really looks like mid-autumn… in the middle of what should … Continue reading →

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Sun and Ubuntu

Posted on May 17, 2006 by peter

Slashdot reported on the following zdnet article. The following quote sort of summarizes the main point: At JavaOne, Ubuntu got a ringing endorsement from Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on Tuesday in San Francisco. In turn, Ubuntu project founder Mark Shuttleworth … Continue reading →

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Is Java ready to be open sourced!?

Posted on May 16, 2006 by peter

Jonathan Schwarts (Sun’s chief executive) told his audience at JavaOne that Sun is planning to release the source code of the Java programming language. Major buzz all around… but… Java source code has been available for YEARS! Important to notice … Continue reading →

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Site design

Posted on May 16, 2006 by peter

I’ve switched the theme to use the latest K2 nightly partially for fun, but more important to have a site which scales in size. I still need to do some finetuning, but I’ll leave it for now to get used … Continue reading →

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Can I be your boss….

Posted on May 13, 2006 by peter

Recently Finalist decided to try a new approach regarding recruitment of new employees. HR decided to reverse the normal process…. At http://www.magikjebaaszijn.nl (mag ik je baas zijn == can I be your boss) you can see my boss ‘applying’ to … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Backbase @ Amis

Posted on May 3, 2006 by peter

Yesterday I attended the Backbase introduction at Amis. The fist part of the introduction was focussed at introducing the croud to web 2.0 buzzwords like RIA (= rich internet application), AJAX (asynchronous javascript and xml) en SPI (single page interface). … Continue reading →

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