Full Posts from Current Stories Fri, 15 May 2009 17:02:38 -0400 http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7S3SP8JavaKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7S3SP8http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7S3SP8This is pretty impressive because the Tapestry page life cycle is more complicated than Struts'.  Howard has also committed to making updates to Tapestry from 5.0 backwards compatible, so 5.x is a major leap from the rip up and replace redesigns of all the previous major versions of Tapestry ]]>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:02:38 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=1C2ECC66B8D68DAB852575B700739E1Ehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=1C2ECC66B8D68DAB852575B700739E1Ehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7RNHQJWindowsKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7RNHQJhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7RNHQJI thought my system was just corrupted but it turns out this is a "feature" of installing VMWare Server.  It replaces the MS GINA (Graphical Identification and Authentication) DLL with its own so that it can stop/start VMWare machines on startup/shutdown.  There's a MS KB article on this if you want to disable VMWare's GINA DLL, but you'll have to start/stop VMWare machines yourself if you do this. ]]>Sat, 2 May 2009 09:23:58 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=0E861C41514CD6B0852575AA0049BF58http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=0E861C41514CD6B0852575AA0049BF58http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7QC4M3PhotographyKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7QC4M3http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7QC4M3Looks like there's been a spate of photographers losing equipment from this Gitzo "feature", so I thought I'd warn about it as well.  It mainly affects you if you sling a big lens over your shoulder while the camera is on a Systematic tripod.  Threads on this:
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=229545
http://www.naturescapes.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=140837
http://www.naturescapes.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=131075&start=60

Naturescapes came up w/ a $70 solution to prevent this from happening:
http://www.naturescapes.net/store/product.php?productid=453
]]>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:12:50 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=1857F5C6CB85A18785257580000C4776http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=1857F5C6CB85A18785257580000C4776http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7PZTJNWebKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7PZTJNhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7PZTJNWant your own animated AJAX "busy" icon in a custom color?  I found this cool Ajaxload generator page ]]>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:46:35 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=08052B684920224F852575750077B5E5http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=08052B684920224F852575750077B5E5http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7PX6YENoneKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7PX6YEhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7PX6YEEd Brill pointed out that Declan Lynch put together a bunch of XPages tutorials and they are indeed a great jumpstart.  If you know of any good resources for this great features from Domino 8.5, please let me know. ]]>Sat, 7 Mar 2009 23:13:22 -04001http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=9C8DE3C79DF134CE8525757300174613http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=9C8DE3C79DF134CE8525757300174613http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7NL4CPWindowsKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7NL4CPhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7NL4CPOne thing you're always supposed to do with SQL is to use parameters so the SQL server can cache your SQL statements as templates, but when you start using IN clauses, you need to send in delimited values.  There's no native support for this in MSSQL until MSSQL 2008, so you need to use a function to break the parameter back up into a set of values.
]]>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:59:25 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=C0EA44CA0FF7011985257548000B082Bhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=C0EA44CA0FF7011985257548000B082Bhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7NJPHCIBM/LotusKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7NJPHChttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7NJPHCFor the large companies that run SAP, Lotus Notes now provides an easy-to-use UI via Alloy.
For SMB companies, Sametime meetings and Lotus Notes email can now be hosted inexpensively at LotusLive.
And for both, ActiveSync is going to be added to Notes Traveler in 2009 (something I've always thought should have been done long ago along w/ Linux support for Traveler
Domino 8.5 also has great support for the iPhone. ]]>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:19:43 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=C96973E5A4AB48F5852575460064C677http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=C96973E5A4AB48F5852575460064C677http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7M5VQAJavaKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7M5VQAhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7M5VQAIn case you haven't seen it, it's been released after a long 2 year beta.  It nicely bundles all of JBoss' projects into one app server, though it's odd that it doesn't work that well w/ Java 6 (the recommendation is that you run it with Java 5).  It's an easy choice for EJB 3.0 if you use that instead of Hibernate.
I doubt Lotus Domino developers care, given the low interest in Domino-JBoss SSO.  Lotus Domino customers will typically integrate with Websphere, which is a much heavier, memory intensive server than JBoss, or they'd use XPages for simpler applications.  IBM grabbed Geronimo and effectively killed it (it used a lightweight microkernel architecture like JBoss).  Sun has Glassfish but I don't know of anyone using it.  What are you using for a J2EE server or have you gone the Hibernate/Spring path for your Java web app persistence layer?  I'm a fan of Tapestry 5 since it has been finally released
]]>Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:37:57 -04002http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=031C0F5FAA916DAC852575190081E1C8http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=031C0F5FAA916DAC852575190081E1C8http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7LQ4XXPhotographyKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7LQ4XXhttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7LQ4XXFirst time I've written a non-computer topic on this blog, but at least it'll be somewhat techical in a different field
I upgraded my DSLR support gear lately and was really annoyed at how no one has tried to quantify how well ballheads do when tightening down (my old Bogen 3437 pan-tilt head drove me nuts w/ the amount of shift that happened), so this is my attempt to do so.
]]>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=CD28824FB3C4D95E8525750C000DC5E1http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=CD28824FB3C4D95E8525750C000DC5E1http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7LRK2SWindowsKen K. Yeehttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7LRK2Shttp://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-7LRK2SI'm surprised MS had to buy something like this instead of developing it, but including a chart control certainly raises the bar for what a web server should include as part of its base functionality.  You can read more about the ASP.Net Charting Control, formerly known as the Dundas Chart on Scott Guthrie's Blog.  One caveat is that it currently doesn't support scrolling/zooming via AJAX but I'm sure that'll be added eventually as Dundas is assimilated :) ]]>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:31:37 -04000http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=FEF9A0852E320A778525750D004FD1E6http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=FEF9A0852E320A778525750D004FD1E6