My first time in Athens
A couple of weeks ago I had to travel to Athens for a week. It was my first time to visit Greece. During my visit I attended for a number of meetings at SunMicrosystems offices in Athens, but obviously...
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Just returned from a Tech event in Tripoli, Libya. Was impressed with the changes the country went through since my last visit over a year ago. Road infrastructure, buildings, restaurants, airport, etc...
View ArticleJava Certifications
Now that I completed my final MSc assignments for this year I am a bit relieved for the summer holidays. I am planning to take this opportunity to start working again on upgrading my Sun Java...
View ArticleSOA, is it a fad?
Now that we have nearly finished our first SOA project using Sun Microsystems JCAPS platform we have some hands-on feel of this latest trend. Being our first project it definitely took more time than...
View ArticleLacking creativity ...
Yesterday I visited MCAST since I was one of the judges examining student programming projects. What really struck me is the fact that the majority of projects, although technically sound, didn't...
View ArticleSetup for my development environment
Finally I managed to find the time to complete a proper setup at home. As my server I used Ubuntu 7.04 as a base to host my Glassfish app server, Postgres and other utils. Mainly i use it as a...
View ArticleWorth noting on the radar ... O3Spaces
A product called O3Spaces Workplace is gaining momentum in the collaboration software field. The product is being positioned as a direct competitor to MS SharePoint Office Server focusing on document...
View ArticleJava Tech Day in Malta!
Finally the first ever Sun Java Tech Day in Malta. It will definitely be an excellent opportunity for the Java community in Malta to hear leading speakers from the US. Details on the event can be found...
View ArticleSwapping two variables without using a third
I came across an interesting algorithm ... the normal way how programmers swap values between two variables is by using a temporary third variable ... temp = x, x = y, y = temp. An interesting trick...
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Java Persistance
Recently I explored a bit how one can easily make use of the new Java Persistance API. The example below shows how one can very quickly create and search records from a Derby database table called...
View ArticleMac OS X - first impressions
I recently had to buy a laptop for my personal use. To the surprise of my closest colleagues I have bought a Mac Book Pro. My first impressions are excellent, money well spent. From the OS perspective...
View ArticleGlassfish and MySQL - Connection Issue
Hi allI recently downloaded the new Netbeans 6.1 including the Glassfish v2 package to replace my previous versions. Once I moved my application to the new platform I had to temporarily deploy the...
View ArticleJava Web Application Properties
One of the most common application requirements is usually to create a central place where to keep application properties or application settings. These properties are normally settings or general...
View ArticleJava Design Patterns
Today i had the pleasure to present a session at the monthly Java User Group Malta meeting ... its always a pleasure to meet other Java Developers in our community and aspiring students. Click on the...
View ArticleSPSS Regression using Matrices
The SPSS syntax below does several linear regression calculations (model parameter values, sum of squares, F value, F test, R, Rsquare, t tests, etc) using matrices ... just change the data file and...
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View ArticleInstalling OpenCV 2.0.0 on MacOS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard ( Xcode IDE )
I have recently started experimenting with OpenCV. Setting the environment on Windows/Visual Studio is pretty straight forward and works fine. However since my preferred development environment is...
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RunKeeper Shared Fitness | Walking Activity
View ArticleInterfacing C# .Net and R - Integrating the best of both worlds
In specific software areas like in quantitative finance or else in other mathematical domains, data centric programming typically requires a good balance between three requirements - (1) a solid...
View ArticleInterfacing C# .Net and R - Integrating the best of both worlds (Part 2)
This post is a continuation from the previous post (Part I) focusing on interfacing C# with R using the R (D)COM. In this post I am going to enhance my previous exercise by creating a Facade .Net Class...
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