All Posts — Digital Sanctuary

Frosted glass panel with a dark void center beside a pressurized copper pipe in a dim warehouse.

RichFaces modal panels break in IE6 when using s:graphicImage - use a Servlet workaround instead.

Software Development Seam

Vintage red motorcycle on a dewy country road beneath oak branches with early spring buds.

Devon

April 12, 2008 1 min read

Spring is Upon Us

First motorcycle ride of spring: a short trip to the library that reminds you how rusty you've gotten.

Motorcycles & Cars

Transparent ceramic vessel on stone surface showing intricate plant roots contained within its walls, lit by amber light.

Devon

April 12, 2008 2 min read

Seam EntityHome Design Pattern

Seam's Home object design pattern solves LazyInitializationException and entity manager scope issues.

Software Development Seam

Devon

April 10, 2008 2 min read

Busy Times

Flying to Ohio, San Francisco, then France while juggling a full-time job, side projects, and haircuts.

Life & Personal Travel

A tidy oak workshop bench with hung hand tools on pine pegboard, lit by soft morning window light.

Devon

April 10, 2008 4 min read

Physical Workspace

Your home office is productivity's foundation - 8+ hours daily demands ergonomics, tech, and stress reduction.

Productivity Remote Work

Aerial view of a river delta splitting into distributaries over pale sandbars under overcast light.

Devon

April 9, 2008 2 min read

Getting the Real IP Address from a Proxied Request in ATG

Real IP addresses hide behind load balancers and proxies - use X-FORWARDED-FOR and the ProxyIPFixer servlet.

Software Development ATG

Flat-lay of whole raw zucchini, carrots, fennel, and tomatoes on natural linen in soft daylight.

Devon

April 4, 2008 1 min read

Groceries

This week's menu: fresh veggies, no fried food, no processed stuff - eating clean and simple matters.

Life & Personal Food

Terracotta adobe wall hung with red chili ristras under warm afternoon light with a mesa in the background.

Devon

April 4, 2008 6 min read

Trip to New Mexico

New Mexico trip: Grandma's 80th surprise party, sopapillas, and rediscovering childhood memories.

Life & Personal Travel

Iron filings drawn into radiating arcs and bridges between magnetic poles on a white ceramic surface.

Devon

April 4, 2008 1 min read

Y Combinator Startup School

Y Combinator's 2008 Startup School at Stanford: founders networking matters more than hearing the speakers.

Career & Business

Devon

March 24, 2008 1 min read

Follow-up Article on Network World

Read my follow-up article on Network World - link inside.

Career & Business

Vintage hourglass with copper sand surrounded by brass valves and gauges on weathered slate.

Devon

March 24, 2008 1 min read

10MinuteMail Updates

10MinuteMail now has AJAX refreshing, forward to home, smtp throttling, and removed abused features.

10MinuteMail

Steel pipe junction with a closed valve and a copper bypass pipe in a dim industrial basement.

Devon

March 24, 2008 1 min read

Apache Proxy Breaks RichFaces

Apache proxy blocks RichFaces JavaScript - the ContextRoot/a4j path needs direct access, not load balanced.

Software Development Seam

Devon

March 16, 2008 1 min read

Lazy Sunday Morning

Lazy Sunday morning? Not quite - 9AM wake-up, 7 hours sleep, 500+ calories on the treadmill.

Productivity Fitness

A black DSLR camera on a wooden stool in a concrete studio lit by a softbox, with an older camera body in shadow behind it.

Devon

March 15, 2008 4 min read

Photo Shoot with the Canon 40D

A dancer's commanding presence transforms the camera - raw energy meets technical precision.

Life & Personal Photography

Row of terracotta ceramic tiles decreasing in size on concrete, each retaining sharp geometric detail.

Devon

March 14, 2008 3 min read

How To Resize Uploaded Images Using Java - Better Way

Better Java image resizing for thumbnails - higher quality output with improved code based on feedback.

Software Development Java

A clay aqueduct with a hidden crack where water drains into dry earth, leaving the downstream channel empty.

Devon

March 11, 2008 3 min read

login-required="true" Will End Your Conversation

That convenient login redirect? It kills conversations. Here's why and how to fix it.

Software Development Web Development Opinion

Wooden pegboard with pocket watch, amber hourglass, compass, and colored pegs in warm morning raking light.

Devon

March 11, 2008 7 min read

Lost Time and My Schedule

Lost sleep aside, here's a real look at how one architect actually spends 24 hours.

Productivity

A quarter-full terracotta jar surrounded by vast empty furrows on dry cracked earth under harsh sunlight.

Devon

March 8, 2008 2 min read

Oracle Export (exp) and Initial Extent Size Issues

Oracle exp/imp inflates table sizes - INITIAL extent settings preserve old dimensions even after shrinking.

Software Development Oracle

Wooden survey stakes pulled from a cracked salt flat at dusk, leaving rows of empty holes in pale grey earth.

Devon

March 8, 2008 1 min read

An Easy Way to Drop All Tables in Your Tablespace in Oracle

Drop all Oracle tables easily - generate a SQL script from querying user_tables, then execute it.

Software Development Oracle

A darkroom photographic enlarger projecting a cone of amber light that narrows into a smaller rectangle on the surface below.

Devon

March 6, 2008 2 min read

How To Resize Uploaded Images Using Java

Automated image resize, thumbnail generation, and format standardization in Java - the practical way.

Software Development Java

RichFaces Modal Panels, s:graphicImage, and IE6

Spring is Upon Us

Seam EntityHome Design Pattern

Busy Times

Physical Workspace

Getting the Real IP Address from a Proxied Request in ATG

Groceries

Trip to New Mexico

Y Combinator Startup School

Follow-up Article on Network World

10MinuteMail Updates

Apache Proxy Breaks RichFaces

Lazy Sunday Morning

Photo Shoot with the Canon 40D

How To Resize Uploaded Images Using Java - Better Way

login-required="true" Will End Your Conversation

Lost Time and My Schedule

Oracle Export (exp) and Initial Extent Size Issues

An Easy Way to Drop All Tables in Your Tablespace in Oracle

How To Resize Uploaded Images Using Java