All Posts — Digital Sanctuary

Mismatched camping chairs circling an unlit fire pit at dusk, long shadows across dry grass.

Halo 3's online multiplayer offers casual social gaming without planning dinners - pure fun protecting Earth from aliens.

Life & Personal

Cracked ceramic mosaic tile with a gap beside an intact matching panel on a terracotta floor.

Devon

October 9, 2007 3 min read

ATG Installation on OS X

ATG's installer remains broken on OS X, but a single config.xml fix bypasses the platform limitations plaguing developers.

Software Development ATG macOS

A sparse wooden shelf with three objects — ceramic bowl, leather journal, succulent — against a wall with faint shadows of removed items.

Devon

October 7, 2007 1 min read

Gifts

A new gift rule: no physical items unless on a wishlist or approved by spouse. Money and cards still welcome.

Life & Personal Opinion

Cast-iron wood stove glowing amber on a rainy winter day, steam rising from a ceramic mug on the stone hearth.

Devon

October 7, 2007 1 min read

A Seattle Winter Weekend

Cold Seattle weather becomes cozy with a wood stove, hot chocolate, and Halo 3 multiplayer with friends.

Life & Personal Travel

Ten well-worn woodworking hand tools arranged in a precise row on a birch workbench under raking side light.

Devon

October 6, 2007 3 min read

Top Ten Tools

Eclipse, SSH, and iGTD power my workflow - these three tools handle coding, server management, and task capture.

Productivity Tools

Cross-section of a Russian nesting doll split open revealing smaller nested dolls inside, lit by a single overhead lamp.

Devon

September 26, 2007 1 min read

Use Emacs to edit compressed .ear and .war files

Emacs can edit files inside .war and .ear archives using archive-mode - add three lines to your config and edit deployments directly.

Software Development Java Tools

Devon

September 23, 2007 1 min read

Another small 10MinuteMail.com update

10MinuteMail now supports 29 languages and runs on Seam 2.0.CR1 - hopefully cutting the OutOfMemory errors.

10MinuteMail Seam Email

Victorian greenhouse with a bare central cast-iron trunk surrounded by sprawling overgrown glass-and-steel extensions in pale winter light.

Devon

September 21, 2007 5 min read

ATG Dynamo - back to basics

ATG's product explosion (Ticketing, Search, Merchandising, etc.) sells licenses but ignores the core platform issues.

Software Development ATG Opinion

Heavy iron portcullis half-lowered in a stone archway, casting striped shadows on granite floor.

Devon

September 17, 2007 2 min read

How to block an IP in Linux

Block malicious IPs in Linux with iptables - a simple script keeps brute-force attackers from hammering your server.

DevOps & Infrastructure Security Linux

Coiled rubber hose and motorcycle helmet on a desert highway shoulder at golden hour.

Devon

September 17, 2007 1 min read

Car trouble and good friends

My car died on the highway, but a friend's quick advice (unplug the MAF) saved me - turned out to be a loose intercooler hose.

Motorcycles & Cars DIY

Vintage brass compass on a leather wallet beside a rain-streaked train window with blurred forest outside.

Devon

September 15, 2007 6 min read

Canadia

Train travel from Seattle to Vancouver beats flying - spectacular ocean views, space to move, and no driving stress.

Life & Personal Travel

Devon

September 9, 2007 2 min read

Updates: Garage Sale, Weigh Loss, Travel, and Cameras

Weight loss despite travel and infrequent gym sessions, a family reunion in Denver, and upgrading from a three-year-old camera.

Life & Personal Fitness Travel Photography

Devon

September 8, 2007 1 min read

Untitled

Emma's lemur photo slideshow captures the charm of these fascinating primates in vibrant detail.

Photography

Weathered stone dam partially patched with concrete, water seeping through remaining cracks in grey overcast light.

Devon

September 5, 2007 4 min read

ATG Security

XSS and SQL injection are the web's deadliest threats - ATG Dynamo helps but doesn't solve the problem completely.

Software Development ATG Security

Devon

September 4, 2007 1 min read

10MinuteMail.com mentioned in Jobacle podcast

10MinuteMail got a mention in the latest Jobacle podcast - worth checking out if you follow tech communities.

10MinuteMail Email

Lacquered walnut nesting boxes pulled open in sequence, revealing dovetail-jointed interiors receding in depth.

Devon

August 27, 2007 3 min read

Accessing nested Item properties within a RepositoryFormHandler programatically

Editing nested RepositoryItems in ATG requires programmatic tricks with RepositoryFormHandler subclassing - this approach works.

Software Development Java ATG

Two ceramic bowls on slate, one with clear water and one with white chalk dust floating on the surface.

Devon

August 24, 2007 1 min read

StringUtils in ATG Dynamo

ATG Dynamo's StringUtils class quietly handles validation with isEmpty() and isBlank() methods.

Software Development Java ATG

Mismatched household objects arranged in clusters on a sunlit concrete driveway with tree shadows.

Devon

August 24, 2007 1 min read

Garage Sale

Clearing out the guest room for a driveway sale - what doesn't sell goes to trash, donation, or eBay.

Life & Personal

A rust-streaked olive shipping container on a foggy dock under a single halogen lamp at dusk.

Devon

August 22, 2007 1 min read

Spook Country

William Gibson's Spook Country explores cutting-edge technologies and businesses hiding in plain sight.

Life & Personal

Weathered wooden postal sorting rack with small cubbyholes holding colorful envelopes in warm amber light.

Devon

August 20, 2007 1 min read

Minor 10MinuteMail.com update

10MinuteMail now supports 26 languages and lets you grab fresh addresses without losing old mail.

10MinuteMail Email