Author Archives: erik

Countdown has started again!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by erik

Yes folks! The countdown timer has been started again. This time I decided to renew it a bit and use a bit of javascript with jQuery instead of the good ‘ole java applet. Frames are not supported by your browser … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun, Java, Misc | 1 Comment

Processor evolution, will history repeat itself?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by erik

It is interesting to see what is going on in the industry with regard to the development of CPUs. In particular, the first dual core smartphones are being released right now and there are even quad core CPUs expected later … Continue reading →

Posted in Devops/Linux | 1 Comment

Bad quality scales superlinearly

Posted on March 17, 2011 by erik

Take any given production process and assume it is not producing good enough quality let’s call it ‘crap’ to make it a bit more expressive. Now, ask yourself what happens if you scale this process by adding more workers and … Continue reading →

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Looking back on the Nokia N97

Posted on March 10, 2011 by erik

I went to the phone shop today to get ale newer SIM card because it could have been the cause for my reception problems in Switzerland some time ago (so customer service told me). So I told the guy in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun, Misc | 1 Comment

KVM Setup Overview

Posted on February 20, 2011 by erik

The server has been running stable now for quite some time in the new setup with several virtual machines providing the actual functionality using Kernel Virtual Machine. The setup is as follows. The host (falcon) is running a linux server … Continue reading →

Posted in Devops/Linux | 1 Comment

Two worlds meet (1): Automated creation of Yum Repos with Maven, Nexus, and Hudson

Posted on January 30, 2011 by erik

This is the first of a series of blogs titled ‘Two worlds meet’ talking about how two technologies can be used together to solve a problem. Mostly one world will be linux or more specifically a virtualized linux setup using … Continue reading →

Posted in Devops/Linux, Java, Software | 15 Comments

Flexible JDBC Realm for Glassfish

Posted on January 23, 2011 by erik

Approximately three years a go I started the development of a simple JDBC based security realm for Glassfish. The reason was that I was migrating from JBoss to glassfish and was running into problems with one application. That application simpy … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software | 4 Comments

Move to Maven 3

Posted on January 9, 2011 by erik

Today I moved all my projects to maven 3.  The claim is that maven 3 is downwards compatible with maven 2, but have a look at the compatibility notes. The issues I ran into were: Parent resolution: Parents are no … Continue reading →

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New Server Setup is Complete!

Posted on January 5, 2011 by erik

Over the past weeks I have spent huge amounts of time in setting up the new server, making sure that I preserve the complete functionality that I had before. My aim was to take my old server (i.e. server installation) … Continue reading →

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Sticky 911! Making it easy to quickly and reliably boot your linux OS from USB or CD/DVD

Posted on December 19, 2010 by erik

I have been isolinux in the past to boot my server. In fact, it used to be the only way to boot it because somehow my BIOS did not recognize the RAID card. That problem was solved later by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Devops/Linux, Software | 2 Comments