Blog Archive

• May 16, 2025 • microblogging • way-of-the-tortoise

  Journey or Destination

• Apr 26, 2025 • triangle

  A lonely triangle vs the universe

• Feb 12, 2025 • microblogging • way-of-the-tortoise

  Going fast vs Going far

• Feb 12, 2025 • microblogging • burnout, startup

  Starting Again

• Jan 22, 2025 • microblogging • ai

  Will A.I kill America?

• Jan 21, 2025 • microblogging • good-practices, ways-of-working

  There are no best practices

• Dec 12, 2024 • microblogging • ways-of-working, way-of-the-tortoise, agile

  Agile, the hope killer!

• Aug 2, 2024 • poetry

  Not Afraid

• Jan 3, 2024 • poetry

  A Half Written Poem

• Dec 28, 2023 • ways-of-working, quotes, collaboration, people-first

  Compassion

• Dec 14, 2023 • muster

  Slack Channels for ClickUp Tickets

• Dec 6, 2023 • ways-of-working, quotes, collaboration, people-first

  A Longing for the Sea

• Nov 29, 2023 • microblogging • ways-of-working, quotes

  A new way

• Nov 21, 2023 • muster

  Collaboration

• Nov 14, 2023 • golang, integration testing, pulumi, Testing

  How to run your lambda code locally as its role (for testing)

• Nov 14, 2023 • bazel, Testing

  Unable to write to $HOME/.pulumi/credentials.json during bazel test

• Nov 13, 2023 • bazel, golang, Testing

  Separating out integration tests for golang in Bazel

• Nov 8, 2023 • golang, pulumi, pulumi-automation-api

  Streaming Progress With Pulumi Automation API

• Nov 8, 2023 • aws, aws-lambda, golang

  How to get current Function URL (aws-lambda + golang)

• Nov 7, 2023 • bazel, golang, pulumi, pulumi-automation-api

  Bazel + Pulumi Automation API. Deploying an inline stack along with Pulumi.[stack].yaml

• Nov 1, 2023 • aws-lambda, bazel, golang, pulumi

  Including a built artifact in another target (Bazel, golang)

• Aug 9, 2021 • c++, google-test, visual studio

  Visual Studio, C++ & Google Test

• Jun 25, 2020 • Systems (Administration) • bash

  How to fix terminal title after disconnecting from ssh

• May 28, 2020 • Systems (Administration) • docker, docker desktop, wsl2

  Getting Docker Desktop Working with WSL2 on Windows

• Apr 8, 2020 • Software Development • aws, node, ssm

  How do you access a specific version of a parameter from AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

• Apr 3, 2020

  Getting vuex-module-decorators to work in nuxt

• Mar 17, 2019 • java

  List of Installed Programs on Windows from java

• Jun 26, 2018 • yertoob • java, javafx

  What I learnt developing a small JavaFX App

• Jun 25, 2018 • yertoob

  yertoob

• Jun 1, 2018

  Shipwrecked | Let's Play The Azure Isle

• Jun 1, 2018

  Daily Meditation | Let's Meditate with Playne

• May 28, 2018

  Unfolding the Story | Let's Play Epistory

• May 14, 2018

  Remembering Mars Beta 1 | Let's Play Memories of Mars

• Apr 13, 2018 • Guides • automated mining, mining, Space Engineers

  Space Engineers Guides

• Apr 12, 2018 • Systems (Administration) • SysAdmin, Technology, zfs

  ZFS Deleting files doesn't free up space

• Apr 5, 2018

  First Run | Let's Play while True; learn() [DONE]

• Apr 5, 2018 • Showcase • showcases, Space Engineers

  Space Engineers Showcases

• Mar 26, 2018 • Let's Play, subnautica

  Wet Feet | Let's Play Subnautica

• Mar 19, 2018 • Gaming, Let's Play, Space Engineers, YouTube

  Let's Play Space Engineers | Pilot Series

• Sep 28, 2017 • drupal

  Drupal 8 error: "The following reasons prevent the modules from being uninstalled: Fields pending deletion"

• Sep 3, 2017 • drupal • drupal-7, drupal-services

  Drupal 7 + Services: Paging & Filtering the index endpoint

• Aug 16, 2017 • Systems (Administration)

  Understanding ZFS Disk Utilisation and available space

• Aug 9, 2016 • Artificial Intelligence • mahout

  [Mahout] Deploying custom drivers to mahout

• Jul 26, 2016 • Artificial Intelligence • mahout

  Setting up Mahout in Linux

• Feb 28, 2016 • Game Development • UE4

  [UE4] Unreal Engine & miniupnp

• Dec 15, 2015 • Game Development • UE4

  [UE4] Source Control

• Jun 20, 2015 • poetry

  Unending Love

• Jun 19, 2015 • poetry

  The Joy of Misery

• Feb 16, 2015 • Game Development • UE4

  [UE4] Intellisense Errors and USTRUCT

• Jan 25, 2015 • Game Development • UE4

  [UE4] Getting Sprint to work (C++)

• Aug 25, 2014 • Game Development • UE4

  [UE4] Getting Multiplayer Player Pawn AI Navigation to work (C++)

• Jul 4, 2014 • Gaming

  Frostfall & DayZ

• Jun 10, 2014 • Gaming

  Elder Scrolls Online - The good, the bad, the ugly

• Jun 2, 2014 • Gaming • Entertainment, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

  A Renegade in Skyrim (Part 1)

• Apr 17, 2014 • drupal • drupal-entities, PHP

  Drupal Entities - PHP Class per bundle

• Oct 10, 2013 • Gaming • Baldur's Gate, Games, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Windows games

  Destructible World in Battlefield 4

• Mar 25, 2013 • Gaming • Lemkil, Skyrim, Thieves Guild

  Pulling At My Heart Strings

• Feb 24, 2013 • Software • CMake, Compiling tools, Emacs, Flymake, GNU build system, Make

  Getting Started: Emacs & C++ (w/ cmake) (On the fly syntax highlighting)

• Jan 31, 2013 • Software Development • Apache Maven, Arquillian, Maven, Software

  WARN - Missing artifact descriptor for XXX

• Jan 14, 2013 • Gaming • Barbas, Fort Snowhawk, Skyrim

  The Death Of a Follower

• Oct 17, 2012 • Java (EE) • Identity management, idm, picketlink, seam, seam-security, seam3

  Getting started on seam-security, picketlink IDM and JPAIdentityStore

• Apr 20, 2012 • poetry

  Hold on tight

• Mar 21, 2012 • Systems (Administration) • CentOS, Identity management, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, Linux, Ubuntu

  Restricting Linux Logins to Specified Group

• Mar 11, 2012 • Free Writing

  Li(f)e

• Jan 12, 2012 • Short Stories

  Mercy

• Dec 28, 2011 • Software Development • Continuous integration, FindBugs, Hudson, PMD, Static code analysis

  Automating Code Analysis with Hudson [1115]

• Dec 28, 2011 • Software Development • Apache Maven, Continuous integration, Hudson, Maven, PMD, Subversion

  Hudson / Jenkins and Continuous Integration [1114]

• Dec 20, 2011 • Systems (Administration) • bash, Infinite loop, Scripting languages

  Looping from the bash commandline [1113]

• Dec 20, 2011 • Systems (Administration) • computing, GlusterFS, Logical volume management, Storage

  Expanding glusterfs volumes [1112]

• Nov 24, 2011 • Systems (Administration) • Computer storage, DRBD, File system, GFS2, Global File System, OCFS, OCFS2, ocfs2-tools, SAN, Shared disk file system, Ubuntu

  My Thoughts on OCFS2 / Understanding OCFS2 [1110]

• Nov 24, 2011 • Systems (Administration) • Cross-platform software, Cygwin, Linux, Linux kernel, PuTTY, Windows 7, X servers, X Window System, X Windows, Xming

  Exporting X11 to Windows [1109]

• Nov 24, 2011 • Systems (Administration) • disk cloud, GlusterFS, Ubuntu

  GlusterFS HOWTO [1108]

• Nov 11, 2011 • Gaming • Fallout 3, Games, Role-playing video games, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

  Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [1111]

• Nov 7, 2011 • Software Development • DAG, Dependency, Directed Acyclic Graph, Graphs, java, Pointer, Task

  Directed Acyclic Graphs and Executing Tasks in Order (and in Parallel) Based on Dependencies [1107]

• Nov 6, 2011 • Database Systems • Data management, Databases, memory configuration, Performance, PostgreSQL, SQL, Temporary file

  PostgreSQL performing huge updates [1106]

• Nov 6, 2011 • Java (EE) • Apache CXF, Exception handling, software engineering, Spring Framework, web services

  Using CXF Interceptors to do some magic around your web service calls [1105]

• Nov 5, 2011 • Java (EE) • Java (EE), Load testing, Log4j, Plain Old Java Object, Software components, web services, web.xml, XML

  JBossWS CXF - POJO vs Stateless [1104]

• Nov 3, 2011 • Software • GNOME, Ubuntu, Workspace, X Window System

  Gnome Desktop Inaccessible After Screensaver Kicks in [1103]

• Nov 2, 2011 • Systems (Administration) • Devil's Pie, GNOME, Linux, nifty tool, System software, Technology/Internet, Workspace, X11

  Saving your workspace window configuration in Linux [1102]

• Nov 2, 2011 • Database Systems • computing, Database, Databases, PostgreSQL, SQL, SQL keywords, Update

  Tracking progress of an update statement [1101]

• Jun 21, 2011 • Java (EE)

  Register / Attach Service to JMX

• Jun 7, 2011 • Software • Android Development, HTC Desire Smartphone, HTC Hero, iPhone, Linux devices, Motorola Atrix, Motorola MicroTAC, Motorola Mobile Devices, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S2, Smartphones

  First Love

• May 11, 2011 • Short Stories

  Lana - Acacius

• May 10, 2011 • Short Stories • army, fantasy, short story

  The Urn - Acacius

• Apr 27, 2011 • Short Stories

  “Love” - Ta’oma

• Apr 27, 2011 • Short Stories

  “Life” - Valentin.

• Apr 26, 2011 • Short Stories

  “Sleep” - Acacius

• Apr 26, 2011 • Short Stories

  "Vengeance" - Agent Maccabee

• Apr 26, 2011 • poetry

  Good Intentions

• Apr 26, 2011 • poetry

  Dreams

• Apr 25, 2011 • poetry

  The Circle Of Life

• Apr 25, 2011 • Java (EE) • Cache, Garbage collection, Hibernate, java, Java Memory Allocation, Java Object Size, JBoss application server

  Java Object Size In Memory

• Apr 11, 2011 • poetry

  While i was sleeping

• Apr 10, 2011 • poetry

  Flying

• Apr 10, 2011 • Short Stories

  "Escape" - Ta'oma'

• Apr 10, 2011 • Short Stories

  "Bzzzzz" - Acacius

• Feb 22, 2011 • drupal • hook_theme, theming, Web Development

  hook_theme doesn't get called

• Jun 1, 2010 • Java (EE) • calendar, richfaces, seam

  rich:calendar and the onchange event

• Apr 26, 2010 • Android Development • Activity, Intent, java, Parcel, Parcelable

  Android - Parcel data to pass between Activities using Parcelable classes

• Apr 24, 2010 • Android Development • Configuration Management, Mobile software, Preferences, Settings, Smartphones, XML

  Android - Managing Global Configuration

• Apr 21, 2010 • Systems (Administration) • bash, bulk search, computing, find, grep, search and replace

  Linux bulk search and replace

• Apr 19, 2010 • Android Development • Android, Google, java, Smartphones, ViewGroup, XML

  Android - Multi-line Select List

• Apr 18, 2010 • Systems (Administration) • computing, Control key, kvm, Linux, Macintosh, synergy, synergykm, Ubuntu

  Synergy with Linux Server & Mac Client

• Dec 15, 2009 • Software • Brian Lunduke, Cross-platform software, Debian, Linux, Linux distributions, Live CD, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu

  Perfect Linux

• Dec 15, 2009 • Internet • Online social networking, Real-time web, Social Media, Twitter, Web 2.0

  Twitter is better

• Mar 23, 2009 • Systems (Administration) • Guest OS, host networking, Linux, Microsoft Vista, Ubuntu, VirtualBox

  Vista Guest, Linux Host, VirtualBox, Host Networking - Bridge

• Mar 17, 2009 • Opinion • Christopher Walken, HD, I Married An Axe Murderer, Krish, Kung Fu Hustle, Mike Myers, MTV, Prophecy, Robin Williams, The Big Lebowski

  mmmmmmm hhhhhh ddddd

• Mar 10, 2009 • Database Systems, Kraya, Software • DBase, edFringe, Filemaker Pro, Foxpro, GUI, HSQLDB, IBM, IBM DB2, insurance, International Business Machines Corporation, java, lightweight applications, megabus, Microsoft, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft SQL Server, MP3, MP3 library, MusicBrainz, MySQL, online course, open source products, Oracle, Oracle Corporation, PostgreSQL, SQLite, technology sector, Visual Foxpro, web frontend, Windows

  Database Systems Compared

• Mar 9, 2009 • Internet • facebook applications, Ideas, Performance, Reliability, Social Media, Twitter

  Making Twitter Better

• Mar 4, 2009 • Systems (Administration) • API, caching, Challenge, Hadoop, HBase, Ideas, Linux, megabus, relational database, search mechanism, search time, Twitter

  Making Twitter Faster

• Feb 10, 2009 • Philosophy • Al Capone, Bugs, Coding Horror, Google, Microsoft

  Accepting Google

• Feb 3, 2009 • Software • Customisation, Linux, Open Source, Return On Investment, ROI

  Customisation

• Jan 31, 2009 • Internet • Google, Orkut, Security

  Bad Google

• Jan 31, 2009 • Software • Linux, Microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Ubuntu

  Controversy

• Jan 13, 2009 • Software • Context Management, Eclipse, Firefox, Linux, Mylyn, Tasktop, Time Tracking

  On top of Tasktop

• Jan 12, 2009 • Internet • Design, Facebook, Functionality, Google, Social Interaction, Sourceforge, Usability

  Building A Website

• Jan 1, 2009 • Philosophy • Freedom, FSF, GNU, GPL, GPLv3, LGPL, Open Source, Open Source library, Software, software developers, Technology

  Proprietary FSF

• Dec 30, 2008 • Systems (Administration) • Linux, Remote X11, ssh, X11

  X11 Remote Applications Responsiveness

• Dec 28, 2008 • Java (EE) • Eclipse, EJB3, ERP, InVision, Maven 2, Out of Container Testing, Process Dashboard, Request Tracker

  Maven2, EJB3 and JBoss

• Dec 28, 2008 • Software • 64bit, Dev Env, Eclipse, Eclipse TPTP, java, libstdc++.so.5, Ubuntu, VServer

  Eclipse TPTP on Ubuntu (64bit)

• Dec 23, 2008 • Java (EE) • Code Coverage, Data Testing, DbUnit, DOM, Domain Model, Domain Object Model, Ejb3Unit, Entity Testing, Hibernate, java, SuperCsv, Testing, Testing Framework, TestNG

  Hibernate Domain Model Testing

• Dec 15, 2008 • Software • *nix, Brave New World, Coding Horror, collaboration, COM, Contact Management, CORBA, find, Firefox, GNOME Evolution, grep, Integration, Interoperability, Jeff Atwood, Mylyn, OLE, REST, RPC, Safari, sed, SOAP, Software Component, Software Garden, Subclipse, Subversive, Thunderbird

  Breaking Software Down

• Dec 14, 2008 • Internet • Browsers, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Linux, OS, Safari, Windows

  Foxy Web

• Dec 13, 2008 • Humour • Kraya Mascot, Rehan Yousuf

  Tinkerbell

• Dec 12, 2008 • Design • Black, Compiz, Desktop, E16, E17, Enlightenment, Firefox, GDM, GNOME, Gravatar, java, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Theme, Thunderbird, Window Manager, WordPress

  Design

• Dec 12, 2008 • Software • DOS, Ignorance, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, United States of America, USA

  Evil Linux

• Dec 12, 2008 • Internet • Avatar, Cool, Facebook, Gravatar, Social Media

  A Ubuquitous Avatar