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A better browser multimedia config for Ubuntu 64 bit

I don’t know why, but my ubuntu 9.04 64 bit comes with a sub-optimal firefox multimedia setup. As previously discussed, the BBC world service doesn’t work out of the box, the australian open videos don’t work with the Totem/VLC (or whatever it is) plug-in, even after waiting for codec downloads. It’s just not particularly good.

But, [...]

Glue and scissors in Spring Integration

It looks deceptively elegant. There is just so little that is required to make channels, gateways, publishers, subscribers and content transformers with spring integration. This ultrashort tutorial guides you through the basics, including the extremely condensed glue;

<gateway id=”leadGateway”
service-interface=”crm.integration.gateways.LeadGateway” />

<publish-subscribe-channel id=”newLeadChannel” />

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Accessing ext3 drive from windows 7 64 bit

My main laptop is a dual boot Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise and an Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit. I want to access my ext3 drives from windows. Before I always used ext2ifs, but that doesn’t work with this os setup.

EXT2FSD does the trick however. It installs in the 64 bit Program files directory and it [...]

BBC world service plain url

I’m a great fan of the BBC World Service. I’m not a fan of BBC’s media streaming service. For us who are routinely using non-windows operating systems, it is a pain to stream the world service. The iPlayer they’ve devised is difficult on linux and does in general not work out of the box.

Why can’t [...]

architectural viewpoints and perspectives

I’m somewhat confused, I guess. I thought my understanding of a software architectural viewpoint was fairly sound. I read about work on architectural perspectives, in particular the work by Nick Rozanski and Eoin Woods (here is an accessible presentation).

Now, let’s have a look at the original view and viewpoint definition (all from the aforementioned presentation);

“A [...]

Eve Online tribute

I’ve played my share of games over some 25 years or so. One of the great ones is Eve online. It is quite different from other MMOs I’ve played. Fundamentally, I guess it is the feeling that there is real risk involved that makes it different.And it’s a bonus that it may be played on [...]