Layering is the ultimate graphics tool

Today I decided to spend a little time creating a graphic header for this blog. I don’t have much in graphics art tools. I could download Gimp, figure it out, and probably get disappointed that it can’t do something I want. Or maybe buy something else,...

Introducing…toolbox!

No, this isn’t a new open source project. Instead, its my toolbox of useful scripts.I spent half a day figuring out how to limit network traffic on my system to emulate a customer’s slow network link. After manually typing ipfw commands to turn on...

Putting your money where your mouth is

I like maven. There, I said it. Now where is my flame suit?Last night at the Nashville Java User Group meeting, Kerry gave a good introductory presentation on maven. He talked about the pros and cons, and showed some things like phases, profiles, and parent/child...