by Greg Turnquist | Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
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,...
by Greg Turnquist | Aug 8, 2011 | conference
The devLink conference is almost here. It has run for a few years here in Nashville, but this year it has moved to Chattanooga. According to my sources, this is because the primary organizer relocated there. I wish them the best of luck, but I’m a little...
by Greg Turnquist | Aug 3, 2011 | github, python, 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...
by Greg Turnquist | Aug 3, 2011 | maven, njug
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...