MuddyHorse Farm & Tech

Well, we’re going to try out the WildBlue through Dish Network for internet.  *Sigh*.  It feels like a defeat.  I have only heard good things about Satellite internet from one person, and all the anecdotes online are negative.  But at least it is something.

Chickens are delicate creatures, sometimes dying for no good reason.  Unfortunately, they are also delectable creatures, and find themselves in harm’s way.

Play Achievement Unlocked (click Read on to see the link)

This game makes me so happy.  Did I mention that I got all 1250 achievement points in Mass Effect?

Memorial day weekend, we broke the ban on Wal-mart.  Why, you might ask?  Because of Nibbler.

Continuing the Java build systems discussion, today I want to focus on Maven, what it does well and what it does that frustrates.  We’ll get a little taste of the minimum expectations for a new build system as well.  Note:  this page may be subject to edits, as I come across more pros & cons [...]

! With JavaFX 1.2, some of the steps have changed.  I will post a new entry covering the differences shortly.
Summary
We had to go through a number of steps to support the combination of Maven + OSGi + Spring + JavaFX-1.1 in our Swing-based application. This document describes all the steps and technology we’ve gone [...]

Two recent posts on the java-weblog circuit spurred me to motion:
Maven Adoption Curve (Alex Miller, coworker at MetaMatrix)
Maven and Ivy (Ryan Senior, coworker at BJC)
I was trying to think of the ideal build system.  I won’t pretend that I’m going to get there in this post.  Instead, I’ll enumerate what we do every day and [...]

Note: This post is probably wildly uninformed. Welcome to weblogs, everybody!
Then: Bush was reviled and derided for telling people to “Go shopping” after 9/11/2001.
Now: Americans are ruining the economy by saving their money!
Then: Americans don’t save enough.
Now: Americans are ruining the economy by saving their money! (OK, that [...]

I just want to wish incoming President Obama all the best. He has made a lot of noise about changing the way things are done, and I hope he can stick to that.
Along those lines, he has made a lot of announcements that, frankly, haven stolen the thunder of my 2012 campaign, like a [...]

Just to get a post in Dec 2008, I’ll drop a quick post here. That means I’m doing regular updates, right?
I have some draft game reviews sitting around, I’ll get to them soon.
Have a good 2009!