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String up = USERNAME + ":" + PASSWORD; String encoding = null; // check to see if sun's Base64 encoder is available. try { sun.misc.BASE64Encoder encoder = (sun.misc.BASE64Encoder) Class.forName("sun.misc.BASE64Encoder").newInstance(); encoding = encoder.encode(up.getBytes()); } catch (Exception ex) { // sun's base64 encoder isn't available throw new TomcatManagerException("No sun.misc.BASE64Encoder availoable in JDK!"); } con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding); - Dean Thompson

Dean Thompson

Mailplane - Home - http://mailplaneapp.com/

August 21, 2008 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

You love them both: Your MAC and Gmail, right? But they are both from different worlds and aren’t friends, yet. That’s where Mailplane comes in to bring them together - Dean Thompson

I used Mailplane for a long while instead of Apple Mail about 2 years ago. It was quite nice, probably even better these days. - Brian

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Restaurant Ligonier PA Pennsylvania + Fine Dining - City Guide - http://www.discoverourtown.com/PA...

August 4, 2008 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

Ivy - Dean Thompson

Dean Thompson

Restaurant Ligonier PA Pennsylvania + Fine Dining - City Guide - http://www.discoverourtown.com/PA...

August 4, 2008 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

Ivy - Dean Thompson

Louis Gray

Two Little Milestones That Probably Only I Care About

July 24, 2008 from email - Comment - Like - Share

Kenichi Matsumoto, Franklin Pettit, (jeff)isageek and 23 other people liked this

1. The Technorati ranking for louisgray.com is below 3,000 (although there is not a "Top 3K" button) 2. RSS Subscriptions blew through 2,500 and 2,750 this week. And just think... in December, my goal for the end of 2008 was 500. Shows what I know. :-/ - Louis Gray from email

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I used to care about my Technorati rank and authority, but caring about such metrics only made me more frustrated about my blog and I ended up pushing out low-quality posts. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

Congrats Louis! Well deserved. - Ole Begemann

right on! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Excellent, Louis! Keep it up. - Bill Sodeman

Here's another cool way to look at the data, from RatingBurner. http://ratingburner.com/... (If you guys don't know RatingBurner, go check it out) - Louis Gray

Louis: Congrats! Do you think these numbers are due to involvement with FriendFeed? Something else you've been doing other than writing great post? - Justin Korn

Congrats Louis, great job - mark ivey

@Justin, being active on FriendFeed I believe has been win/win. Others credited me with helping them get more visible during the early days, and my higher visibility here has helped the blog, for sure. But without consistent good posts, activity here would be siloed. - Louis Gray

Louis, it's simple: (1) you have a great attitude, and (2) you produce fantastic content. I don't subscribe to your blog, but I bet I read most of your posts because I see them on FriendFeed. - Dean Thompson

who are you again? - sean percival

@Louis: I am not doubting that the constant good posts is the major mover. I was curious if you thought there were other potential movers. After all, you thought you would only have 500 subscriptions by the end of the year...according to your stats you are poking at 6x that only half way in. Those are amazing numbers. - Justin Korn

I echo Dean Tompson. Congratulations! :) - Mona Nomura

Movers have to include the visibility on FriendFeed, occasional appearances on Techmeme, and engagement with other bloggers who link. Participating is a big deal. Not to get all introspective, but two years ago, I was getting 500 visits a month, and that's documented here: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Louis Gray

Congratulations!! - felix

and it seems like only yesterday (because practically speaking it WAS) that you were at 1000. It's impressive, congrats! But the number I really want to see is the "reach" number that went along with the 2752 on Wednesday. If you go into stats boy mode, I'd love to see the analysis of impact on % reach as your sub base has grown. - Robert Seidman

Nice Louis! That's a lot of subscribers coming in this week. And there should be a Top 3,000 icon in Technorati. - Hutch Carpenter

@Robert: 1,050 reach. 2,025 the previous day. Who knew? - Louis Gray

wow. congrats x 10 - Robert Seidman

That's amazing Louis - what I love about you is these probably don't even matter to you. You're sharing this to show others they can do it too. (I hope others see this) - Jesse Stay

Nice one Louis. Enjoying the guest posts too. - Larry Kless from twhirl

This actually makes me think of the post I just wrote. You provide value and push boundaries and all those numbers shoot up. Congrats :) - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Alex Iskold

I wish there was a way in IntelliJ to right click on a method in a TestCase and rung that. I am tired of renaming other test methods.

July 14, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

IntelliJ IDEA in Java does exactly that for me. Something different in our situations, I wonder? - Dean Thompson

Alex Iskold

Staying on the cache topic. What do people think: is Java in memory cache solution better than single local instance of memecached?

July 6, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Memecached: haven't used it, but believe it strongest when federated. ehCache: Hibernate integration. Beyond that: choose on API - Dean Thompson

Alex Iskold

Any recommendations for simple in memory cache for Java these days? I looked around and everything is a monster except for WhirlyCache.

July 5, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

try ehCache - works great - Dave Hodson

We have had good success with org.apache.commons.collections15.map.LRUMap, available at http://larvalabs.com/collect... - Dean Thompson

:-) @davehod and I answered at different levels of "simple". ehCache is quite nice. Requires some learning & config though. - Dean Thompson

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Is there a social convention yet for "retweeting" something you see on FriendFeed to Twitter?

July 5, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

I should also say: the originator hasn't linked a Twitter account into their FriendFeed. - Dean Thompson

Benjamin Golub

Doctors get awesome accessories like stethoscopes and light pens. Why don't software engineers have anything like that? I'm jealous of Megen every morning.

July 2, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Ron Emrick, Thomas Brox Røst, Andrew Terry and 2 other people liked this

Do you have a Blackberry? :) - John μller

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I'm sure that they are impressed by some of our accessories, if you can afford the Surface they would be in awe! - Joe Dawson

Software engineers have 30-inch screens. That makes ME jealous. - Robert Scoble

@Scoble - Not all of us :-( - Andy Murdoch

Hey, and if what we make crashes, we can just reset, delete & start over -- no big loss (especially with version control systems, heh). - John μller

Pocket protectors & badge belt clips? Oh, right, I missed the awesome part. Don't forget they get to wear pajamas at work too... - John Ferringer from twhirl

30 inch screens? We get dual 42" flatscreen 1080i TVs now :D - Ryan Underdown

uh hello we get highlighters and ergonomic chairs! Viva la highlighter. - Tanya

I'm not gonna stop you if you choose to walk around with a Sonic Screwdriver, so go for it! - Vero Pepperrell

N800? Calculator watch? Come on! We have tons of toys-- gadgets. - Jake (aka Jawee)

I guess I've got my Moto Q9c; but you don't have to be a developer to have one. - Benjamin Golub

happy hacker keyboards?? :) - felix

You can always get one of those plastic flowchart templates - an essential accessory for the retro geek: http://www.artdiscount.co.uk/acatalo... - Thomas Brox Røst

Nifty debuggers, libraries of functions, and fast computers count. Perhaps you'd feel good with a Jail Broken iPhone running Linux? - iSteeve

A friend of mine liked to say his goal in life was for someone to say "Stand back, a computer scientist is coming!" - Dean Thompson

The equivalent of the stethoscope (for the DIY hardware-geek practitioners) has got to be the Anti-Static Wristband http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-... Now _that_ is a chick magnet as they say. - Micah Wittman

They have crash carts in data centers. Maybe you could carry around a crimper, logic probe, laser pointer (for, y'know, Powerpoint presentations), dangle some patch cables around your neck. Get yourself a tool belt and wear a butt set. When someone asks you what the butt set is for, cryptically reply, "Just in case." - Karim

You're forgetting the propeller beanie. Doctors don't get to wear those. - Chris Johnson

Slide rule. Pocket protector. Flash drive around neck. 'nuff said. :) - Raoul Pop

Ian Paterson

Thinking Twitter should find something stronger than a bunch of little birds to help carry the whale.

July 2, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

I assumed the image meant Twitter was a beached whale being rescued by birds with string. Seems remarkably candid to me. - Dean Thompson

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Ehcache Configuration XML - http://ehcache.sourceforge.net/documen...

June 27, 2008 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

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