I wanted to play with the metaprogramming abilities of Groovy. So I started a new project in NetBeans and created a Mercurial repository to version it. I had a few files committed eventually.

I am really nervous about keeping code in a single location. This is why I do Time Machine backups on my mac. This is also why I keep a clone of Mercurial repositories on my workstation at work. Well, except for my personal projects. I keep a clone on the same server that is hosting this blog. I decided that this new project was worth cloning remotely.

It turns out that you can clone a repository to a remote system just as easily that you can clone a repository from a remote system. The syntax is simply:

This even works over ssh. It also leads to a little more peace of mind on my part.

I wanted to play with the metaprogramming abilities of Groovy. So I started a new project in NetBeans and created a Mercurial repository to version it. I had a few files committed eventually.

I am really nervous about keeping code in a single location. This is why I do Time Machine backups on my mac. This is also why I keep a clone of Mercurial repositories on my workstation at work. Well, except for my personal projects. I keep a clone on the same server that is hosting this blog. I decided that this new project was worth cloning remotely.

It turns out that you can clone a repository to a remote system just as easily that you can clone a repository from a remote system. The syntax is simply:

This even works over ssh. It also leads to a little more peace of mind on my part.

I wanted to play with the metaprogramming abilities of Groovy. So I started a new project in NetBeans and created a Mercurial repository to version it. I had a few files committed eventually.

I am really nervous about keeping code in a single location. This is why I do Time Machine backups on my mac. This is also why I keep a clone of Mercurial repositories on my workstation at work. Well, except for my personal projects. I keep a clone on the same server that is hosting this blog. I decided that this new project was worth cloning remotely.

It turns out that you can clone a repository to a remote system just as easily that you can clone a repository from a remote system. The syntax is simply:

This even works over ssh. It also leads to a little more peace of mind on my part.

I'll give a presentation about JSON at the Boulder JUG tonight. I'll introduce JSON to the audience, talk about consuming and producing JSON, discuss some of the security implications around JSON before talking about some recent developments. This is an extension of the presentation I gave to the Denver JUG a few months ago.

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The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before June 30, 2006.
-- CCAA Front Page

I was reading through my hundreds of feeds when I came across this post from the Rumor Queen's blog. Our login date is June 15, 2006. This means that we passed through a big milestone in our adoption journey. We are out of the Review Room and have taken our place going into the Matching Room. It's still a long line. Longer than we would like it to be. But it is progress. It is a milestone.

This was such great news that I had to wake up my lovely wife.

I bought my brand new 15" 2.4GHz MacBook Pro the Wednesday following it's release. I had saved up the money, I was ready to buy. So I showed up at the Broomfield Apple store with my Sun badge in one hand and a credit card in the other and walked out with my new laptop. I transferred my settings and application from my PowerBook G4 and haven't looked back since.

It turns out to be an amazing machine. It's so fast that I no longer have time to read an RSS feed entry when compiling code. I did have performance issues when running Windows XP under Parallels, but those were quickly resolved by upgrading the memory to 4GB. The display is sharp and extremely bright. I usually end up dimming it a bit so it is easier to read and match my external display.

It's really nice to have a few hours of battery time. I usually end up with about 3 hours of battery life without having to turn too many things off. This allows me to bring the laptop to serial meetings or enjoy a full evening of Sci-Fi channel and RSS reading without having to carry the power brick.

Apple finally released the new MacBook Pros. This is something that I have waited for since Intel announced the Santa Rosa platform. It is exciting to read the MacRumors thread on the subject. This looks like a solid upgrade to me. Even more exciting is that I should get my hands on one on Thursday. My trusty PowerBook G4 is still going strong. I just need to do more faster than I used to.

I am still trying to decide between the 15" and the 17" versions. The 15" has an LED illuminated display. It is free or mercury and appears to be brighter than the display on the previous iteration. The 17" LCD has a higher resolution and more screen real-estate. I do connect an external monitor at home and at work. I guess that I still have a couple days to decide. Either way, I should be able to buy the stock model from the Apple store and upgrade the memory later. It's usually cheaper to buy the memory from an OEM rather than from Apple. Better yet, it doesn't void the warranty.

A good news is that I do get to use the Sun Employee discount to make this purchase. This will help offset the bulk of the sales tax and allow me to add a few accessories to it.

Well, I should try to finish up the thread before going to bed.

A friend just graduated from College this weekend. We are very proud of her and her accomplishment. This is a giant step in her young life.

It's been 10 years since I graduated from college. A lot has happened in those 10 years. Not just in terms or career or technology, but mainly in terms of life in general. I went from being a nerdy single guy in Montreal to being a geeky married guy in Denver. From living with my mother to sharing a house with four roommates (at one point) to owning my own house.

It certainly seem that I have made a lot of progress. It's still early in my life. There's (hopefully) a lot more that will happen. We are still waiting to receive our adoption referral and are considering starting a concurrent adoption. We are talking about buying a bigger house since our house would just burst apart with 2 kids. And even that isn't that far out on the journey. Looking ahead I can see where my mother and my grandmothers are in their life.

There's a good reason why they call it a Commencement Exercise. It seemed like it was the end of an era back then (and it was). But it is also just the beginning of a much bigger journey. My friend is just taking her first steps in the post-graduation life. She seems to have it pretty much together with a job lined up and a man that she is very much in love with. I wish her the best of luck!

I decided to give Twitter a chance. My profile is all setup, all I need is a few friends I guess.

You have to give it to Sun. When a Sun employee leaves, their old blog remains on Sun's blogging site. The employee can't post anymore, but their content is still there. Sometimes, that content ends up higher on the Google searches than an employee's new blog. This is a good indication of how Sun tries to treat it's alumni and former employees.

Another cool thing is that they allow former employees to submit their blogs to their Sun Alumni Blogs Aggregation page. I used to aggregate there, but I disappeared for some reasons. So I applied again, and I'm back up there. That will make one more way that you will be able to find my content. There's a few former employees being aggregated there too. Looks like I'll be in pretty good company.