Gadget that I wanted for my office desk

I finally got the gadget that I wanted for my office desk.


And I got it from here, I am thinking of getting another one for my dad.

Planet Mobile at Gadgets.co.uk - Gadgets, gizmos & novelties - digital cameras & mp3 players

A total dissappointment
I finally get the Planet Mobile and it doest even look like the picture on the site and moreover one of planets was broken and moreover it was made of plastic, which is shit. Hell I have been waiting for this for a long time and this is what I get it is really bad.

Nice windows software site

http://www.sysinternals.com

A new idea for a mobile application

After a long time I have come up with a new application for mobile, I dont know if I have blogged about it before ??
The mobile application should interface into Transport for London Journey Planner, that would be realy great.
I am not sure about the type of interface that TFL provides but I guess I can drop them an email and find out. Or the other option being hacking into their HTML and fetching all the data that I require.

Here is the TFL Journey Planner

Just happend to listen to this song by the "...Peppers"

It has got a nice beat to it, that reminds me that I still have to completely setup my iPod and organize the songs.
Here is the song that I was listening to Soul to Squeze

Nice article about work place doodies

Work Place 'Doodies'

External Database Changes sending notifications to Entity Beans

I wanted some kind of notification in EJB of any changes to an entity

So I posted the stuff at Java Ranch
Java Ranch

Bluetooth Star Trek Communicator

Oooo this is really cool, and if it is actually a mod'ed garage door remote control: It is really a very good idea.

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/bluetooth-star-trek-communicator-025437.php


Hell I am not using my head enough, not being creative enough. Have to loose a soft or single track mind and look for possibilities.

Having the Mondays after a long time

I am having the Mondays after a really longtime, I think that last one was about a month back. I dont think there is someting missing and I cant put my finger on it!

I have also been sketching on a regular basis, I think I really need to learn to play some music that should be a nice kinda creative kick. It makes a lot of sence considering that I listen to a lot of music, I practically listen to a lot of music and hardly watch any TV -- well that cant be totally becasue I love listening to music but also on the fact that all the stuff on the TV is total crap nothing worth watching.

I can only hot deploy stuff to the admin WL server :-(

About a couple of days back I configured my WL for hot deployment so I didnt have to bounce the server every time I changed the code and recompiled the stuff.

Now since I am working on 2 projects at the same time I have to set up 2 server envs, since they both of them are using different Connection Pools and stuff. So I thought I will create a managed server to the existing domain.
So here is what I will be having
1. Admin Server - this is working fine with the hot deployment and stuff.
2. The additional Server with the new data sources and differnt EJBs and stuff.

But I had a feeling that hot deplyment only works in case applications are deplyoed to the admin server. I have a read through Weblogic Definitive Guide and it seems so. That is really not good since I wanted to swap between working on the 2 projects and I dont want to go about setting up the local server env every time I switch between it.

Now I have a few alternatives
1. Let go of hot deployment on one of the projects that is not running on the admin server.
2. Create a new domain and the I will hot deplyment on both the projects that I am working on.

Nice review about GTA: San Andreas

What is really liked about this review was the thing where in they talk about how CJ's health changes as he moves through the game, running around and jumping, the type of food he eats etc.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11126-2004Oct30.html

Hot deplyment in WL8.1

I have been working on setting my development env for hot deployment into WL81 for a couple of days. At times I have stopped looking aroung and just bounce the server to get the work done rather than spending my time searching through all the docs and books.

Finally today I solved the problem with a little help from my friends at work. I was very happy about it since now I could make changes to the DAO and EJBs without bouncing the server.( bouncing the server too is not a major problem since I am using WinKey and Ctr-Win-2, starts the server, Win-2 shows the console).

I was just going to write about how I went about solving the problem of hot deployment, when I googled for the same on WL and someone else had the similar problem and posted it on Javaranch ( I wonder how I missed that while googling stuff at work ???). So I decided to write back to his post describing what I did.

Here is that post

Some good books on Finance

Financial Institutions and Markets, Second Edition
by Meir Kohn
ISBN:0195134729



Securities Operations: A Guide to Trade and Position Management
by Michael Simmons ISBN:0471497584
John Wiley & Sons (UK) © 2002 (464 pages)


I think I will be getting them over the weekend, I guess I have to read my existing books before I go into getting any of these.

11Jan05
I finally got the 1st book from bomaby for 1200Rs which is really cheap as compared to the price of the book in UK. I have been reading the book quite regularly in the night before sleeping since the time I have been in london.

Starting to use GoogleDesktop

I have actually started using GoogleDeskto, I generally use it for searching throuh emails, and it seems really usefull.
Since I get a lot of email(most of them being crap) but that tool is really usefull.

Accessing EJBs using local interfaces

I was having a problem accessing the local interface of an EJB, that have been deployed as separate jars. i.e 1st EJB is in a Jar file and it attempts to access a local interface in 2nd EJB in another jar deployed on Weblogic8.1

According to the spec local interface access works only for objects that lie within the same JVM but Weblogic container restricts it further to the same application (JAR, EAR) .

The local home interface— If the home interface of the bean extends from the interface javax.ejb.EJBLocalHome instead of the javax.ejb.EJBHome interface, the bean can be efficiently used by other objects residing within the same container. This interface offers bean life cycle methods similar to those of the remote home interface. The difference between the two is that when beans are created using this interface, no network connectivity is involved because both the requested and the requester exist within the same application, which significantly improves performance. This interface works in conjunction with the local interface. Remember that the specification talks about using local interfaces for objects that lie within the same JVM, but the WebLogic container restricts it further to the same application (that is, JAR, EAR, and so on) This is a direct consequence of the class loader scheme adopted by WebLogic Server, which basically uses objects within the same application only.



This has a lot to do with the way the class are loaded in Weblogic 8.1 and the classloader hierchy in Weblogic 8.1, see the docs here

Planning to view the Eclipse tonight

I was just having a read through the news and there is a total lunar eclipse tonight, there wont be a total eclipse till 2007, so I am planning on seeing this one.
The only problem being that it is going to be really early in the moring 2;00am

More details here http://www.space.com/spacewatch/041022_eclipse_guide.html


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Was very tired so I cancled the 2am alarm, moreover it was really very cloudy so I could not have see anything anyway(English weather)

Have to do a few things

I have to register with Sun Developer Program for Mobile Development and probally submit my mobile application.

http://www.java.com/en/developers/submit_mobileapp.jsp

I also have to have a look at this java application. http://www.qnext.com

Virgin doesnt provide me with the curently playing song...

I was listening to a really nice song on Virgin Radio but I missed the name but there is not way of getting the currently playing song. :-(
http://www.virginradio.co.uk/thestation/nowplaying/index.html

Anyways about the song that I just heard .... I managed to get a few words ("Just a kiss on the lips" "she was shaking her hips") and I googled it.

Here is the Song : Cold Hard Bitch

Funny enough on Googling it I get a Virgin.radio link too : http://www.virgin.net/music/singlereviews/jet_coldhardbitch.html

Cassini taking you to Titan

The other day I saw a serial on Cassini and its journey to saturs mooons

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm


been following it some time now

Prince of Persia - Warrior Within

I finally got broadband on Sat morning, I have been waiting for this a really long time, and now that I have got it i feel really stupid thinking about they way I was getting upset about not having internet and broadband.
Nevermind all that crap...

I downloaded some videos of Prince of Persia - Warrior Within and it was really great, I am really waiting for the game.
I tried searching for the demo of the name and I found it, but the site from which I was downloading it only allowed 24k bandwidth so the entire downloading process took about 4hr on an average.

Well I played the game and it took me a while to actually use the so called advanced fighting system ( like using the E key when going to an enemy).

Here is what I thought about the demo version
1. There were many clipping issues.
2. There is nothing great about the game AI it is the same as for Sands of Time.
3. Some of the Fighting moves I happen to use them but I dont know how I managed them ?? It is like it just happens.
4. I dont know if the demo is just like you keep fighting on the ship till you get fedup and quite or is there like a boss that you have to fight ?

The story line of the game seems really good, since it is like a follow up from Sands of Time and it contains a lot of time travel, so that should be cool.

I particularly like the end of 'Sands of Time' - I think I should install that game again.
Mmmm is there a way that I can see all the movies in Sands of Time so that it is something like a movie ?

Nice Page Transitions

This site has some nice page Transitions that can be added, I got the idea looking up someone elses blog site.