Monthly Archives: April 2008

Archetyping with Maven

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Josh Peters

These past two weeks have seen some quality time spent with Apache Maven.  I spent a few days figuring out how to create a custom project archetype in order to streamline project creation in my department. Why Maven? I developed … Continue reading →

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iPod Filesystem Woes

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Josh Peters

I’ve got an iPod mini that has a small issue: sometimes files get corrupted on it, causing long podcasts to be abruptly cut off. For some reason, NPR podcasts seem to suffer the most from this (perhaps its just that … Continue reading →

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Intersection

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Josh Peters

This weekend saw a lot of action. Danielle and I participated in Intersection.  Along with several students from IWU, ISU, and some folks around the community we worked at Kids Club East in Bloomington.  I really struggled with selfishness all … Continue reading →

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13949712720901ForOSX

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Josh Peters

Count me in! OSX needs better Java support. First class citizenship for everyone! see here for details

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Bohnanza Is A Great Game

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Josh Peters

One of my favorite parts of this past weekend was playing the game Bohnanza.  It’s a card game that is all about economics and trading. The idea is pretty simple: you have two fields in which to plant beans. Collecting … Continue reading →

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Inkscape 0.46 Rocks

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Josh Peters

For the past year I’ve been using the pretty good Inkscape 0.45 for any vector drawing I had to do at work.  I use Inkscape for three purposes: playing, diagramming, and flow-charting. The day after my 29th birthday, Inkscape hit … Continue reading →

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Dreaming in Code: nice read

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Josh Peters

Last night I finished the book Dreaming in Code, a book I got for free when I subscribed to Salon.  If you’re really interested in reading this book I highly encourage you to subscribe to Salon, as it’s just a … Continue reading →

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NIH != Haven’t Heard About It!

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Josh Peters

Often I see on programming blogs someone say something akin to this statement: “I’ve written this library that does X.” Almost invariably someone posts in the comments something along these lines: “you could have used Y for this, looks like … Continue reading →

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