http://blog.organicelement.com Organic Element Blog, Java and Software Development Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:21:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple of months ago I bought a Sierra Wireless AirCard 597E ExpressCard along with Sprint service so that I could have wireless access for my Mac while I am on the road. So far I have been really happy with it apart from the intermittent disconnects that I ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/07/08/cradlepoint-ctr-500-mobile-router-review/ Bruce pointed out this little snippet on the new control panel and provisioning system for The Hosting Cloud from Mosso, a subsidiary of Rackspace. Its really interesting that the only specific technology mentioned in the article is Apache ServiceMix which they are apparently using as an integration point for ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/06/27/mossorackspace-using-servicemix/ People who know me will realize what a sensational topic this is. I have sworn for years not to ever own a Mac. The reasons are complicated, but it was mostly because I am a total Linux geek and I am really just too busy to worry about ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/06/02/i-finally-bought-a-mac/ I submitted three talks for ApacheCon US this year and one of them has been accepted and one has been scheduled as a fallback in case they need to fill a slot. My accepted talk is titled "ServiceMix, ActiveMQ, Camel, and CXF - An integration toolbox" and will be ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/05/27/apachecon-us-talks-scheduled/ ServiceMix 4 is built on an all new OSGi architecture and contains major enhancements to the underlying container. There have been several milestone releases but we need more feedback from the community as we get closer to a release. I encourage anyone currently using or interested in ServiceMix ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/05/23/try-servicemix-4/ I'm not a big iPhone fan, mainly because I insist that all of my gadgets have some form of Java hackability (I know, hackability isn't a real word). So I have been looking around for a long time for a good phone with Java support and I have always ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/05/01/sony-ericsson-k850-for-299-at-javaone/ If you will be at JavaOne or are otherwise in the Bay area on Monday May 5, come join us at Zebulon Cafe from 6-9PM for some drinks and food sponsored by IONA Technologies. Many of the committers on these fine Apache projects will be there, including, Dan Kulp, ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/04/28/activemq-servicemix-camel-and-cxf-meetup-at-javaone/ via Jerome Dochez (Du côté de chez...) it looks like Glassfish v3 will be running in top of OSGi (hopefully Felix).Now the interesting question that everyone will be asking soon, are we switching to OSGi as our underlying module subsystem ? Today I can say yes, we will.I don't know ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/04/12/glassfish-v3-to-be-based-on-osgi/ On Thursday March 27 I will be speaking at the Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise conference in Philadelphia, PA which is put on by the fine folks at Chariot Solutions. This talk is entitled "Service Oriented Integration with Apache ServiceMix and Camel" and will give a brief overview of ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/03/27/speaking-at-emerging-technologies-for-the-enterprise/ Today Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president. Now geeks like me don't normally get into politics, but I know a good thing when I see it and these are my two favorite people in the Democratic party. Cross your ... http://blog.organicelement.com/2008/03/21/cross-your-fingers/