Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Trying out new themes
I’m currently experimenting with new themes for this blog. I was not quite satisfied with the width that Typebased would leave me for giving code samples. So do expect some visual instabilities on this blog for the days to come. :-)
Project GreenFire mentioned on Java Posse
On a recent episode of The Java Posse they mentioned a project I had never heard about before: project GreenFire. From the project’s website: GreenFire efficient manages and controls heating control of houses and saves energy. GreenFire is based on Java EE 5 (is tested with Glassfish v2), Scripting, RMI and Shoal. SunSpot integration is [...]
In: General · Tagged with: Home automation, Java Posse
Enjoying a NO energy home
There’s a nice little article about green energy homes over at Greenprofs.com. The author makes a nice point that home owners have many options when it comes to choosing carbon-neutral energy sources: he mentions solar, wind and even hydroelectric power. I cannot help but submit, respectfully, that this article completely misses the point. There are, [...]
In: General · Tagged with: Carbon neutrality, Energy, Energy development, Fossil fuel, Hydroelectricity, Renewable energy, Technology, Thomas Friedman
Software Engineering Radio
People often ask me what podcasts I regularly listen to. Well there are many of them and I won’t enumerate them all here, but I wanted to mention one that I listen to almost every day nowadays. Markus Voelter started Software Engineering Radio in January 2006. As he describes it on the website, this podcast [...]