drawImage performance on Leopard
A not very fast but handy way to downscale images in a WebObjects application is using Java 2D APIs, with code like this: BufferedImage reducedImage = new BufferedImage(newX, newY,...
View ArticleMigrating to Leopard Server
This was it. I spent the easter weekend migrating GAEL‘s Xserve to Leopard Server. It all went well, although some more or less serious issues poped up. Our server is used mainly for hosting web...
View ArticleAccessing Mac virtual hosts from a Parallels VM
I finally moved to an Intel machine. Despite the dramatic speed improvement in everything Java-related, namely Eclipse, there’s another big advantage: being able to run IE on Windows using a virtual...
View ArticleWWDC and WOWODC 2008
It’s that time of the year… packing up to leave tomorrow, as I will attend WOWODC and WWDC 2008 in San Francisco. See you there!
View ArticleBack from USA
Well, I’m back from another WOWODC and WWDC. I’m still really tired, but some quick notes: As David LeBer already mentioned, Pascal did an amazing job organizing WOWODC all by himself. Great room (a...
View ArticleiPhone mania
iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone. iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone! iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone… iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone. iPhone? iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone....
View ArticleMacBook Pro 17 vertical blue line
I’m really pissed off. Short story: MacBook Pro 17, HD display, bought this February. Blue line appeared today. I still remember when Apple hardware would work for more than six months.
View ArticleApple 2009 wish list
It’s a brand new year. So here’s my wish list for Apple: Please fix the wireless driver that causes my Mac to crash about 10% of the times I turn Airport off. Please fix the trackpad driver, or...
View ArticleiPad – Why not flying solo?
OK, I admit it, I don’t see why the iPad would be an useful device. For me. On the street, I have my iPhone, at home, I have my Mac. So why do I need a third device? For nothing, probably. But that’s...
View ArticleThat’s why we do what we do
More than Lion, iLife or the new awesome MacBook Air, the one thing I liked best about today’s Apple event was that sentence, pronounced by Steve Jobs during the iLife presentation: “That’s why we do...
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