Category Archives: Tech

Google Code could be EXTREMELY dangerous

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

I host a number of projects including JCatapult over at Google code. We use the wiki over there for our documentation because it is simple and centralized. The wiki is stored inside the SubVersion repository and when you update the … Continue reading →

Posted in Engineering, Google, JCatapult, Life, Tech | 1 Comment

Locking down a shared MySQL database server without firewalls, routers, etc.

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

I’m setting up a shared database server in a data center and I don’t have any direct connections between the machines that are local (i.e. meaning they only connect between boxes and don’t let external traffic in), no firewalls, no … Continue reading →

Posted in Distributed Computing, Linux, Misc, Tech | Leave a comment

Do we really need code reloading?

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

With Grails, Rails, Python, etc offering developers the chance to change code, hit refresh and see the changes I often wonder if reload truly a feature that is a must have these days? It seems like it is one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Engineering, JCatapult, Java, Rails, Tech | 4 Comments

Directv media sharing

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

Okay, this took me a long time to get working and I wanted to set out my steps. The most important part is noted below and it is the step that nearly everyone misses and if you don’t do it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Tech, UPnP | 19 Comments

GMail IMAP doesn’t work for mailing lists (conversations)

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

Well, I think I’ll have to ditch GMail’s hosted email completely because of the way that GMail handles conversations (i.e. threads and mailing lists). After switching Inversoft and Pontarelli email to Google, I realized that GMail IMAP has a huge … Continue reading →

Posted in Google, Life, Tech | 4 Comments