Notes from the terminal.

Application Logging through RabbitMQ and Graylog

Centralizing your Grails application logging allows for more robust log management and easier issue resolution.

Amazon Web Services SQS in Grails with Spring JMS

Use Grails Services from PHP with PHP/Java Bridge

I was investigating the alternatives to exposing Grails services to PHP. Of course, we could just expose the services at web services, but where's the fun in that? I was interested in the PHP's Java connectivity, specifically through the PHP/Java Bridge.

Ant Groovy target to create Hudson compatible PHPUnit XML report

Consolidating Cache Management in Zend Framework

Easily manage your Zend Framework cache configurations with the CacheManager application resource.

Grails Mobile Browser Detection with WURFL

Here's a quick and cheap solution for detecting and redirecting clients on mobile browsers to mobile versions of your Grails application using WURFL.

Frontline Explores How Digital Technology Shapes Our Lives and Thinking

Last night PBS's Frontline aired a great piece on technology and the internet and how it's starting to shape our minds; how we learn, process and regurgitate information.

Perpetually Trapped in Design Hell

I came across this humorous but oh-so-true post on TheOatmeal.com about working with client on projects and wanted to share.

Zend Routes Page Cache Configured with Application.ini

Easily configure your Zend routes and page caching through the application.ini of your Zend application.

Adding GWT Geolocation support to Vaadin

Open Bluedragon Eclipse WAR Project

Here is a quick tutorial to get an instance of OpenBluedragon set up in your Eclipse IDE and testing on a local installation of Apache Tomcat.