Metacosm » miscellaneous http://codepuccino.com/metacosm This is not a tag line! Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:24:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Code reminder: using an isolated local Maven repository http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2009/08/11/code-reminder-using-an-isolated-local-maven-repository/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2009/08/11/code-reminder-using-an-isolated-local-maven-repository/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:01:30 +0000 Chris http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/?p=461
  • Improving deployment of WSRP-related artifacts in GateIn As you may know, I am working on WSRP for...
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    mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=/foo/bar

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2009/08/11/code-reminder-using-an-isolated-local-maven-repository/feed/ 0     In the US for a couple of weeks http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2009/05/30/in-the-us-for-a-couple-of-weeks/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2009/05/30/in-the-us-for-a-couple-of-weeks/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 15:09:44 +0000 Chris http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/?p=436 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I’m going to spend a couple of weeks on my old stomping grounds (the DC area) in the United States, visiting friends and attending a wedding. Today is the bachelor party. It’s more like a bachelor day really, as we’re going to go white water rafting in West Virginia! The weather seems alright so far and it rained a lot the last couple of days so there should be enough water to have some fun! :)

    Unfortunately, as my camera is not waterproof, I won’t be taking any pictures during, which could have been a lot of fun.

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2009/05/30/in-the-us-for-a-couple-of-weeks/feed/ 0     Mood, illustrated… http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/26/mood-illustrated/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/26/mood-illustrated/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:41:16 +0000 Chris http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/archives/2007/11/26/mood-illustrated/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> They say a picture is worth a thousand words… Here’s collection of pictures, from recent posts of blogs I read, which quite accurately describe my recent mood…

    Let’s start off with The Argyle Academy:

    I'm too educated to ever be truly happy again.

    DCist

    Next up is Indexed:

    It will get easier, really, it will!

    indexed

    A little xkcd:

    You make forgetting look so easy.

    xkcd.com

    And last, but not least, Sunday Secrets:

    I often wonder if life is easier for other people or they're just better at faking it

    PostSecret

    Now, it’s not all bleak and doom. Maybe, a little case of grey-colored glasses…

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/26/mood-illustrated/feed/ 0     Kaneda’s bike? http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/13/kanedas-bike/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/13/kanedas-bike/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:14:27 +0000 Chris http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/archives/2007/11/13/kanedas-bike/
  • Mountain bike diary: La vierge noire (baseline) So, not discouraged by my last but ultimately rather unfruitful...
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    Treehugger

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/13/kanedas-bike/feed/ 0     Heroes Season 2… http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/08/heroes-season-2/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/08/heroes-season-2/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:49:52 +0000 Chris http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/archives/2007/11/08/heroes-season-2/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> … has failed to keep me entranced so far. I still haven’t watched last Monday’s episode. Apparently, I’m not the only who thinks that the beginning of season 2 has been pretty weak, as even Tim Kring (the show’s creator) admits as much. Hopefully, this will be addressed soon as it’s quite a shame to see a good show turn rather un-interesting, not to say plain bad!

    Well, according to what I read, episode 7 was supposed to get the show back on track and it didn’t disappoint. I’m still not sure about the season but, at least, this last episode provided some hope. Let’s see where they go from here…

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/11/08/heroes-season-2/feed/ 0     Credit history http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/09/03/credit-history/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/09/03/credit-history/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:47:58 +0000 Chris http://blogs.codepuccino.com/metacosm/archives/2007/09/03/credit-history/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> In our all-consuming society, credit cards receipts are mementos of the past, a proof of existence when little more seems to stick. Modern equivalents to Proust’s madeleine. $70.70, the bitter-sweet memory of a first date. $15.74, fond memories of a party these beers were for. I don’t want to be defined by what I paid for but I can’t escape these traces of my life, soon to be shredded, never to be seen again. Will the associated memories disappear as the grinding teeth tear their physical manifestation apart?

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/09/03/credit-history/feed/ 0     Beware! http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/02/09/beware/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/02/09/beware/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:49:03 +0000 Chris http://blogs.codepuccino.com/metacosm/archives/2007/02/09/beware/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Problem with Wikipedia: 'Taft in a wet t-shirt contest' is the key image here.

    The potentially enormous loss of time (I don’t consider it ‘wasted’) that can occur when starting to look at Wikipedia is something that I addressed in one of my very first posts… and is perfectly captured in the above drawing! I haven’t posted here in a while, so summoning memories of my beginning in blogging might start the engine back up! ;)

    xkcd.com

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2007/02/09/beware/feed/ 0     Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2006/01/24/steve-jobs-commencement-speech-at-stanford/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2006/01/24/steve-jobs-commencement-speech-at-stanford/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:19:23 +0000 Chris http://blogs.codepuccino.com/metacosm/?p=224 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> One of the best speeches I have heard is now available as a free video download from iTunes! Do yourself a favor: grab it and watch it, you won’t regret it! :) [MacRumors]

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2006/01/24/steve-jobs-commencement-speech-at-stanford/feed/ 2     On taking chances http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2005/08/03/on-taking-chances/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2005/08/03/on-taking-chances/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:17:15 +0000 Chris http://blogs.codepuccino.com/metacosm/?p=215 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> One of these (too numerous) articles opened in a NetNewsWire tab, waiting for me to read it: Why do you work so hard? Well, finally got around to reading it and it’s pretty good. It nicely sums up some of the thoughts I have been ruminating lately. If you’re working impossible hours and don’t really enjoy your work, you should maybe read it. Making money for the sake of money itself is not getting anyone anywhere. Considering how my life has been recently, maybe it’s time I took a chance and do something with my life?

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    ]]>     http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2005/08/03/on-taking-chances/feed/ 2     Bastille Day http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2005/07/15/bastille-day/ http://codepuccino.com/metacosm/2005/07/15/bastille-day/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:03:04 +0000 Chris http://blogs.codepuccino.com/metacosm/?p=212 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Yesterday was Bastille Day. As is the tradition for French nationals residing in the D.C. area, I went to the French embassy to get a fix of French gastronomy otherwise unavailable to the general public here. Saucissons, pâtés, cheeses, breads, wines, Champagne, patisseries galore! Oh yeah, and the traditional speech of the ambassador! ;)

    It’s always nice to go there especially for the friends I get to see there that I otherwise barely see. On the other hand, it seems like the French embassy makes a point of making you feel at home, what with the inefficiency of air conditioning, which was just barely turned on and utterly failed to cool the halls, encumbered as they were by numerous people in suits hustling their way around the food displays or at the bars. Ah, the joy of trying to get a drink at the bar, while old “ladies” cut in front of you, almost stealing the apple of your eyes, that long awaited glass of cool Champagne, from out of your reaching hand! It surely felt like I was back in France! Hard to stay gallant in these conditions… :)

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