CruiseControl In Vogue

I'm a big believer in the benefits of Continuous Integration, and so I have become a user and then contributor of CruiseControl. I find the continually increasing awareness of CruiseControl in the development community quite exciting. Mike Clark's new book has been receiving a lot of attention , which has been translating directly into a … Continue reading CruiseControl In Vogue →

AFP Renderer

As part of a project that we're working on together, my friend Pete Townsend developed some library code to generate prints for insurance policy applicants. Input data comes from an XML document, and is converted to an AFP print stream (AFP is a MO:DCA print format used on mainframes). Leveraging available open source tools, Pete … Continue reading AFP Renderer →

Signs of Life

It's been a long month. I've learnt more than I wanted to about Linux hardware compatibility, but I've finally managed to get Fedora Core 2 up and running. Configuring mail, web, etc has been interesting, as it's all slightly different from what I've been used to with Debian. Over the next few weeks, I'll tweak … Continue reading Signs of Life →

Smoking Crater

A blackout last Friday did a pretty good job of killing the exubero.com server. It looks like a power spike got through the surge protector and left a smoking crater where the CPU normally sits. I've got a new one on order, but with limited time it could be a few weeks to get back … Continue reading Smoking Crater →

Two Column Layout

I'm in the middle of updating the exubero.com site to try and get a more three dimensional and less blocky look and feel. Phase one of this project is to convert to a proper two column layout (now complete). I borrowed design ideas from Dan Cederholm's SimpleBits to come up with a right floating content … Continue reading Two Column Layout →

How to Crash Firefox

When I was working on updating the styles for CruiseControl, I managed to hit a combination of css styles and html elements that would reliably crash Mozilla Firefox. I have raised this issue in bugzilla

Working on CruiseControl

Using CruiseControl day in and day out for months on end gave me a lot of appreciation for the power of the tool, but I wasn't really satisfied with the standard of the documentation available. In the spirit of open source development, I fixed it. The problems I saw (and fixed) were: There was no … Continue reading Working on CruiseControl →

Tweaking the Design

Based upon feedback from some friends, I've updated the look and feel of the Exubero website. Basically, I've tried to cut down on the number of colours that I've used, and in general provide a consistent theme: lush.

Launch of New Exubero Website

The newly designed Exubero website was launched today. With an emphasis on simplicity and standards compliance, the new site aims to provide quick access to important information, while maintaining a visually pleasing look and feel.