Apache CXF 2.2 released….

Finally managed to Apache CXF 2.2 out the door. Definitely took a bit longer than expected, mostly cause I COMPLETELY underestimated what a PAIN doing security stuff is. Normally when working with WebServices, if something goes wrong, it’s very easy to use Wireshark or similar to grab the SOAP message and examine it to see […]

Hard drive failure….

Well, the hard drive in my 5 month old MacBook Pro started developing bad sectors this week. On Tuesday, I tried to reboot and it pretty much refused to come up. Neither Linux nor OSX would boot up. The OSX fsck reported unrepairable volume corruption. A badblocks disk scan from linux revealed several bad blocks. […]

Short lived title….

Well, my “Distinguished Engineer” title was certainly short lived. With the acquisition of IONA by Progress, my title again changes. My new title is “Software Fellow”. Good thing I didn’t get new business cards printed. 🙂

Promoted to Distinguished Engineer

While on vacation, it was officially announce at IONA that I’ve been promoted from Principal Engineer to Distinguished Engineer. (I figured my inbox would be flooded just from normal traffic while away. Add MANY “congrats” messages and I’m totally swamped.) This is a very big accomplishment. For folks not at IONA, Principal Engineer is basically […]

Another CXF podcast….

A couple weeks ago, I did another podcast about Apache CXF with Dana Gardner. This podcast was a bit different than my first podcast as we brought in another CXF committer, Benson Margulies, to provide another view point. All in all, it definitely went smoother than my first podcast. Experience definitely helps.