Field Notes

Two weeks without workouts bring violent humility - pain means progress, or so the personal trainer promises.

A modified 1996 Ducati Monster and task management tools make sunny rides and productivity the perfect combination.

Morning weight check skipped, but the weather's perfect for a motorcycle commute to work.

First retirement account opened as a contractor - building future security finally becomes unavoidable reality.

New job arrival triggers a life-improvement plan targeting health, wealth, productivity, and organization - 30 days to reset habits.

Leaving Cingular after four and a half years to contract remotely for Resource Interactive - freedom and focus replace juggling.

A simple reminder about motorcycle maintenance with consequences.

Dreams of iguana swimming matches real-world obsession with Bejewled 2 - win or lose, the gaming passion runs deep.

Firefox rendering failures for Google ads explain a revenue drop after JBoss upgrade - sometimes the culprit is unexpected.

8:30 AM Saturday spinning class tortures the body, but caramel soy chai makes redemption almost possible.

A massive postfix queue backup teaches lessons in email management - qshape uncovers hidden bottlenecks before they cripple the server.

Java One 2007 delivered overwhelming scale with thousands attending - but surprisingly, Apple laptops ruled sessions and hallways alike.

Fresh start for Digital Sanctuary with a redesigned site and commitment to regular posting.

A server migration brings growing pains but opens the door to future expansion after years of constraints.

Expose Seam components through web services using the JBoss component model - no magic, just clean architecture and lifecycle management.

Third-party JavaScript on your site hands browser control to strangers - the security risks range from theft to phishing attacks.

10MinuteMail launched despite admin fears and proved their worst nightmare - 30,000 spam emails daily flood servers when people lose trust.

10MinuteMail hits Digg's front page organically and handles 100k hits in 18 hours with barely a CPU hiccup - SEAM powers the success.

SMTP remains unchanged since 1982, but modern email demands more - SMTPS finally brings security to this ancient protocol.

Switching from .seam to .html files in Apache-proxied JBoss breaks index pages - a gotcha that directory listings can't solve.