Author Archives: Richard Rodger

New Title 2.0

I've decided to change the title of my blog. I haven't been happy with the old one for a while. It was a play on the film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but I don't think it … Continue reading




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Update: Firefox crashing with too many fonts

Yep, you read right. Too many fonts and bye-bye Firefox. And by “too-many” I mean one more than the number of standard windows fonts… You know, it really sucks. Firefox is so cool, but this is just not on. I … Continue reading




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Firefox and Thunderbird Crashing Randomly

I am not a happy camper. Firefox and Thunderbird on my Windows 2000 box are crashing completely at random. It seems like some sites and emails are toxic! Thunderbird even dies sometimes when scrolling. Being of the software mindset I … Continue reading




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Race Condition in Ruby GServer

I've been playing around with Ruby lately, trying to write a UDP server. Of course, the way to write servers in Ruby is apparently (I'm still a bit new at this Ruby malarky) to subclass GServer. And what a fine … Continue reading




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Demand Curve for Java Software Components

I'm going to give some insider information. When I was starting up my components business I found it nearly impossible to get an data on what my sales would look like. So now that I've had a couple of years … Continue reading




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StelsXML XML JDBC Driver Launched!

I'd like to announce the release of a really cool new product by J-Stels Softare: StelsXML. “StelsXML is a JDBC type 4 driver that allows you to perform SQL queries and other JDBC operations on XML files. With the StelsXML … Continue reading




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CSV Manager 1.2.1 Released!

This is a new release of Ricebridge CSV Manager. New features include support for Java Beans, a pull/push streaming API for loading and saving CSV, and a simplified set of load and save methods. The example code has been expanded … Continue reading




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Pricing Changes for the Next Release of CSV Manager

We're just putting the finishing touches on the next release of CSV Manager. It's been a bit of a long haul this one. I decided to alter the naming convention for our CSV loading and saving methods, so that they … Continue reading




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Would You Like Good Documentation?

So would I kid, you got any? We're about to launch the next version of CSV Manager. It's coming out Real Soon Now. The thing is, I'm pretty much obsessed with having really high-quality API documentation. I mean, most Java … Continue reading




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Still Learning to Touch Type

I am still working away on the touch typing. My drills have taken a hit recently as some of my projects have ramped up quite a bit. It was ever thus… I'm also getting pretty frustrated with learn2type. They have … Continue reading




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