For years I’ve been a (not so secret) fan and occasional contributor to MUSCLE. From 2003 – 2004, I got my feet wet with JMS while using Sun’s JMS Broker at UMMC. I didn’t run into JMS for a long time (other than a seybeyond For the last year or two I’ve been using ActiveMQ, [...]

I’ve tried a lot of software packages this year for monitoring systems. I’ve seen a lot of stuff that’s easy to set up, and a lot of stuff that isn’t. I’ve tried some commercial products, I’ve tried some open ones, but not one of them does what I want. I just want a simple package [...]

Really. I mean, REALLY?! I was at work today, and received the following text message from a number I don’t recognize: 3174609462. who is this I read things like this, and I think “How rude.” So I figured I’d bite, and reciprocate. Who are you? Shortly after sending this, I figured I’d elaborate a bit. [...]

So recently Comcast decided to go on a customer-screwing spree. In the Indianapolis market, if you have analog cable, you now get non-consecutive channels 3 through 28, 96 and 98. The bare-minimum Comcast is required to carry on an analog signal, thanks to 30+ year old telecommunications laws. Local broadcast, public access, and government channels. [...]