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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
WxService Update Available
- WxService ow4j070214
- Modified the web service schema to reduce the amount of traffic when transmitting sensor data over the Internet.
- WxMonitor ow4j070214
- Modified the web client to be compatible with the new schema.
(download the zip file)
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Free Stuff in Java 6
Without having to address it on my own, switching to Java 6 fixed a couple of problems that I was having with the WxMonitor splash screen:
- Even though I had turned on anti-aliasing in the main part of the UI, the splash screen is a very low-code solution that
uses stock controls. Sun enabled anti-aliasing for me without me having to write a line of code.
- Running in previous JVMs, once shown, if another application covered it, the splash screen would not repaint when it was
uncovered. Sun fixed this threading issue without me having to write a line of code.
In addition to providing built-in web services, Java 6 addresses a number of more mundane issues.
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I have worked as a broadcast engineer, electronics designer (analog and digital) and software developer. I especially
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are in the Pacific Northwest (this is Microsoft country after all). I'm currently working as a Senior Staff Engineer -- Resume at another large independent software vendor in Washington State.
I majored in mathematics and physics in college. Other interests include music appreciation (baroque, classical and early
romantic, ragtime, and 60's and 70's rock & roll), high fidelity audio electronics, meteorology and of course, computing
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