FlashApe

I’d love to hear if anyone has some other recommendations, but if you’re using RHEL/CentOS and you want to upgrade your php/mysql installation using Yum, you should check out the utterramblings yum repository. It has the latest versions of php, mysql, and a few others. I upgraded today and it was instant and painless (a rarity).

Sometimes it just makes me laugh at seeing marketing mayhem. I was checking out the Flash Catalyst labs page and stumbled across this doozy:

Faster time to market through agile design and development workflows that support iterative development

• Agile prototyping and iterative design: Try a number of different designs quickly. Work with developers in parallel without losing fidelity.

Nice. Throw in the confusing re-branding of the ‘Flash Platform’ to…the ‘Flash Platform’, the confusion over Flex and Flex Builder and how they relate to Flash, how AIR relates to Flash, 6 different versions of CS 4 and 4 different products under the FMS banner, and you’ve got a strong need for less buzzwords and more cohesiveness.

Don’t get me wrong…I appreciate the effort, we have to get the Flash Platform out there, but it’s starting to smell like Microsoft up in here.

This is one of those things that is right in front of your face but it's so obvious you don't see it. I was using ObjectUtil.compare() to check if two objects were equal:

It's probably obvious that code won't work. compare() returns a 0 if the two objects are equal (or both null), so when they do match the if statement is going to evaluate the expression as false. I first I didn't understand the logic behind that but then I realized, compare() is a sorting method, not really an equality test.

W...T...F??? First, you elect Arnold as governor at a time when your state is in crisis. Then yesterday, you pass a bill that PROTECTS FARM ANIMALS, but then PASS A BILL THAT DOESN'T PROTECT AND DISCRIMINATES AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS!! Since I've moved out to L.A. 6 years ago, I've been in love with California, now I'm ashamed.

Screw you to all the supporters of Prop 8...stop pushing your fears onto others. Who the hell do you think you are telling other people how to live their lives? You're the same people who act high and mighty but would reject your own children if they were gay. Way to go, teach your children how to be hateful and discriminatory.

My wife and I have a lot of relatives, friends, acquaintances, business associates, coworkers, bosses, employees, etc. that are gay (and so does everyone else for that matter -- wake the hell up America!), and I really feel for them right now for them being told they are less than someone else.