Moving to MySQL

I’m currently involved in moving an application from SQL Server (2000) to MySQL.  The reasoning isn’t terribly relevant, but primarily it’s an open source v. closed source issue.  This (aging) J2EE app required a proprietary bridge between the application server (Java on Linux) and the database (SQL Server on Windows 2000 Server).  That odd adapter has caused us all stress over the years.  Being proprietary, we didn’t know exactly how it worked nor whether it would be around tomorrow. (continue reading…)

Meet the new blog.  Same as the old blog.

Not really.

I find that I get a lot of use out of my own notes (kept in Zim!) and the blogs of other propeller-heads.  I’ve stopped writing in my other blog for the time being for reasons I won’t go into, but I feel the need to write about… something.  There’s two things that I know much about: backyard farming and technology.  I’ve been a computer dork literally since programs were stored on rolls of paper, paper cards, and formatted graph paper looking stuff (RPG FTW!). (continue reading…)