OSGi everywhere

There was a lot of buzz in 2006 around OSGi and it looks like 2007 will be the OSGi-everywhere year. One of the more interesting posts I’ve come across is this one, a reference to a talk about the Newton open source project and dynamic service grids in the enterprise and OSGi as a basis for SOA. I’m hoping to try some of this out for large-scale (and large scaling) distributed systems shortly. More on that in due course.

Integrating and Extending BIRT

I reviewed a book proposal recently for the publishers Addison Wesley, and in return I got a free copy of Integrating and Extending BIRT. I’m keen to understand what this Eclipse project has to offer from a tool development perspective. Trying to find the time to read it is the challenge.<br>

What the heck does Aero need?

My laptop gets top marks in Vista readiness, except for the graphics card which apparently will not support the full Aero experience. Boo-hoo. I have the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. This is very annoying, I don’t even have it a year yet. Hmm, still, by the time I am ready for Vista, it might just be time for the 19 inch quad-core monster.

Eclipse + Groovy = Monkey?

Two of my favorite things have come together. Groovy Monkey is a dynamic scripting tool for the Eclipse Platform that enables you to automate tasks, explore the Eclipse API and engage in rapid prototyping. I’ve wanted something for ages that allows me to test stuff out and rapidly prototype tooling.