It’s been a while since I decided to cancel all my Virtual Private Server (VPS) accounts. I decided to do so since I don’t think I am able to use it enough to justify the cost of monthly payment. Well, right now I am starting to think that it has been very useful for me [...]
For some reasons, I was getting XA resource exceptions when wrapping Oracle’s XA data source into Atomikos each time an XA recovery call is made within my application. This puzzled me, so I took time to understand the error and look into Oracle’s XA implementations. Then I found out that XA recovery is by default [...]
I’ve been working a bit on some Java based transaction programming lately and it’s a pretty cool experience. I should have known about this in the past since it is quite a cool way of handling transaction validity in your application. This is especially very useful for 2 Phase Commit (2PC) transactions as such in [...]
Since Aphilo heard Josh Groban sang , she immediately became a huge fan of this guy and it had always been her dream to see him perform live. Now, for some twist of fate she’ll finally be able to fulfill this dream since Josh Groban would be visiting Manila to peform on October 17 & [...]
This post is quite emotional or “emo” as some people call it, so bear with me my beloved friends. My family and I usually spend the weekends at my parent’s house and this is one of the things I look forward to every week. Not only am I able to rest and spend some quality [...]
Funny as it may seem but it has always been my dream to own a pair of Converse Chuck Taylor shoes. This dream started during those times when I was playing guitars for several bands. Back then, most of the band members wore Chuck Taylor shoes. I’m not really sure where this fad starded, but [...]