Apache OpenJPA 2.0.0-M3 released

Milestone 3 of OpenJPA 2.0.0 is now available for download. This release is based on the 20090922 Proposed Final Draft 2 of the JSR-317 JPA 2.0 specification. Included are many enhancements, fixes, and new functionality; giving developers early access to many key features of JPA 2.0. Visit the OpenJPA 2.0.0 Milestone 3 page for additional details.

AdBlock port for Safari users

Safari AdBlock was written with help from the folks who created AdBlock Plus, the popular Firefox plug-in.

MobileMe and iPhone Tips

Good ZDNet posting about how to setup an iPhone with MobileMe.

iPhone Development Emergency Guide

Quick start guide for writing code for the Apple iPhone platform.

Apache OpenJPA Logo Contest

We just started a run-off round of voting for the Apache OpenJPA logo contest, which runs through midnight July 21. Please head over and vote!

Google Gears for FF35

Google Gears has finally been updated for Firefox 3.5. Go check it out.

Agile and Open Source

Interesting Atlassian Developer Blog entry on how they perform Agile development. We use Confluence and JIRA on Apache OpenJPA, but we don't post the user stories, designs and scrums like we should....

Apache OpenJPA Logo Contest

The first round of voting for the new Apache OpenJPA logo contest is still open through midnight July 9. Please head over and vote!

Maven Repo Hosting for any OSS Project

Sonatype, who develops the Nexus tool mentioned in an earlier post, is making a shared instance of Nexus available to any OSS project and will help publish your artifacts to the maven central repos. All you need to do, is follow the OSS Repository Hosting steps on their website.

Apache Maven 2.2.0 Released

The Apache Maven project has released version 2.2.0 of their build tool. I've been using it with Sun JDK 6 on MacOSX to build our Apache OpenJPA trunk code without any problems, but your mileage may vary.

Rebooting an iPod Touch

I upgraded my first gen iPod Touch to the 3.0 OS and it seems to noticeably slow down after a week or so of usage (Safari, Mail, Music, App Store, ...) Found the following How to Reboot an iPod Touch, which seems to help, for a few days at least.

1. Hold the "Power" button until you see the "Slide To Power Off" slider.
2. Let go of the "Power" button, and slide the slider.
3. Wait until it turns off completely, press the "Power" button again to turn it back on.

Pre-Order OS Upgrades

In case you missed it, you can start pre-ordering Windows 7 upgrades today at half-off from retailers such as Amazon, which means you can get Win7 Home Premium Upgrade to boot Vista off your existing machine for $49.95. For WinXP users, you'll have to perform a clean install (so much for easily upgrading my Lenovo S10 netbook.)

For those who have bought a Mac since June 8, you can pre-order Snow Leopard for $9.95

If you have an existing Mac (which is the case for my main work machine), then you'll have to wait for normal Snow Leopard pre-ordering to become available, but you can subscribe to be notified.

Sirius XM Raising Rates

Well, an additional $1.95 per month when I next renew my subscription will make me think long and hard about staying a XM customer. Read more about the upcoming price hikes and the 'U.S. Music Royalty Fee' over on CNet.

Maven Repos and Nexus

I just recently setup a Nexus Open Source server as part of my day job to cache needed artifacts from external repos on a server inside our test lab. It was easy to setup and so far it's working great!

Some blog postings on why you should be using a maven proxy -

• Help Maintain Central: Install a Repository Manager


• Central Maven Repository Traffic: Investigation and Analysis


• Central Maven Repository Traffic: Using S3

OSGi Blueprint Services

Excellent presentation by Guillaume Nodet on OSGi Blueprint Services and references to the Blueprint Services implementation being created by the Apache Geronimo project.

Apache OpenJPA 2.0.0 Milestone 2

We released OpenJPA 2.0 Early Access 2 a few weeks ago. Please give it a test drive and let us now how it handles!