tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:57 +0000CD-ROMimage searchideaintroductionOSGijava-based OSJava via CD-ROMperspectiveopinioneclipse viewjnodeeclipse perspectiveEclipsesearchWeb Startthoughtframeworkimage processingJavacrazyJava Application via CD-ROMWondering around in the cyberspace and blogging about what I have in mind.http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)Blogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-8172024588023807312Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:48:00 +00002010-02-10T09:50:49.389+03:00I made a subscription for Honda updates newsletter. And this is how they say "Thank you".I just love it.. :)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/FtliMrWmQP4/this-is-how-honda-says-thank-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/FtliMrWmQP4" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2010/02/this-is-how-honda-says-thank-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-2404458896843457068Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:07:00 +00002010-02-03T15:27:05.854+03:00Before, I had these ideas before:1- The first idea is already there now, it’s the Spring OSGi Server.2- The second idea is, as I read once, already implemented by Google now, you upload a picture of something and search for this place, it gets you more information about the place and what is it and stuff like this. But the only difference is that Google’s implementation is for known landscapes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/gbCSPKK4u-c/and-yet-another-great-idea-that-turns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/gbCSPKK4u-c" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-yet-another-great-idea-that-turns.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-66839978941595742Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:34:00 +00002010-01-13T12:45:29.520+03:00It's been around 7 months now since I joined my new company. Here's a summary of what I've done so far:***Nothing.***Is that really a bad thing or just me feeling so?I don't know why and how come.. but I do miss the previous company. I miss being busy. I miss the feeling that I have a task with a dead line. I miss lots of feelings.It's good to have nothing to do all day long. But not for me.. nothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/_TqjRO50qXA/im-feeling-like-im-dieing-slowly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/_TqjRO50qXA" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-feeling-like-im-dieing-slowly.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-345990035676172516Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:33:00 +00002009-06-06T10:39:05.740+03:00Today, and finally, Sun decided to post a list of all technologies used in the Java EE along with its specifications' URLs and versions. I am really glad that they finally did that.Latest Java EE release with its technologies and specifications numbers is here (for the time of this post, it is Java EE 5).For the time of this post, Java EE 6 technologies preview page.To know why I am really happy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/_zDJoMnLT0k/java-ee-technologies-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/_zDJoMnLT0k" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2009/06/java-ee-technologies-list.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-148461610381366539Sat, 30 May 2009 07:37:00 +00002009-05-30T12:34:28.769+03:00Today I was reading about JDK 7 and the new language changes and I stumbled upon this InfoQ post. But what really grapped my attention is in the first reply to the post, here: 'Funny thing about Java, it's "what you can ADD to it" culture.', Vic C saidFew minutes earlier I was reading Alex Miller - Java 7 page and was thinking to myself the same, but in the good way.My point is:We have been http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/1_t7xqMVCHg/today-i-was-reading-about-jdk-7-and-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/1_t7xqMVCHg" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2009/05/today-i-was-reading-about-jdk-7-and-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-7142168107552935348Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:47:00 +00002009-04-30T07:10:11.311+03:00- I've made it.. I've made it.. I've made it.- Made what?- I resigned.- Really?-Yes. Finally I left the company, resigned, and now moving to another one. Stable, secure, much better, and most of all, I will be using my favorite tools and IDE again.I am out of these products that I've been using for more than three years. Finally I got out.- If you were using tools and IDE that you did not like http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/Tkj1YkLaJe8/interview-with-vampire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/Tkj1YkLaJe8" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-with-vampire.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-5867643426884528069Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:40:00 +00002008-08-26T15:56:45.148+03:00jnodejava-based OSToday, I was surfing the net and reading some articles. I read a comment about something that mentioned the Java based OS; JNode.. WOW...Finally.. I am very happy for it. Very happy more than any one can ever know.Last year I was thinking why not having a Java based OS. Imagine you can just simply write Java code and save it locally and then type a command to compile it (i.e., compile MyFile.javahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/zQe_1ZfDp-s/jnodeorg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/zQe_1ZfDp-s" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/08/jnodeorg.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-1858307587036484317Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:28:00 +00002008-08-11T11:33:18.645+03:00Today, I was reading Jeff Heaton's blog. I found this quiz (What dog breed are you?)It's a nice one.. :)Well, I turned out to be a Bulldog!?!?! I do not know how come, although I originally hate Bulldogs..!!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/BVDQts_SUR8/what-dog-breed-am-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/BVDQts_SUR8" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-dog-breed-am-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-3431365899401240070Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:58:00 +00002008-07-15T13:13:38.041+03:00opinioncrazyimage processingideaimage searchsearchthoughtIt's been a while now since I had this small idea in my head. Some people may thing that I am crazy...But what the heck.. all brilliant ideas and thoughts were considered to be crazy at its early stages :)Imagine that you can go to your favorite search engine, Google for example, and you go find the following options1- Web (text search) - which already there and the default2- Images (based on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/ucQBYxrbYjg/and-i-have-another-crazy-idea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/ucQBYxrbYjg" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/07/and-i-have-another-crazy-idea.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-8721249741326154252Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:58:00 +00002008-07-15T12:04:39.748+03:00Java via CD-ROMJavaWeb StartCD-ROMJava Application via CD-ROMToday, I was checking Java.net web page. I read the article of Distributing a Java Web Start Application via CD-ROMWell, that is my initial thinking of its possible usage scenarios:1- It could be used for installation CDs2- It could be used for making a demo CD with and embedded server (Tomcat or Glassfish) and the application deployed to it. And having this CD sent to the client3- It could be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/fzQarElDf7Y/distributing-java-application-via-cd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/fzQarElDf7Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/07/distributing-java-application-via-cd.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-5025596714904746047Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:37:00 +00002008-07-06T15:01:29.622+03:00Today, I was navigating Apache.org website. I ran into the Cocoon project. Out of curiosity, I opened it. I know the project 5 years ago and I thought that it was closed (obsolete). I don't know why I always had this thought in mind, but any way. I was really amazed that the project is still open and still has activities (latest as the time of this writing is: Cocoon 2.2.0 Released on 5/15/08Anyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/3ewxG1ESlBk/first-time-to-maven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/3ewxG1ESlBk" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/07/first-time-to-maven.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-5187002899838288677Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:41:00 +00002008-06-04T21:52:19.572+03:00introductioneclipse perspectiveperspectiveEclipseeclipse viewThe Eclipse IDE is a very rich and easy to use. But; as a senior developer who have been all the time in contact with, and sometimes giving courses to junior developers; I found out that with the following introduction about Eclipse, I help them to have a faster startup time. So, I thought of sharing this quick introduction of Eclipse IDE to everyone.This introduction will not be including any http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/q3gUeopIzeA/eclipse-ide-is-very-rich-and-easy-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/q3gUeopIzeA" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/06/eclipse-ide-is-very-rich-and-easy-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-6569949774704060259Tue, 13 May 2008 00:31:00 +00002008-05-13T12:08:50.168+03:00OSGiframeworkFor quiet sometime now and I have been thinking of a new application framework. It's an application that I had in mind for quite sometime now. And it's the same application that my managers have in mind.It's a big application that we are thinking of.But I wanted to do it differently this time. Different than my managers think of it.I did not want to have it as an application that is Struts , JSF http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/wi56qvngL-o/dear-manager-can-we-develop-osgi-based.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/wi56qvngL-o" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/05/dear-manager-can-we-develop-osgi-based.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-5858761152843207409Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:37:00 +00002008-08-26T15:38:00.791+03:00Since last November and I have not written a thing to add to my blog.Talking to my friends, they say that the reason is because I am work-alcoholic. I don't think so.Well, I'll let you judge on that.Since mid of November I traveled to somewhere else for closing the project we started last April (a year ago). I was supposed to be back from that somewhere else (Place B) by the end of January.But I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/PKg5zJLkgxc/since-last-november-and-i-have-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/PKg5zJLkgxc" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2008/04/since-last-november-and-i-have-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-6037276420654384923Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:42:00 +00002008-08-10T13:18:31.096+03:00Although the file size is 8 KB, it still shows that the file size is (-122388 bytes).Well, as usual, "With Microsoft, imagination becomes reality".http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/n7PjDdLHFqc/windows-file-size-in-minus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/n7PjDdLHFqc" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-file-size-in-minus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-8120844810677617025Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:06:00 +00002007-10-29T16:12:26.885+03:00Well,It has been a while since my last posting. Actually, it's almost a month now.I know that I haven't posted the HTML menu as I said I would.Well, the reason is that I have been busy lately at work.Well, I still have a good news. I am now a Java 5 Certified.. :D(finally)Well, I was hoping to have the time to study for web components or business components.But the truth, I barely had the time tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/XCUwSoqfyNw/finally-scjp-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/XCUwSoqfyNw" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/10/finally-scjp-50.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-5728307729357188803Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:26:00 +00002007-09-10T15:59:32.656+03:00Couple of days ago, I had a small idea with some options. I am not sure if it is a small or not. Any way, here it isOption 1:- Why not having a processor that can read Java Byte Code and process its instructions. Well, before any say anything and how ignorant I am, I have made a very quick search on the word "Java Processor".Among the results, I got: Wiki Java Processor and this article, which http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/7SGpRFTIGjE/some-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/7SGpRFTIGjE" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/09/some-thoughts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-5754170687220108796Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:27:00 +00002007-08-25T14:13:46.243+03:00Couple of months ago, we started a new project in the company I work for. Of course, the project needs a menu to navigate the system. This is something of the basics that you don't think of and mandatory to exist.I was assigned to look for a menu. Well, I did and found couple of menus that really meets our requirements and the client's expectations. Well, almost.Option number one was struts-menu.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/LbL6Qxeik40/javascript-menu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/LbL6Qxeik40" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/08/javascript-menu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-7727378615073658716Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:26:00 +00002007-08-20T09:33:42.524+03:00Yesterday I was checking my account at facebok.com.As you might have expected already, I have found an old friend of mine. Of course, I was very happy to see him. But actually, I was much happier when I checked his friends. I found not just one old friend. But I found almost a dozen.I was very happy.I really think the idea of face book is a very good idea. It really can make you reach your old http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/h7kU0NicFbI/facebookcom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/h7kU0NicFbI" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/08/facebookcom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-363552778967768162Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:38:00 +00002007-08-16T09:36:18.097+03:00I have read today the following article at Sun. And you can vote yourself with what you think is better to be added right here.For me, I am not sure if adding new major language changes to Java is a pretty good idea or not. But a general idea is that I totally agree with one of the replies who specifically said:"The reason of success for Java was that it was a simple language that can easily be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/Gyic2No8fkM/jdk-7-looking-ahead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/Gyic2No8fkM" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/08/jdk-7-looking-ahead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-6316466449642582192Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:12:00 +00002007-08-05T18:17:31.508+03:00Well, it has been a while since I had the time to do anything but work.Today, I am almost finished with my task that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks. The task is, in general, to work with struts framework inside the framework we are using. Any way, I have learned alot of struts in this task.I will post a briefe How-To about struts.But to tell you the truth, struts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/-9q7P1an-BM/finally-struts-138-is-up-in-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/-9q7P1an-BM" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/08/finally-struts-138-is-up-in-project.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-4900308075414988481Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:38:00 +00002007-06-30T12:40:02.779+03:00Few months ago, I ran into this web site.It's a free Jva online courses. I think the auther of these course isgiving something that really few would appreciate. Thanks to Sang Shin.http://www.javapassion.com/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/0ica5imfOH4/java-passion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/0ica5imfOH4" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/06/java-passion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-4935153187789830531Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:18:00 +00002007-06-28T18:27:08.787+03:00I am not sure why do people think that Microsoft has made a new jump in the desktop world by adding a 3D feature to some elements in its new Windows.Sun has made its own project for 3D desktop few years ago (3D java-based Desktop). The project is still in progress (beta version), but I think it is cool thing.The only problem for windows users, is that only a demo version is available (Windows http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/VrNp1ufq3WU/3d-java-based-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/VrNp1ufq3WU" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/06/3d-java-based-desktop.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17217923.post-4603122453137281213Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:42:00 +00002007-06-28T17:50:40.418+03:00Hi all,This is my first blog entry.Wish I could do a difference in the J2EE world...See you all, in the soon future ;)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~3/yszHC5a8FEE/starting-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mohamed El-Beltagy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/El-beltagysBlog/~4/yszHC5a8FEE" height="1" width="1"/>http://melbeltagy.blogspot.com/2007/06/starting-blog.htmlen-us