Radu's corner

RAD / RSA performance - tip

2009-06-23T07:38:00.004+03:00

If you think other Java IDEs are snappier then either RAD or RSA, you might be right. This was my impression as well after recently starting to use Rational Eclipse tools on a daily basis.However, just as I was posting an article on the internal IBM's blogging network asking for help, I ran into this article which gave me an idea to try. Right, afterall Eclipse is the foundation of RAD / RSA /

the reason I don't tweet

2009-06-03T08:45:00.004+03:00

here's why : an fellow IBMer responds on Twitter to some query about some sensitive project, read the story hereI have no details on the story itself. I only see that an IBMer gets in a mess because he allows itself to say the word 'ridiculous'. So, be carefully what you write, when you write and who's your audience. This is why you won't see me on Twitter. I don't fancy this real-time kind of

Notes 8.5 widgets catalog out in the air

2009-04-04T10:47:00.003+03:00

Continuing my last night saga, I wanted to get back some widgets I had with some Notes 8.5 themes. Looking into the internal widget database, drag'n drop a widget, and briefly saw it's connecting to www.noteswidgets.comI said: WOW ! They released the IBM internal widget catalog to the public !! Cool stuff. But when did I missed the announcement ? I think this should have been marketed a little

recover from Notes 8.5 Eclipse breakdown

2009-04-04T01:20:00.003+03:00

Don't do what I did. If it works, don't break it. And if you happen to not read this and you broke it, then you might find this tip useful. You might have a chance by deleting / renaming the \workspace folder. When you next 'reboot' your Notes client, it just might work. And here is my story: I was not happy with the looks of my Notes 8.5 eclipse client. Since I already new about the

free MS utilities - today, sysinternals

2009-02-18T07:26:00.002+02:00

It must have passed about 5 years (or maybe more) since I discovered the ProcessExplorer.exe utility built by Mark Russinovich at sysinternals.com (at the time).Now they've been bought by MS (good for them), and I sincerely hope MS will include Mark's utilities in their future OS (if they didn't already done so), and Mark would become a multi-millionaire, because it deserves it :) I hope I'll

ISA 4.0 glitch

2009-02-08T09:44:00.003+02:00

For the Eclipse / Rational / Expeditor fans, I'we already mentioned how useful ISA (IBM Support Assistant) can be. Let me refresh this, as they constantly update the tool.Apart from the IBM support searches, it also includes IBM Java tools for different analysis (log viewers, java heap and core analysis and so on). All these tools comes and Eclipse plugins, deep burried within the install of

Time-Tracking combination: Notes8.5 / timeEdition / Gcal

2009-02-08T08:52:00.002+02:00

Finally, a solution for me to time track what I do, and have this information in my business Notes 8.5 calendar. It involves three pieces of software, but looks pretty nifty. 1. Notes 8.5 can display Google Calendar. If you didn't knew it, search planetlotus.com or Saint Google on how-to accomplish this.2. I discovered a pretty nifty piece of time-tracking software, thanks to LifeHacker site.

RMC 7.5 exporting to MS Project - estimates in Work column

2009-01-26T23:55:00.004+02:00

today I discovered how to solve an issue which has been bugging me for quite some time. I owe it to Peter Haumer, whose answer I happened to saw on some internal forum.I think I've spoken before about Rational Method Composer (RMC) and how well suited is this tool for architects trying to put pieces together in projects, engagements, processes and the like. If you have no idea what RMC is up to,

partnumber zip files from Passport IBM SW Catalog

2009-01-25T00:59:00.003+02:00

Scenario: suppose you are a new IBM customer. Or, suppose you work for an IBM Business Partner. Either way, suppose you have access to the SW Catalog Downloads of IBM. And you want to get your brand new packages for WebSphere Portal. Version 6.1, Extended. And final supposition: you want to download and install/test Portal on Linux, then on AIX. So far, so good. You access the Catalog, search for

Stanford Engineering Everywhere - Programming Methodology

2009-01-10T09:07:00.003+02:00

Via my Thunderbird feeds, I ran into this post from Stephan's blog.Going from that, I opened the first lecture from YouTube, from here and here's my confession: I would love to attend this course back in my university days. Particularly this question from the lecturer (Mehran Sahami) raised my attention: "how many people (in this room) recognize when a computer is on ?". Seems like fun going

notes 8.5 - first impressions

2009-01-08T14:10:00.004+02:00

You must already know by now that notes 8.5 goodies have been released.I upgraded. Took some long time (about 20 minutes) to upgrade from 8.5 beta 2. So when you upgrade, plan some time. I actually upgraded without any previous local data backup, no issues.I also increased the Notes 8.5 JVM Heap, by altering:\framework\rcp\eclipse\plugins\com.ibm.rcp.j2se.win32.x86_1.6.0.20080709-200808151631\

IOPES - new version

2008-12-21T07:57:00.004+02:00

Remember I wrote a post about me using IBM Omnifind Personal Email Search (IOPES) ? Well, I'm still using it. Could not find another alternative, this is good enough for me searching about 8000 (and counting) locally stored mails, in one archive and one mail replica. On Lotus 8.5 beta2.As I am writing this post, I've just installed (not upgrading, which is a feature request) the latest version

websphere diagnostics starters

2008-12-20T07:31:00.003+02:00

for those of you starting to mock with the WebSphere performance issues, start by understanding the underlying IBM JVM which is by default used in all WebSphere products. There's a 'java diagnostics guide' for each version. The same is true for SUN's virtual machine, but here's the link to the IBM's diagnostics guides:Diagnosis Documentation

when in doubt, check the source

2008-12-20T06:59:00.003+02:00

sorry for the absence. I've been busy. Now that I somehow managed to get into the winter holidays, though some would have argued (I really didn't knew until yesterday that I will be able to take this vacation), I have a little story to share.It's about the source of not some genius program. And not Domino. But WebSphere. Actually, the startup script of a WebSphere. startServer.shI learn all the

link: IBM takes a stand against bad standards

2008-09-28T09:10:00.003+03:00

I am biased in this OOXML saga, I admit. But what happened with the adoption of OOXML as a standard, using the fast track process instead of the normal one, is not fair. And I am saying this just by looking into what happened in Romania regarding the vote, which is summarized by more enthusiast fellow looking at the process. Since it appears Romania is not the only country whose committee was

piece of Portal 6.0.x I learned today

2008-09-24T17:04:00.002+03:00

sometimes I have to dig/test/dig some more/test again/curse a little/ to get something done with this piece of Portal. But when it's done, it's done. And little lessons can be added to this blog :)So, what did I learned today ? That you actually need to perform a check-out/check-in ant tasks for WMM (WebSphere Member Manager) in order to have your changes effective.I wanted to change the LDAP

change in reaching me

2008-09-22T07:55:00.004+03:00

I've changed the About section of this blog, since the spammers found my gmail address and I currently have about two hundred spam messaged daily. Fortunate, gmail spam handling is pretty good so only a couple of these get by.Related to this, guess what's in the attached picture ...u're right, this is a Lotus widget displaying my Gmail account.Just a good illustration of Lotus Widgets actually

wish list

2008-09-09T05:23:00.004+03:00

- I wish to be able to quit smoking. Starting now and marking this point to the blog as to remember it. Quitting is all about my brain and my will.- I wish IBM will implement the IBM Installation Manager into the WebSphere Application Server, so updating and applying a fixpack for either WAS and/or Portal to be a breeze, not a torture as it is right now.- I also wish for a Canon xSi D450, which

picassing and random thoughts

2008-09-06T06:33:00.005+03:00

Two things:1. I uninstalled Chrome. Because I saw some privacy concerns on some blogs, because I didn't liked it and because FF is too much great of a browser. As somebody said somewhere, if FF plugins will work with Chrome, its speed might be an argument. But Google has a long way to make it an useful browser. And I no longer have the time to test things just for fun. I'm sure it will be a good

Notes Search not working as I expected

2008-09-02T07:40:00.005+03:00

Now with the summer vacation gone, it's time to plan the winter vacation :)But this is another story, I'd better focus on this topic's subject ....So, I am using the 8.5_M2 version of Notes client as the business mail client. Overall it's better, however I am still frustrated. I don't get it, I expect the "Search All Mail" to perform the Full-Text search on my Local mail replica as well as in all

holiday impressions: today, Athens

2008-08-06T06:35:00.007+03:00

update: just got back home to Romania from Greece, via Bulgaria. Let me give you upfront a piece of advice: don't fly to Greece. Take your car (or rent one) and see Greece by car. It is definitely an impressive country and it's worth the effort. Avoid Athens though, except for Acropolis it's a piece of crap. I thought I would be in danger in the center of Athens, on Voulgari street (sometimes

Release 8.5_M1

2008-08-02T16:35:00.007+03:00

This is the name for the Notes 8.5 beta 1 for windows, which was released .... I have no idea, does not matter. However, since I will be gone for holidays for the next two weeks, what better way to start the vacation but to upgrade my business e-mail client to Notes 8.5 ? So, the install was ... a little emotional, since I haven't backed up my /data folder as I usually do, and the first run

I told you so ....

2008-07-31T19:55:00.004+03:00

I sometimes have moments of intuition which have never (or rarely) proven wrong. One of these moments was the one when I anticipated that Notes 8 will be a kick-a** application. Is has, it is and it will be. Despite the fact that I also have some criticism to address (its performance), it turned out the IBM's strategy was right.I am also linking to the article demonstrating Lotus's momentumNot

come back to the future

2008-07-28T23:14:00.003+03:00

In 1975, I was one year old.At that time, this was part of some IBM slides:http://www.squareamerica.com/ib.htmThis got me thinking ...

LTPA between WebSeal and WebSphere Portal

2008-07-23T21:54:00.005+03:00

As usually, I find things on my own, the hard way. If you are trying to set-up LTPA SSO between the WebSeal reverse proxy controlled by TAM and WebSphere Portal, check this technote: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21198736What are they trying to say in above article, is that if you use 'WPSConfig enable-security-wmmur-ldap', you'd better be aware that LTPA keys exported from