Adobe AIR is known for memory leak issues, especially in regards to loading and unloading video. I have seen applications with alternating video and images crash unexpectedly after running for only 20 minutes with no user input. After doing some investigating on my own, I can confirm what others have said in the past: You [...]

As a moderator on the JavaRanch, I often come across posts asking how to reinvent features that are available in most application servers. In JDBC for example, I’ve had people ask how to implement their own database connection pooling and how to create their own JDBC driver. Often times the developer is trying to create [...]

I really like twitter lists.  JobMob blogged about how to use them.  I agree with what they said, but have a different personal use for them.  Here’s my take on twitter lists. I use twitter in several different ways.  Lists help me deal with those ways. Current tweets This is the traditional see things as [...]