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August 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Notes from JCertif, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

I've blogged a lot about this place and why I am here, so I'll summarize (read www.facebook.com/mikelevin

http://jroller.com/Sandymountster ;

http://www.codetown.us/ and…

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Added by Michael Levin on August 28, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

JCertif is on! Rockin' in the Congo...

JCertif is one of the first Java related conferences in the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville. Sponsored by AfricaJUG, CongoJUG, Oracle and Fujitsu and organized by none other than Codetown's own… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 25, 2010 at 6:47am — No Comments

How to make database driven i18n using spring

Had to do this for an Abercrombie and thought I would share. Cool stuff!

http://jackiergleason.com/?q=node/15

It is a rough draft and I am having trouble getting my autowired working but I am sure this is just a config issue I need to work out. Feedback is appriciated!

Jackie

Added by Jackie Gleason on August 17, 2010 at 8:17pm — No Comments

DevCamp Bangalore

We're happy to announce the third edition of DevCamp Bangalore -

DevCamp Bangalore 3 (http://bangalore.devcamp.in) on Saturday, 4th

September 2010.

The event will be sponsored & hosted by ThoughtWorks

(www.thoughtworks.com) at our office in Diamond District, Bangalore.

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Added by Michael Levin on August 16, 2010 at 7:29am — No Comments

eWaste and the Social Landfill

Murray's concern with the problems presented by unwanted but usable old computers being discarded in landfills led him to an unexpected solution. He talks to TEDxCreativeCoast 2010 about the problems of e-waste, the digital divide, and how a local youth organization is tackling a small part of the problem by giving back to those most in…

Added by Michael Levin on August 15, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Lady Java

Added by Michael Levin on August 13, 2010 at 10:20pm — No Comments

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