Moving to...

I recently came to know that using trademark names as your Blog address should be avoided,wherever possible. So I decided to move my blog to Srini's Boulevard. I will keep this blog running for some time. Although, I have added redirects to my new blog, apologize if any of the links are broken. The new blog is a duplicate of this blog, so you will find all the information in the new blog too. Hope that you will find my new blog useful.
See you then!. Bye

photo of the first bug

Actual photo of the first Bug - thanks to Prof. Mehran Sahami of Standford University & Smithsonian.
A short apocryphal story as told by Prof: In 1945, there was a lady by name Grace Murray Hopper ( click here to learn about Adm.Hopper ). She first woman admiral and was stationed at Harvard University.  who was from the Navy, working on Mark II Computer (it was those of Huge Vacum Tubes and relays). One day, they noticed that the Computer was working on fits and starts . So they opened the Computer and actually walked inside the Computer, to find a moth shorted-out between two relays. So she removed the moth and preserved the moth in her log book. The above photo is from the logbook kept at Smithsonian ( Smithsonian photo of first Bug) .

Excellent Free JavaScript/XML /XSLT/FO editors

Found Excellent editors to edit XML/XSLT/FO editors
All the editors mentioned below are free (some editors do do not make available all the features in the freebie version).
XMLSpear: http://www.donkeydevelopment.com/#features
XMLFox: http://www.xmlfox.com/ Another free XML Editor. Some of the features are not available in the freebie version.
Editx: Excellent Free XML Editor, cool Features http://free.editix.com/ Requires you to buy, in order to use do FO Translations, XML and other features

For FO Translations:
RenderX: http://www.renderx.com/download/personal.html

Microsoft:
Any mention without Microsoft XML Editors is incomplete (Not that it has any cool features). You can also use MS Word to create /Edit XML documents.
XML Notepad: Microsoft XML Editor

JavaScript
Yaldex: http://www.yaldex.com/Free_JavaScript_Editor.htm

Last but not the least,is Oracle JDeveloper - although I am yet to go through it completely and one which I intend to make my favorite - to download goto:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/jdev/index.html

"Paid" Editor:
Of course, there are other "paid" version of XML Editor, which have superior features, some offering fully functional "trial" versions. I have listed below a couple of them:
XMLSPY http://www.altova.com/simpledownload2c.html?gclid=CMrz8q37zqACFYd-5QodfEqp5Q
oXygen: http://www.oxygenxml.com/

XSLT, FO & Others

FOP: Other Resources
I stumbled upon this excellent collection on XSLT, FO and other resources including Java (thanks to Rodolfo Raya of IBM - to visit his page click here )
Of course, I should thank Michael Morrison too, since he had mentioned about about apache.org in his book.

» IE8 - What you need to know :: CSS, JavaScript and XHTML Explained

» IE8 - What you need to know :: CSS, JavaScript and XHTML Explained

Interesting article by Estelle on CSS/JavaScript & XHTML

Web Servieces Tutorials | bpelworld.com

Links I found useful for learning BPEL/Web Services

BPEL/Web Servieces Tutorials | bpelworld.com

BPEL Tutorial from Oracle – Manipulating XML Documents in BPEL
BPEL Tutorial from SearchSOA
Web Services Tutorial from w3Schools.com

OPN PartnerCast - Download free podcast episodes by Oracle Corporation on iTunes.

OPN PartnerCast - Download free podcast episodes by Oracle Corporation on iTunes.

Watch/Listen Oracle Partner Podcasts using the above Link.

Overview \ Processing 1.0

Overview \ Processing 1.0

Interesting to learn to about Processing software. (it is a software that can be used to produce Visual Arts).
Enclosed below a short synopsis about Processing (lifted it from about page)

"Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing quickly developed into a tool for creating finished professional work as well."

For example the following apps was developed using Processing Software.

Cool apps, it displays on the bottom the data points in the Venn Diagram. Clicking on any of the venn diagram changes the data displayed in the bottom.You can get more information about the above twitter app at Jeff Clark'sTwitterVenn apps and about Processing here.

Tamil transliteration by Google - cool

I saw this cool feature -tranliterater - in google which types in Tamil (or any other language), simply thrilled! ஒன்லி ப்ரோப்லேம் இஸ் தட் கூகிள் சீம்ஸ் டு திருன்ச்ளிடேரடே எவெரி வோர்ட். பீல்ஸ் லைக், சிங்கிங் ஓனே ஒப் ரஹ்மான்'s சாங்.
wonder how many would be able to read the above sentence!

New Product from Oracle

Oracle® has finally entered the food world! After drinking Gatorade and other energy drinks for years, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle®, got this idea while racing for the America cup, in the Mediterranean. Viola! Oracle ® Organic drink. Studies were conducted on two groups, one which drank 3 bottles of Oracle ® Juice and the other drank plain apple/orange/lime juice. Those who drank 3 bottles a day of Oracle ® juice, learnt Oracle ® products at least 2 times faster. The savings in terms of spending on learning at Oracle ® University, software, and books is estimated to be, 52.75%. Learn Oracle®! Drink Oracle ®! Earn more!

This is a spoof on Oracle. Link to original article I read is here. I have no knowledge whether this is an Oracle product or not.None of statistics presented are true. I have written this article with tonge-firmly-in-the-cheek.

Oracle wins America Cup

And Oracle wins America's Cup Again (Second year in a row). Congrats, guys, keep it up!

The Challenge is all the more difficult, since the winning team sets the rules for the next cup, making it all the more difficult for challenger teams to take it away.

CGI-BIN

Found an interesting site which teaches CGI-BIN - check it out

in reference to: CGI Scripts - Learning to Publish (view on Google Sidewiki)

So you click on any link?

Are you one of those trusting sort, who believe on the links that appear in your email? If so, click on the hyperlink below and guess where you are landing...

http://www.microsoft.com

Javascript with forms

Here is a Javascript Form which allows you to scroll back/forward/home

JavaScript is working

Click me to see Javascript Window popup

Why Americans are Jobless?

Read a funny mail on why Americans are jobless...reproduced it as it is...
Why Are Americans Jobless ?


John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6 a.m.

While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN PHILIPPINES ) .
He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes (MADE IN VIETNAM). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ), then he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today.

After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ), he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia ) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.

At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his computer (MADE IN MALAYSIA ), John decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE ) and turned on his TV (MADE IN KOREA ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA .

AND NOW HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM HIS PRESIDENT (MADE IN KENYA )

Javascript...

And...the script Doesn't work :-(

having fun with HTML

been brushing up HTML

wrote a small test piece code below

Baby steps on learning HTML

Enter your Username to login to Fort Knox:


Password:

SOA Foundation Certification

I saw a beta announcement on SOA Foundation. Intend to take this in the first week of March.
Beta Exam on SOA Foundation. For more details click here.

JDeveloper... up and working on OAF

Found the DBC file needed for connectivity, at two places viz; 1) $INST_TOP/./appl/fnd/12.0.0/secure/ 2)$FND_SECURE
Copied this to \dbc_files\secure (The variable JDEV_USER_HOME is created by clicking on MY Computer Icon and selecting advanced tab then clicking on Environment variables;click on New button under user variables and Create a variable JDEV_USER_HOME and give the path as mentioned above).

12.1.1. is up and running and srinivaSAN (pun intended :-) ) can work on JDev! Yahoooooo!

A typical DBC file looks like the following:
==========================
#DB Settings
#Sat Jun 13 15:24:33 EDT 2009
GUEST_USER_PWD=GUEST/ORACLE
APPL_SERVER_ID=7D3ED2C586E7B5EAE0400AC0867967BF11393538614093026453179252362826
FND_JDBC_BUFFER_DECAY_INTERVAL=300
APPS_JDBC_DRIVER_TYPE=THIN
FND_JDBC_BUFFER_MIN=1
GWYUID=APPLSYSPUB/PUB
FND_JDBC_BUFFER_MAX=5
APPS_JDBC_URL=jdbc\:oracle\:thin\:@(DESCRIPTION\=(ADDRESS_LIST\=(LOAD_BALANCE\=YES)(FAILOVER\=YES)(ADDRESS\=(PROTOCOL\=tcp)(HOST\=oracleDemo.com)(PORT\=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA\=(SERVICE_NAME\=ORA12)))
FND_JDBC_STMT_CACHE_SIZE=100
TWO_TASK=ORA12
JDBC\:oracle.jdbc.maxCachedBufferSize=358400
JDBC\:processEscapes=true
FND_MAX_JDBC_CONNECTIONS=500
FND_JDBC_USABLE_CHECK=false
FNDNAM=APPS
FND_JDBC_PLSQL_RESET=false
DB_PORT=1521
FND_JDBC_CONTEXT_CHECK=true
FND_JDBC_BUFFER_DECAY_SIZE=5
DB_HOST=oracleDemo.com
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