Here is your very first Apache Spark program using Java: the equivalent of the Kernighan and Ritchie’s “Hello, World”. You can download it from GitHub: Basically, the key is to […]
Business Agility, or how IT Should Inspire Business
This morning, I hit the road for a quick 20-minute ride to RTP (Research Triangle Park), to attend a workshop on business agility, organized by Eliassen Group. Animated and moderated […]
The Apache Ecosystem for Enterprise Applications
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) offers a wide range of tools, libraries, frameworks, and data stores for building enterprise applications. The purpose of this list is to keep track of […]
Kids Too
As I live the American public school system, I see a little more how it works and made contacts there. It’s a bit the same as when you read about […]
Failure to Update Raspbian Using apt-get
I had a system crash with my Raspberry Pi during an update process. As a result the disk was corrupted and I needed to fix the trusted GPG keys as […]
Performances of the Raspberry Pi in Programmez! 195
Following the benchmarks I did on the Raspberry Pi, Programmez! Magazine has published more of my benchmarks, both on CPU and storage. I compare more extensively the CPU performance of the […]
Look at What Was in the Mail Today
Nope, this is not a check. Unfortunately. Storage on the Raspberry Pi is pretty limited to the microSD card, which qualities greatly differ – see benchmark. If you want to […]
More microSD Tests on the Raspberry Pi (2 & 3)
As the number of tests increased, I started a new benchmark page as a permalink without dates (but updates). The tests are going to be updated on this page (in […]
Experimenting Can Cause Breakdown
It had to happen: playing with my WordPress finally killed it. I have not lost anything but a little time. This website will be back up to full speed soon with […]
A Pi for a Champ
Okay, self congratulations are probably not a good sign of humility, but I still wanted to share the news with you, my loyal readers. After being an IBM Champion in […]