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Jamie McIlroy

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…camp

I’ve always been a fan of theme based Scout camps.

Dec 2, 2020

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…camp

Dec 2, 2020

In this week's installment of Making our Good Robot Great:

Vision.

Nov 27, 2020

In this week's installment of Making our Good Robot Great:

Nov 27, 2020

Remembering Haarlem

In the summer of 2019, I helped lead a group of 16 young men to the Haarlem Jamborette. With Covid restrictions increasing by the day, I…

Nov 19, 2020

Nov 19, 2020

Dear Scouts Canada: You have a risk problem…

…and I think it’s part of what’s created your growth problem.

Nov 18, 2020

Dear Scouts Canada: You have a risk problem…

Nov 18, 2020

Untangling a String with a Thread (see what I did there…?)

Note: This is a way to process strings as part of WPILibs Command Based Programming Framework…for use with First Robotics. It’s also…

Nov 18, 2020

Nov 18, 2020

7 Year Itch

Someone asked me the other day whether I had a website or not,

Feb 16, 2013

Feb 16, 2013

JSF reference to it’s backing bean missing

Tools can be the bane of my existence sometimes…

Nov 6, 2006

Nov 6, 2006

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no ocijdbc9 in java.library.path

So I’m trying to configure a servlet running on Tomcat to connect to IBM’s DB2 Content Management system (via II4C). I can get it to run…

Oct 27, 2006

Oct 27, 2006

Words collide

I think one of the most important virtues of a software professional is being fearless. Someone can lack fear for many reasons:

Oct 26, 2006

Oct 26, 2006

Not quite what I expected…JSF & Validation

So I’m working on a simple search screen (for querying LDAP attributes). There is a Googley type interface (simple box with a search…

Oct 10, 2006

Oct 10, 2006

Bridging the Gap — The File Upload saga continues…

Last week on LOST…. What’s the issue with a File Upload control in a WebSphere Portlet (and please, if you’ve done something like this…

Oct 5, 2006

Oct 5, 2006

2 Portlet Specs and URL encoding…

Still working on the file upload portlet for my current client. I’ve decided to change gears and parse the request in a servlet rather…

Oct 4, 2006

Oct 4, 2006

Strings

Strings

Oct 4, 2006

Oct 4, 2006

File Upload, Portal, JSF and not being surprised…

I’m writing a portlet that allows a user to modify certain LDAP attributes. It’s a nice little solution (if I do say so myself), wrapping…

Sep 18, 2006

Sep 18, 2006

EJPPG0003E: ServletContext lookup for /.CreditCounterPartyReviewLog

I’m working on a Portlet project right now. It helps a group over at TransAlta keep their financial obligations and exposures in check. I…

Aug 25, 2006

EJPPG0003E: ServletContext lookup for /.CreditCounterPartyReviewLog

Aug 25, 2006

Presentations

Paul Glen wrote a funny little list of things not to do when giving a presentation. While most are fairly obvious (and correct), I don’t…

Aug 23, 2006

Aug 23, 2006

A Project of Problems

My friend and colleague Iwona and I were talking this afternoon about our current project. It’s a complex integration exercise, joining 4…

Aug 16, 2006

Aug 16, 2006

Specifications

I was having lunch with Jeff and Ian at Café Mauro when the subject of JSR168 portlets came up. It seems the architectural strategy at…

Jan 19, 2006

Jan 19, 2006

Remembering Memory Management with CORBA

Java is a wonderful language, especially when compared to a container native language like LotusScript. There are many more options…

Jan 12, 2006

Jan 12, 2006

Testing Overhead

I was enjoying a sandwich with my friend Lindsay the other day when he asked an age old question:

Jan 12, 2006

Jan 12, 2006

Jamie McIlroy

Jamie McIlroy

Husband and Father. Wilderness First-Aid Certified. Terrible at tying knots. I play Squash. I like things that Trade. Leafs fan. FRC and Scouts Canada

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