Gotcha

Posted March 18, 2009 - 08:42 by fuzziebrain

Most recently, I have received a few comments that I think were spam. At the moment, anonymous comments are moderated, so I am thankful that you the reader did not have to spend/waste time sifting through garbage (Image by gueffel via Flickr). 

Unfaithful Web APIs

Posted March 2, 2009 - 13:52 by fuzziebrain

Haploview is a Java application developed by Broad Institute and is used to visualise and analyse haplotype datasets. One of its key features includes a direct data link with HapMap. It is very useful for anyone studying genotypic links in disease studies, and from what I hear, co-workers at my research institute use this actively in their research.

Trouble with JAXB

Posted February 10, 2009 - 16:40 by fuzziebrain

I spent two days figuring out what had gone wrong with my simple JAX-WS web service. The service I wrote was previously deployed using Axis2 1.4.1 engine running on IBM's Websphere Application Server (Community Edition) version 1.1. However, I recently had to port my application over to version 2 and that's when problems started to surface.

Installing Drupal Exhibit module on a PHP 5.1.6 platform

Posted January 16, 2009 - 14:03 by fuzziebrain

The Exhibit module for Drupal specifies a minimum requirement for PHP 5.2 to function correctly, but unfortunately, my web-hosting provider only supports version 5.1.6 at this time. However, one of the main motivations for me to explore Drupal was the modules and framework to support the Semantic Web. So I tested Exhibit, RDF and OpenCalais modules and all of them appear to install and function correctly.

New year, New webhost, New beginnings

Posted January 14, 2009 - 20:22 by fuzziebrain

After two years hosting with EasyCGI, I have decided to switch providers and platform. The website is still under considerable amount of development especially in content. I ask you to please bear with me as I squeeze time to make this an exciting and informative website for books, technology, food and wine lovers!