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Sure, you see the word “parasitic” and the first thing that pops to mind is probably “ewww.”
But parasitic behavior is actually a good strategy for new communities, as long as they don’t ultimately kill their host.
Last night Rysiek pinged me about some thoughts on how to improve JBoss Portal, by allowing the core team to [...]

I applaud the recent announcement between JBoss (Red Hat) and Exadel.
JBoss, through Seam, is committed to JSF, the standard view framework for Java EE applications. The Exadel components represent a nice set of JSF-compatible chunks to help build rich applications, using AJAX and such.
To be honest, I’m still learning JSF myself.
But from a business [...]

I’m going to be in Austin, Texas all next week for the Day Job. Seems like most folks I used to know in Austin have moved to Houston or other places. If you are in Austin, and particularly if you want to buy me some beers, let me know.
I don’t know the area, [...]

Monday morning, I woke up to find myself transformed into a Red Hat employee.
Yes, that’s right, I’ve joined Red Hat. More specifically, I joined JBoss, a division of Red Hat, to lead up JBoss.ORG. You may recall that a little more than a year ago, JBoss acquired the Drools business rule engine. [...]

It has been decided that tonight, 12 September, the Codehaus Oof Uncamp will happen at Zeitgeist, in San Francisco. It’s cash-only, so bring some Benjamins. I’ll buy the first round or two.
Update: 7pm is the time to collide.

Flew to JBossWorld conference in Vegas
Lost $200 on slots
Wife won $240 on slots
Went to a party at the top of the world (with go-go dancers, see photos)
Hung out with Thomas Diesler, Mark Proctor, and Tom Bayeans. (Belgian farmboys are funny when drunk)
Helped present a Drools/JBoss Rules BoF
Saw Penn & Teller
Flew home
Got food poisoning (Recovering, mostly [...]

Don’t forget kids, next week I’ll be at that JBoss conference, where I’ll be pitching in on the JBoss Rules BOF, in Vegas, with that vegetarian Mark Proctor. And remember Mark, nobody likes a vegetarian. Though, maybe we like you a little bit for kicking ass and getting Drools 3.0 out the door. [...]