Archive for March, 2007

JXPath: Query complex Java object trees using the XPath expression language

March 23rd, 2007

“…I needed an easy way to traverse Java object trees and extract values from the objects. Instead of continually going through huge iterator-if-else setups, I wanted a tool that would allow me to simply say, “I want the object with id=X, and from that object, I need the value of property A.” In essence, I […]

Vista Photo Acquisition Wizard May Lose Your Digital Photo’s EXIF Data

March 23rd, 2007

Your digital image’s EXIF data may be compromised if you use Vista’s Photo Acquisition Wizard to download your images from your camera. I guess owning the MBR (master boot record) was not enough; MS now wants your EXIF.read more | digg story

SD Read and Write Performance

March 10th, 2007

I finally got around to doing some read and write performance testing on some of my various Secure Digital (SD) flash memory cards.  It's not an "apples to apples" comparison since I don't have cards that are all the same size or all with the same claimed performance (i.e. 80x, 150x, etc).  As a relative […]