Listen to Roumen new hit single…

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Java EE 5!

One, two, three, four, five
There's a technology I use day and night
For my application with a web frontend
They told me to use .Net
But I really don't wanna

So many bugs I fixed last week.
My code is neat and talk is a cheap
I like Glassfish, JSF, persistence API
And as I continue you know they're gettin' sweeter

So what can I do I really beg you my Lord
To me codin' it's just like a sport
All the bad code from the past, let me dump it
Please set in the trumpet

A little bit of injection in my life
A little bit of persistence by my side
A little bit of NetBeans is all I need
A little bit of EJB's what I see
A little bit of standards in the sun
A little bit of XML all night long
A little bit web services here I am
A little bit of code makes me real man

This is Java EE 5!

Jump up and down and move your code around
Shake your head to the sound bury bad code under ground
Move one step left and one step right
One to the front and one to the side
Refactor it once and refactor it twice
If it looks like this you're doin' it right

A little bit of injection in my life
A little bit of persistence by my side
A little bit of NetBeans is all I need
A little bit of EJB's is what I see
A little bit of standards in the sun
A little bit of XML all night long
A little bit web services here I am
A little bit of code makes me real man

This is Java EE 5!

I've seen quite some talk about various Automatic MySQL Backup scripts. Maybe I'm missing the point, but backing up MySQL databases is not rocket science. I use a very simple logrotate script:

/etc/logrotate.d /mysql-backup

/opt/backups/mysql-backup.sql {   notifempty   daily   nocreate   rotate 15   missingok   compress   postrotate   # just if mysqld is really running   if test -n "`ps acx|grep mysqld`"; then     /usr/bin/mysqldump --user=USER --password=PASSWORD --add-drop-table --add-locks --all --extended-insert --quick -A > /opt/backups/mysql-backup.sql   fi   endscript }

Logrotate provides all kinds of configuration options. There's really no need to reinvent the wheel.

Ain't It Cool News has an very cool video that shows how they made Jor-El (Marlon Brando) speak again in Superman Returns.

Rick just blogged about the user-centric philosophy behind dzone:

We've had one of those "moment of truth" experiences this past weekend, coming to understand that the only way to make our new service really, truly great is to focus relentlessly on delivering the best possible experience to our users. There is no easier, softer way.

Read more in Doing what's best for you, not us…

Erik's Pulse has been published.

My cousin took some totally awesome pictures of Paris.