January 2003
8 posts
River Lune, Oracle Forms
River Lune We paddled from Rigmarden bridge down to Devil’s bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale. Grade 1-2 water with enough features to keep the more experienced people interested. Plenty of features to work your way back up etc. Novices had a good time breaking in and out. This is a good paddle but restricted to 8 craft at a time under the access agreement. The only tricky bit is right at the end where...
Found a J2EE workflow engine
I had a look on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/ )for a workflow tool and found Open Business Engine. Looks like it has a design tool and all of my other requirements. http://sourceforge.net/projects/obe/. I’m enjoying writing my own very primitive engine though. My next fun thing is trying to make stateful portlets, I just can’t wait. Going for a paddle on the River Lune this weekend, should...
Satire site
Had a laugh on a link I found from the Register http://www.theregister.co.uk . The Rockall Times : http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk. I particularly liked the jubilee section which points out that Britain holds the record for the most people killed in transport disasters. Typical of this half-assed country. The want ads for Conservative Party leader and so on very good too.
More writing and starting skunkworks workflow...
Writing Fairly busy with one thing and another. Wrote some more of the System Error story (will be up on http://francis-john.freewebspace.com/system-error.pdf). It’s coming along now, I feel a lot happier about it. A new skunkworks project – Francis’ Workflow Engine (FWE) I need a workflow engine that allows reporting of statuses across workflows. I’ve started a draft design in my own time. I...
Museum of Liverpool Life
Went to the Museum of Liverpool life’s exhibition about the Indian community in Liverpool. It’s a bit sad when all of the biographies of the people are reduced to three or four paragraphs. These people worked hard to escape difficult lives. We went to a workshop on Indian costumes and dance afterwards which was a lot of fun. We did a morning dance and a stick dance.
Paddle on the River Weaver at Winsford
Went for a paddle around Winsford flash and then up the river Weaver. Rosie did the swimming/ballet run. It was good day and the weather held.Paddled up against the current through a forest that was part of the flood plain. I remember reading that rain forests are not just a tropical thing but also happen in other climes (obviously with different trees). Maybe this was one. We spooked a cormorant...
Finally got poetry up
Finally got poetry up on website http://francis-john.freewebspace.com/poetry.html . This is stuff I typed up for an anthology a friend is involved with, may be published, may not. Put up the PDF with more of the System Error story http://francis-john.freewebspace.com/system-error.pdf, which needs some thought. Went to a pantomime last night put on by a local youth drama group (Off the Ground...