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I found two separate links on monitoring processes using OpenNMS. On uses groovy the other uses the polling service inside OpenNMS. I will try one if it does not work the way i want i will try the other.  My idea is to use the polling service to see if it does what i want, if not then do the groovy way. I hope it all works. Also i want to figure out a way to monitor log files.

I had my very first race on Saturday December 6^th The Jingle Bell Run. The race was started at the RiverPlex in Peoria Illinois, went down Adams street, hit back up on a trail back up to the RiverPlex. This was the first time i had run outside, i think the last time was with my dog Abby. I don't remember when that was. The Jingle Bell Run was fun. I have learned allot and am looking forward to another race.

My time running the Jingle Bell 5k run was not good at all. I am recovering from the couch, and it shows. I meet a very nice lady on the run that encouraged me to keep up with her. She named me Mr. Potato, to which i thought was funny. I stayed with her until close to the end of the race. She challenged me to not let her beat me. It was so cool. My best friends came back to find me, and they cheered me on till the end of the race. I see them as being my parents and their support was priceless.

The Jingle Bell Run/Walk raises money to fund research, education and government advocacy of arthritis, the country's leading cause of disability. The Jingle Bell Run/Walk in Peoria Illinois was able to raise about $55,000. The race could have been organized a little better. I did not like standing out in the cold as the national anthem was sung. It was cold and i wanted to get going. But it was really cool close to the end of the song a large majority of the crowd started singing and the cheers went up. Then all of a sudden the mass of people started to move quickly forward,  it was then that i realized the race was on. The course for the Jingle Bell Run/Walk was pretty much flat. So if you want a good flat race the Jingle Bell in Peoria is the race for you.

I look forward to my next race. I am not sure where or when it will be, but i have been bitten by the bug, now i want to train and race even more.

So i have not been updating my site that much, been very busy. I was at one time reading about 3 books a week, now i am lucky to get 1 finished. I have new pictures of Simon i want to get uploaded soon. I was just now looking around my site seeing what things needed some attention, and i was surprised that some things are already working. That was good news. Then i tried to update this post and realized that the update feature was not working. Grrr!!! So it was off to fix that. Once i got into the code i realized that it was using the old way of me doing things, so i wanted to update that first. So i have moved part of it to the latest Eve framework. It's allot better, but still needs attention. Also i fixed the categories, but was debating how i was going to handle sub categories. I think i have a way i will still approve of months down the road, so i am going to work on that here soon. I have already started to add new categories, and need to update my public website code.

Also getting back into the database i realized that it needed some attention as well. I am now using UUID for record id's. It makes it easier to store the record in memcache, and i personally like it.

I have still been working with the PHPEclipse project, but it's slow going. Just got a clients website finished a few weeks ago, and the first 30 days have been nice to me. It was a big project that took me longer than i wanted, but it's up. You can visit it at www.maloofcom.com. Some things will get updated over time, developers know how that goes. I really want to see the site go to Eve 2.0 framework. It will get all the memcache goodness and be faster. I need to meet with the client about that and present the benefits of updating the code.

My DLZSync project took a major setback. While i was writing unit tests to validate that the software was working the way i expected it to work i found a serious bug with Berkeley DB code. So i need to strip the code down and start working it over again. Good news is the Postgresql and MySQL versions are working very well. So i am going to spend some time on that as soon as i can.

I want to spend some time in the PHPEclipse project working on DBG and PHPUnit. I really need PHPUnit support, i have become addicted to writing unit tests. It has helped me so much. DBG needs to work with RSE and also not terminate after each PHP page is parsed.

Also noticed that my blog has more draft posts showing up then published. I think i am using it more for a scratch pad then a blog system. Oh well.

Till next time.

I have been working hard on client projects, the PHPEclipse project, and learning about Bacula. Which is the best Open Source backup utility around. I have used Amanda in the past, but once i started using Tivoli at work i realized that there was allot missing. I plan on doing a full review and documentation on using Bacula. Right now i am still learning how to use it and making custom scripts to do things that i need done. My documentation will be on my setup, and how i am using it. The docs done by Kern Sibbald are awesome. The documentation is very helpful and i have been able to find almost everything i needed.

The dlzsync project that i have been working on is just about finished. I know i said it was going to be done months ago, but i got busy with other stuff. It is looking very good. I have been testing it on the domains that i host. I just have a few kinks to work out of the system.

I have also learned how to use PHPUnit, and write unit tests for my applications. I plan on working with Junit to do the same for my Java apps. Need to write some unit test for PHPEclipse as well.

Also i have not forgotten about my blog system. It has not seen any development for a while. I have allot of projects going on, and just have not had time to dedicate to working on the blog system. I guess i got it working good enough for what i need right now. However i do need to add the page so i can view old posts and possibly edit them. I have some that i need to publish.