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	<title>Daniel Krook</title>
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	<description>Daniel Krook is an IBM Certified IT Specialist based in Armonk, New York.  He has over 10 years experience in Web site development and presently builds integrated applications on WebSphere and DB2 along with Apache, MySQL, and PHP for ibm.com and the intranet.  He holds certifications in PHP (ZCE), Java (SCJP, SCWCD), DB2 (ICDAssoc., ICAD), and Solaris (SCSA).  He occasionally writes PHP-related articles for IBM developerWorks and co-authored the IBM Redbook 'Developing PHP Applications for IBM Data Servers.'  His current interests include RESTful Web services and mobile application development for smartphones.</description>
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		<title>Upcoming WebSphere and PHP book reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With several vacation days to cash in through the end of 2009, I hope to catch up on some reading and learn more about the latest developments in the two areas where I do most of my work as a Web application developer &#8211; Java EE Web applications built on IBM WebSphere and PHP Web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated draft MySQL to DB2 migration guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: The final Redbook has now been published.
Whei-Jen Chen and Angela Carlson have prepared an updated and more comprehensive draft of the venerable MySQL to DB2 Conversion Guide to cover migrations from MySQL 5.1 to DB2 9.7. 
The original version of this IBM Redbook published five years ago looked at migrating database applications from MySQL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology of the day: Zend Server</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DB2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months back, Ed Kietlinski introduced us to the new Zend Server at a New York PHP meeting.  I&#8217;ve since installed it on two of my department&#8217;s servers and put together some notes on my experience.
Update: See the comments section for some configuration suggestions from Zend that differ from the steps I followed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring and Grails apps on the Cloud</title>
		<link>http://krook.net/archives/363</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DB2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groovy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Framework]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some very interesting news from SpringSource this morning.   They just continue to fire on all cylinders.
SpringSource has acquired Cloud Foundry, which enables you to set up the hosting environment for your Spring Framework and Groovy on Grails applications in minutes.  

Cloud Foundry is built from the ground up to be the fastest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to pronounce New Haven</title>
		<link>http://krook.net/archives/350</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peeves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent trip on Metro-North reminds me that I need to submit this script snippet to Seth MacFarlane.

Brian: Wait, what did you say?
Stewie: NEW Haven.
Brian: NEW Haven?  You mean New Haven.
Stewie: NEW Haven.
Brian: You&#8217;re saying it weird.  Why are you putting so much emphasis on the New?
Stewie: NEW Haven.
Brian: Say New York.
Stewie: New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Metro-North BlackBerry shortcut</title>
		<link>http://krook.net/archives/337</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just released a BlackBerry shortcut icon that launches Mobile Metro-North using the default browser on your device.
In the near future, I intend to launch a native BlackBerry application that offers more features over the simple Web interface.  It will store station preferences, display the big board of all currently departing trains, and help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WebSphere sMash at New York PHP April 28th</title>
		<link>http://krook.net/archives/293</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DB2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next Tuesday night we&#8217;re excited to have WebSphere guru Roland Barcia introduce the latest PHP and Web 2.0 capabilities in IBM&#8217;s WebSphere sMash environment (built on Project Zero) to the New York PHP community:

IBM WebSphere sMash is a platform for developing and running agile Web applications using scripting languages and Web 2.0 technologies such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CommunityOne East roundup</title>
		<link>http://krook.net/archives/280</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DB2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The network is the computer&#8230; finally?  It seems that Sun&#8217;s motto comes full circle, and perhaps confirms their business plan all along.
I attended Sun&#8217;s CommunityOne East in Manhattan last Wednesday and cloud was the word of the day.   It was also an apt term to describe IBM&#8217;s vague overture towards the hardware/software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Images of Cuba now on Flickr</title>
		<link>http://krook.net/archives/270</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just took a few minutes to copy the photos from my time in Cuba over to Flickr.  
I spent three weeks in and around Havana while studying abroad after my junior year in college during the summer of 1998. 
The scans have long been available at PlayaGirón, but in the recent spirit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotas for Women in Politics</title>
		<link>http://krook.net/archives/255</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Krook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister Mona recently published her first book, &#8220;Quotas for Women in Politics: Gender and Candidate Selection Reform Worldwide,&#8221; just in time for International Women&#8217;s Day.  
And it seems to be out of stock on Amazon already :)  

Cat, my parents, and our family friend Mikey Ward took a trip to The Coop [...]]]></description>
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