So I’ve just spent about an hour reading an uber-discussion from forum feedback based on the release of Apache Apollo v1.0 — the next generation of messaging broker based on ActiveMQ. For those that aren’t familiar, Apollo is currently a sub-project of ActiveMQ, simply because the approach used is a radical departure from the way [...]

I’ve had a fascination with space from a very early age, thanks to a healthy appetite for reading and TV/Movie shows that featured space (Doctor Who, Thunderbirds, Terrahawks, Star Wars, etc. etc.). Two of my earliest serious memories of space were (1) a space pop-up book with moving galaxies, a pop-up telescope, and many other [...]