Tonight Jamie and I had dinner at Hong Kong Chef in Missoula.  I have had some interesting fortune cookies during lunch meals here and tonight I thought the message was very timely and interesting.  The message reads “You will be successful through innovation and determination.”  See below.

I am still not sure whether I like the “Fortune not found.  Abort.  Retry.” fortune I had earlier in the year or this one but who am I to argue with the wise Chinese. 

This post is primarily for my later reference.  I found that when upgrading from Java 5 to Java 6, xml-driven apps may have errors and it seems to be caused by the SAAJ library.

Error:

To remedy, I simply moved the saaj.jar (or saaj-impl.jar) to the /endorsed/ folder on the Java app server.

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I also needed to ensure that a server clock was in synch and every time I try to auto-update it seems buggy.  Instead, I just updated the system clock, then updated the hardware clock using the following commands:

> date 112822052008   (11/28 10:05pm 2008 uses 24hr time)

> /sbin/hwclock --systohc   (sets hardware clock to system time; I used GMT and not UTC)

I took a break this afternoon to go play at the BMX track with my remote control truck, the Savage XL.  This time we actually took some photos to show how it flies.  It’s a fun way to release.

Jumping the Savage off a table-top double - it often lands past the jump and flies about 20 feet through the air with ease.

Veering off course a tad, this jump picked up a little of the sage brush before taking flight.  Big Air!

A few months ago I toured the Lehman Brothers office in San Francisco.  The views were spectacular, similar to my old office views from 42nd floor of Spear Street Tower.  Here are a few photos of the board room, trading floor and typical investment manager’s desk with 3-4 monitors and the Bloomberg terminal, etc.

View of E. Bay and Coit Tower

Yours truly posing for the tourist photo.

Investment brokers’ desks.

Typical workstation for securities traders.

This summer my wife and I spent a weekend in southern California with friends, taking their boat out and sailing to Catalina Island.  Jamie broke the boat record (sharing meals w/ the fish).  It was a great trip and I thought I would share a few photos.

Main sail.

Navigating the vessel

Sunset on the Pacific.

Catalina Island ahead.

Dingy parking.

Jamie and I on the Isthmus of Two Harbors