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Archive for September, 2007
Wordpress upgrade
30 Sep 2007Today I upgraded Wordpress, the system I use to host this blog. The current version is 2.3 – the upgrade was nice and smooth, just as described . Nothing more to say than: I am happy to have some security issues fixed.
Setting up subversion on Debian etch
In: Linux
28 Sep 2007Yesterday I installed subversion on a Debian server again and I had too look for some guidance in the web again. This time I decided to write it down for myself.
I installed the following packages with aptitude:
sudo aptitude install libapache2-svn subversion subversion-tools
Afterwards the needed modules were already enabled in my apache2 configuration – I [...]
Finally WLAN bridge with WPA
24 Sep 2007Ten days ago I installed my new Linksys Router WRT45G router and set up a wireless bridge for my home network. I had some problems with getting everything working like I wanted it to – see my post.
Today I took another attempt and was successful. Now I got a secure wireless connection in bridge mode. [...]
Pain Men in Balls of Steel
19 Sep 2007This week I accidentally zapped over to a new show on RTL II named Balls of Steel and I saw something that is hard to describe, but see for yourself:
These guys are “krank”! They are taking Jackass to the next level.
Problem with Firefox Java plugin
In: Java
17 Sep 2007As a Java developer I got multiple version of Java installed on my machine – JDK 1.3 / 1.4 / 5 and 6. Recently I experienced problems with Firefox when loading Java Applets with the Java plugin. Every time Firefox tried to load the Applet it did not respond anymore and I head to kill [...]
Setting up a wireless bridge
In: Linux
13 Sep 2007Two weeks ago I moved to a new flat. This means a lot of work – one of my tasks was to set up the home network (while my wife’s task was to think about the color of the curtains
I had to connect five devices: workstation, notebook, XBOX, VDR and a Linux server. [...]
Join the BlackBerry Owners Lounge
In: Blackberry
13 Sep 2007and get some free stuff. The first 10000 that join get Monopoly Tycoon for free. I joined, downloaded and installed it already.
There are two other games that can be downloaded for free from Handango with a promotion code: Texas Hold’em King 2 and Sudoku.
So head over to the BlackBerry Owners Lounge and join while these [...]
OutOfMemory PermGen with Sun JDK
In: Java
11 Sep 2007There are many discussion threads about PermGen memory problems around. Many of them concerning Eclipse running with Sun JDK 5 and greater – see my posts about JDK 5 and JDK 6. The solution for the problem with Eclipse was to set the amount of memory reserved for PermGen to a value high enough .
The [...]
Unlock BlackBerry vendor themes
In: Blackberry
5 Sep 2007In the distributed BlackBerry OS are many different themes from different vendors included (T-Mobile, Vodafone, …). When sold only the theme of your vendor and some standard BlackBerry themes are unlocked.
In my case this was the T-Mobile theme with its pinkish elements. I did not like it so I decided to unlock some other themes. [...]
Opera 4 Beta 2 released
In: Blackberry
3 Sep 2007Last week the second beta of Opera Mini 4 came out. Especially the following improvements are interesting for BlackBerry users like me:
Native menu for BlackBerry phones
Lots of optimizations for BlackBerry phones
I tested it over the weekend and I have to say that I got a lot better in terms of usability. The native BlackBerry menu [...]
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