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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 [...]
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 [...]
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. While [...]
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 [...]
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 . [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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- Roman Gonzales: Hey quick question: your main class is a java class that calls the groovy classes or is your main [...]
- Nathan Rodriguez: i am only using free virus scanners like avast and avira but they seem to be great tools though:;` [...]
- sim4000: Yay, it works. Thank you! [...]
- Ewan Matthews: there would be a great demand for mobile browsers in the coming years that is for sure.;'- [...]
- Create executable jar package with dependencies
- Issues with Mylyn and JIRA 4.1
- Equals and HashCode and Hibernate
- Using twhirl with StatusNet
- Problems connecting with jconsole to linux jvm
- BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express and facebook app
- Error code 1920 when installing VMware converter
- tightvnc messes up keyboard layout after Ubuntu upgrade
- The old Bold and the new Bold
- Windows Media player streaming problem
tOMPSON's tweets
- first time restoring new MacBook from a Time Capsule backup worked great! Time Machine FTW #fb
- Being a BlackBerry fan with an iPad I can not understand how people could live that long with an iPhone without multitasking #fb
- Can't wait for the iOS update for de iPad #fb
- Wow, The new official twitter client for the iPad os brilliant - though I think it violates some style guides #fb
- just uninstalled the Google Wave Notifier from Chrome - LOL
- I favorited a YouTube video -- Ed Byrne slates Alanis Morissette http://youtu.be/nT1TVSTkAXg?a
- I'm at Il Teatro Antica Trattoria (Hamerlingerstr 46, Linz). http://4sq.com/7ccwyW
- so the spare parts for my wife's MacBook cost 1000 EUR and a new one the same? wtf #fb
- Livestream of Apple keynote works great so far, no bandwidth problem, looks great on the iPad #fb
- RT @timr: new post: More report options: Today we released a new version of timr including the long awaited feature ... http://bit.ly/9QqNgy