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Websites – Meebo
WebSite: www.meebo.com If you use Instant Message (IM), but can’t use within an environment, do it via the web. Way Cool
Read morePride
I’ve recently completed a contract and I’ve been in discussions with agents and other employers for further work. Having had one of the worse experiences in my previous work, I’ve been extra careful to ensure what I’m told at the interview/meeting stage is indeed true and accurate (in my last case it was not).
Read moreTroubleshooting Wireless Connections (under Windoze)
Router Configuration In order to enable wireless you will most probably have a Wireless Router that is managing your Internet Connection (via cable or DSL), Each router is different, however they generally all have a web interface to access them, the Netgear and DLink routers seems to have generally moved to http://192.
Read moreCompiling MySQL Tutorial 2 – Directly from the source
Should you want to be on the bleeding edge, or in my case, don’t want to download 70MB each day in a daily snapshot (especially when I’m getting build errors), you can use Bit Keeper Free Bit Keeper Client that at least lets you download the MySQL Repository.
Read moreCompiling MySQL Tutorial 1 – The Baseline – Update
Just to confirm my earlier confusion about verified snapshots at Compiling MySQL Tutorial 1 – The Baseline . “Daily snapshot sources are only published, if they compiled successfully (using the BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max script) and passed the test suite (using make test).
Read moreCompiling MySQL Tutorial 1 – The Baseline
Pre-requisites This tutorial is aimed at Linux installations that has the standard development tools already installed. The INSTALL file in the source archives provides good details of the software required (e.
Read moreEclipse CVS Tutorial 2
Following on from my earlier Eclipse CVS Tutorial 1 . Decorators The following options define what is presented in the Navigator View at the project, directory and file levels. Window | Preferences General | Appearance | Label Decorations Team | CVS Team | CVS | Label Decorations | Text Decorations NOTE: There is a Mercurial Eclipse option under the top level menu in Window | Preferences.
Read moreSecuring a Tomcat Webapp – Part 2
If you wish to password protect your webapp with an Apache .htaccess type authentication model, you require two configuration steps. The first within your WEB-INF/web.xml, add the following replacing rolename appropiately.
Read moreSecuring a Tomcat Webapp
If you require a webapp to always run in https mode using a SSL key, then you need to add the following to your WEB-INF/web.xml configuration. <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>jsp</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern> <url-pattern>*.
Read moreMySQL Response to Bugs
I’ve read at times people complaining about the response to bugs, and people bag the support of MySQL on the forums at times. Well today I logged a bug, not the first and I’m sure it’s not the last.
Read moreDetermining Linux Video Driver Refresh Rates
I found this cool command called glxgears that you can run under X. $ glxgears 10524 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2104.650 FPS 10003 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2000.501 FPS 8417 frames in 5.
Read moreUnexplained replication authentication behaviour
I’m playing with the latest 5.1.11 beta in a master/slave replication situation. Given a lack of H/W lying around I’m configuring a mixed H/W setup to leverage an existing office’s after hours CPUs running Windows XP for my slaves.
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Read moreWeb Sites – Instant Media
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