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Chris Wong's minimalist online blog. Sometimes this contains Java Enterprise stuff, SOA, web services stuff or just junk...

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Um...Err...Ahem...

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So much for my blog. It's a bit hard to start and restart. Like my PhD research, sometimes I get the urge to write and sometimes not. ...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Blog restart

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It's about time - I've started a PhD so will be regularly posting in this blog again. Please be aware that this is a personal blog a...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Google Shared Calendars not showing in iphone or ipad

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We normally manage the kids schedules on my wifes google calendar but today we decided that it was time they managed their own calendars - s...
Sunday, September 07, 2014

The Future of Networking and the Network Engineer - Jason Edelman's Blog

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The Future of Networking and the Network Engineer - Jason Edelman's Blog What really gets me is this paragraph: This was just a glim...
Friday, September 05, 2014

OpenWrt and Open vSwitch Integration � Plvision

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At last - someone has integrated openWRT and OpenVswitch. Supports  Atheros 71xx  Broadcom 47xx and 63xx chipsets OpenWrt and Open vSwit...

Mininet: An Instant Virtual Network on your Laptop (or other PC) - Mininet

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Mininet: An Instant Virtual Network on your Laptop (or other PC) - Mininet Also see this with openflow and open vswitch
Thursday, January 03, 2013

VMware security flaw

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Oops. Vmware has a security flaw. http://www.insinuator.net/2012/05/vmdk-has-left-the-building/ Seems that if you point vmx file on a ho...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Installing Centos 6.3 under vmware workstation 7

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If you plan to install VMware Tools under Centos 6.3, ensure that you use the latest iso (vmware tools 9.0.0 for linux) . This can be extrac...
Saturday, March 03, 2012

Abi jigsaw #2

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Abigail doing another jigsaw while at gymnastics - waiting for pascale to complete her session. I have to admit that I helped a bit, since ...

Abi Jigsaw puzzle

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A rightly pleased abigail who did the 300 piece jigsaw herself. Took her AGES to do this one...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Gmail wont open eml files

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Curse gmail. Unresponsive knaves. It seems that if someone sends you attachments as '.eml' filetypes, gmail won't read it as a...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

[dataists] Ranking the popularity of programming languages

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Ranking the popularity of programming languages Correlates Stackoverflow vs Github projects. Turns out that the most popular are: javascript...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

the four agreements, don miguel ruiz book - a code for life and personal development

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the four agreements, don miguel ruiz book - a code for life and personal development I would love to do this, but is it possible to live by ...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

The 20 most useful Android smartphone apps of 2011 | TechRepublic

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The 20 most useful Android smartphone apps of 2011 | TechRepublic Summary: 1. google voice   ** got it - but dont use it ** 2. advanced ...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Eclipse and ctrl-space

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I've been plagued by this problem for years now. And it has been a pain in the neck. Basically, windows XP chinese IME had a bug where y...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The worst decision Google ever made | ZDNet

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The worst decision Google ever made | ZDNet Agreed. Google should have bought Sun. Then all the Sun java team wouldn't have left Oracle ...

Five Word tips that could change your life | TechRepublic

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Five Word tips that could change your life | TechRepublic Wow, I love these tips! 1. vertical text selection: hold alt key down 2. Use ...

Security or convenience: Does it have to be a choice? | TechRepublic

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Security or convenience: Does it have to be a choice? | TechRepublic Parno's thesis "Trust Extension as a Mechanism for Secure Cod...
Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Eclipse Helios vs Netbeans 7 for PHP development

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I'm currently trying to install PDT on top of Eclipse WTP Helios SR2 for university. Pain trying to set up minimal configurations. This...
Sunday, May 01, 2011

xkcd: Fairy Tales

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xkcd: Fairy Tales I like the "Inductive White and the (n-1) dwarfs" or the "lim[x->infinity] (x) Little pigs" fair...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

The dead grandmother syndrome

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being an academic, I get to see bright and enthusiastic students every day who cheer me up with their joy, their views of life and wonder at...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Callan Park - OUR plan, OUR say

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This website is the worst example I have ever seen of 'push polling' - your options are only to 'support this plan' or do so...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

TinEye Reverse Image Search

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TinEye Reverse Image Search Tried this out today - you can upload an image, or provide an image URL and it will detect (using image recognit...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

How to call EJB3 from JSP, Servlet and stand alone application � When IE meets SE…

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How to call EJB3 from JSP, Servlet and stand alone application � When IE meets SE…

Using ThreadLocal and Servlet Filters to cleanly access JPA an EntityManager � DAVEBLOG 5000

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Using ThreadLocal and Servlet Filters to cleanly access JPA an EntityManager � DAVEBLOG 5000
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Bug in Helios - J2EE Module dependencies KAPUT!

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Those idiots in charge of Eclipse WTP have done it again. Apparently they have removed the J2EE module dependencies feature in Eclipse 3.6 ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Android still sucks - still no WPA2 enterprise support!

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Now I am running android 2.1, update 1, and still Google have not updated their fricking UI for WPA2 Enterprise. Are they mad? Are they INS...
Monday, August 02, 2010

Quality-oriented teaching of programming

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Quality-oriented teaching of programming Worth reading. I see this all the time too. Why is there a double hump marks distribution with prog...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

What is your personal organisation style?

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Love this quote: Schlenger and Roesch describe five distinct styles to organizing time:      The Hopper quickly and and frequently swit...

Chinese spam

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Recently there have been a large number of chinese spamsters hitting my website with comments about their hackware websites (or some just pl...

Blackboard aka UTS Online - how I hate thee

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Our learning management system here at UTS is a pile of dog poo. It's so tedious to do anything and adds a lot of work to make life as a...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

App Inventor for Android

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App Inventor for Android Oh dear, does this make us programmers redundant? Apps for Android made easy - I now see a million iFart applicatio...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Go Ahead: Next generation Java Programming Style

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Code Monkeyism: Go Ahead: Next Generation Java Programming Style here is a brief summary of style changes recommended: Final is your new ...
Friday, June 04, 2010

RestMS: Introduction to RestMS

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RestMS: Introduction to RestMS

How to Get Rejected from the App Store - PCWorld

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How to Get Rejected from the App Store - PCWorld
Sunday, May 30, 2010

Too Smart for good?

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Daily Toreador - Michael Duff: Too Smart for good? Being an academic, I find this article too close to the truth - I see the "honour r...

Enterprise Software Development with Java: Spring and Google vs. Java EE 6

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Enterprise Software Development with Java: Spring and Google vs. Java EE 6 Quote: Spring and everything around it is heading for the could....
Thursday, May 06, 2010

Terabytes to Petabytes: Reflections on 1999-2009 - DDJ

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Terabytes to Petabytes: Reflections on 1999-2009 - DDJ
Monday, April 12, 2010

All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple: The iPhone Developer Program License Agreement | Electronic Frontier Foundation

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UPDATED: All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple: The iPhone Developer Program License Agreement | Electronic Frontier Foundation Oh boy. Apple ha...
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