All blog posts from June 2010
Ant-contrib + NetBeans
I've seen one or two posts on how to try to easily use ant-contrib from within a NetBeans project. I didn't like solution one because it requires changing files within the NetBeans directory structure (something I am always reluctant to do), and solution two seemed too rely too heavily on relative p…
Ubuntu 10.04 + PHP 5.3 + XMail
If you install XMail on your Ubuntu 10.04 server, you will find that PHP won't be able to send mail out. You will repeatedly an error similar to this:
/var/lib/xmail/spool/temp/1277773767000.23491.p2198888.pubip.serverbeach.com: Permission denied
Don't bother with file permissions - they don't work.…
Apache 2.2 + Tomcat 6 + mod_proxy
After stumbling around with lousy documentation and zero examples, I finally found at least one site which hinted at how to do this, and led me to this solution.
Your virtual host file should look something like this:
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName j.digitalcove.ca DocumentRoot /usr/local/tomcat …
Oil Disaster - YOU'RE More Responsible Than You Think
Every day I hear how terrible BP is, and how inept the US government is for not throwing nukes at everything, and blah, blah, blah, blah.
However, there's really only one person to blame.
YOU ... the consumer.
YOU didn't want an electric car because it didn't go fast enough and wasn't "cool" enough.
Lessons from the Past - Famous Quotes
I've always been struck by how people in the tech industry always forget lessons of the past, and always forget those little pearls of wisdom that came before. Here are a few choice ones, and my comments included.
"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft build…
Visit my Friends and Family
If you've enjoyed my site, please take a moment to visit my friends and family, many of whom have some interesting insights, and entertaining thoughts and ideas.
- Crause Family - the family website
- Peter Crause - my father
- Justin Crause - my brother
- Cencina Photomagic - great photographer
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