Terminal Mac OS X Tweaks

Make all hidden files visible defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES There is also a handy keyboard shortcut to show hidden files in an open or save dialog box. All you need to do is press the following to show and hide them. Command + Shift + .

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Configuring log4j for development and production

For a while now I have used Log4j as the primary logging implementation. There was always a battle of what to do when a application moves from development into the various other environments. Should the ops guys manualy have to edit the log4j.properties files to turn the logging level from DEBUG to INFO for every […]

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ERROR: [Agent.cpp:164] JDWP error in VM_INIT: TransportException [510/201] binding to port failed (error code: -212)

ERROR: [Agent.cpp:164] JDWP error in VM_INIT: TransportException [510/201] binding to port failed (error code: -212) This is due to you having a clash with the debug settings on another JVM within process definitions on IBM WebSphere. Either change the settings of untick the debug radio button and then restart the server.

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Developing a JMX MBean – Part 1

Im going to take you through the process of creating, packaging, deploying and using, a java managed bean otherwise know as an MBean. MBeans are regular java beans which implement some interface with the suffix MBean First, create your interface, this is going to expose the methods you can call on your MBean. Now create […]

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Application Server Matrix

Comparison table of Application Servers. These are taken from Comparison of application servers and also IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Vendor Edition Release SE JEE EJB Servlet JSP JAX-RS JAX-WS JMS JPA JDBC Websphere IBM 7.0 2008 6 5.0 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.1 1.2 4.0 Websphere IBM 5.1 2004 1.3 Websphere IBM 5.0 2002 […]

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How to flatten a directory on a qnap nas box

I recently had to flatten a large directory with well over 250 folders. The main reason was that i had installed FireCores mediaplayer onto my Apple Tv 2 and for it to scrape the media information correctly all the files had to be in the same directory. I found some scripts on the web, but […]

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Harrogate Nails

My wife asked me to write post about a Harrogate based nail technician she went to tonight. So here is said post. Great experience and friendly service for a competitive price. Here is the link Harrogate Nails

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