Author Archives: tim

Choose Your Path Wisely

Posted on June 1, 2014 by tim

This article was inspired by a strangely acting Gradle build script. (Unimportant details: it worked fine locally, and it worked in Jenkins the first time, but when I renamed the job, it mysteriously started failing with a compile error every … Continue reading →

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Secret Share in Java, v2

Posted on May 26, 2014 by tim

Just completed a major overhaul of the Secret Share in Java project (old version at sourceforge/subversion). Updated items include: New hosting location and SCM (github/git) Moved from ant to gradle Updated naming and directory structure – src/main, src/test, src/integTest Fixed … Continue reading →

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Tic Tac Toe in AngularJS

Posted on May 19, 2014 by tim

Just completed the AngularJS implementation of Tic Tac Toe. It is a static page on this site (just like the Lot Area Calculator).

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Gradle with Local Archiva Publish

Posted on April 21, 2014 by tim

This shows the way to get gradle to use a local Archiva server to publish your project artifacts. IMPORTANT: You must configure your “guest” user in Archiva to have the correct permissions (roles) to publish to the Archiva server. To … Continue reading →

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Gradle with Local Archiva

Posted on April 16, 2014 by tim

This shows the way to get gradle to use a local Archiva server to resolve dependencies (where the Archiva server in turn resolves to maven central). (Side comment: documentation for gradle is sparse, incomplete and out-of-date – e.g. ‘mavenRepo’ shows … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 14.04 VirtualBox Resolution

Posted on April 12, 2014 by tim

Want something other than 640×480 with Ubuntu running in VirtualBox 4.3.x? Follow these instructions. From http://codsplaice.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-quick-post-on-how-to-get-ubuntu-1404.html sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential Then mount the install CD image for the … Continue reading →

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Vnc Vino Ubuntu Security fix

Posted on April 12, 2014 by tim

To enable remote desktop in Ubuntu when “Settings” no longer shows the icon for “Desktop Sharing” or “Remote Desktop”, type: $ vino-preferences When your VNC client fails to connect with an error like “No matching security types” or “No security … Continue reading →

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Oracle Adds License to oracle-java7-installer and Now It Fails

Posted on March 15, 2014 by tim

For automatic provisioning that installs the official Oracle Java package, many paths lead to WebUpd8Team/java PPA and www.webupd8.org. Currently, the apt-get-install oracle-java7-installer command will fail, leaving a file at /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer/jdk-7u51-linux-*.tar.gz that is a plain .html file that contains “Sorry! In … Continue reading →

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Groovy Badness: Turn a List into a Map

Posted on October 27, 2013 by tim

I’ve always enjoyed finding bugs in languages. I still fondly recall finding a bug in Perl concerning the “while () { .. }” construct and file names that evaluate to ‘false’, like a file named “0”, for example. More recently, … Continue reading →

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Core 4770K Build

Posted on September 29, 2013 by tim

Some facts on the CPU: it is currently #24 on PassMark [10,121] cpubenchmark.net. Ahead of it are the Xeon E5-2xxx, the AMD FX-9590, and a few Core i7s (48xxK, 49xxK and 39xxK). A short while ago the 4770K was #17 … Continue reading →

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