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Monthly Archives: October 2016
bridging the gap to excel – unoconv tool
Some time back a customer asked that I provide my estimated hours every week. I kept track of all my hours in a simple text file which is ok for reminding yourself of what happened but not so professional when … Continue reading
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fun with XML – JAXB and arrays
In part I of my JAXB example I briefly described some of the annotations required to turn normal Java objects into XML files with JAXB. To expand on the xml examples from my previous post, I will be taking a number … Continue reading
fun with XML – a JAXB example
Full disclosure, I am not J2EE expert so my descriptions may be a bit off. However, using JAXB is just to powerful to ignore. The first part of this topic is pretty basic, while the second part is a bit … Continue reading
paranoid about smart phones
I recently went to a small speech that was being held about IoT. I guess I think less of IoT in the marketing speech and more in the implementation. What someone might call a smart device or IoT is what … Continue reading
making more than jar files with Ant
In a previous post, making jar files with Ant, I briefly covered the creation of a Ant script that would compile the Java source files and then create jar file from them. It was a really neat example of how with … Continue reading
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paranoid about printing
It seems that the venerable Hewlett Packard has been in the news recently about ink jet cartridges[arstechnia][forbesadvocate]. Allegedly HP changed their firmware to favor their own ink while preventing other ink cartridges from working. This apparently also includes refilled genuine … Continue reading
compiling and making jar files with Ant
When I first saw Java I was surprised at exactly how embarrassingly simple it was to compile a program. Well, with the caveat that the file or files are all in the same directory. javac *.java When the number of … Continue reading
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a reflection of current events – brexit
I was visiting a local high school when I learned that children can be so cruel.