Category Archives: English

Grails – How to Use Native Server Logging Configuration (e.g. Tomcat GlassFish JBoss)

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Reiner

Grails comes complete with logging out-of-the-box. However, if a Grails application is being deployed to a production servlet container, it may be advisable or even required for Grails to step aside and let the server admins do their jobs 🙂 … Continue reading →

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How to persuade Hibernate to accept Nullable Timestamp Columns for Optimistic Locking

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Reiner

Working on a Grails project that needs to access a legacy database, it proved quite time-consuming to implement optimistic locking in a way that can be handled by Hibernate. Optimistic locking used to be implemented within (legacy) application code and … Continue reading →

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Grails: Links from my first week with Grails

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Reiner

Never before in my life I had the opportunity to learn a new technology and put it into productive use within just a couple of days. Grails will change is changing has changed the Java and framework landscape. Using Grails, … Continue reading →

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How to Successfully Tap Your (SIP) VOIP Phone Line for Free

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Reiner

I’d like to present a free solution for Windows XP that reliably records incoming and outgoing SIP phone calls. I’m currently using it to record traditional conference calls for a team of software developers. What you need Either Windows XP or Debian/Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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Bad Habits Die Hard – How to Prepare Java Apps for Full Speed Debugging

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Reiner

Deutsche Fassung bei Debuggen von Java Anwendungen – auf der Überholspur!  When instrumenting your Java application for remote debugging, a commonly used set of VM parameters brings your application to a crawl, as it disables just-in-time compiliation and enforces interpeter-only mode, … Continue reading →

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Deckrackling the Acoustic Energy WIFI Internet Radio – 10% Effort – 90% Less Noise

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Reiner

The Acoustic Energy WIFI Internet Radio The AE 100 was one of the first devices that, in a stand-alone unit, receives radio broadcasts from all around the world using Reciva technology and firmware. AE 100 users are well aware of a common … Continue reading →

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Java 6 Update 2 may stop Internet Explorer from starting

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Reiner

After having installed Java 6 Update 2, my Internet Explorer 6 would refuse to start without any indication whatsoever. I’m running Windows 2000 Server and – as I’m doing Java development – there are numerous older JDKs installed on my … Continue reading →

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WiFi insights – Why you should avoid using channels other than 1, 6, 11 and 14 like the plague

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Reiner

In short: Only use channels 1, 6, 11 (and 14 if you live in Japan) for your 2.4 GHz wireless LAN and simply ignore the other ones. The world will be a better place with no effort at all 🙂 Great! … Continue reading →

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A Weekend in Barcelona – Ein Wochenende in Barcelona

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Reiner

Just all the pictures dumped from my camera using FirmTools AlbumCreator. Hier einfach alle Bilder aus meiner Kamera, aufbereitet mit FirmTools AlbumCreator.

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Vistered Little revisited

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Reiner

After having added some wallpapers to Vistered Little, I learnt that they will all be downloaded, regardless whether they are actually shown or not. That sums up quite a bit… The reason is, that the background selection does not display real … Continue reading →

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