While coding a Java module I used java.util.logging output at the INFO level in the code to help development. This info is useful only during development. Are these output statements removed when development is done? The correct answer is that they should have been logged at the correct level, “debug“, or in...

While coding a Java module I used java.util.logging output at the INFO level in the code to help development. This info is useful only during development. Are these output statements removed when development is done? The correct answer is that they should have been logged at the correct level, “debug“, or in...

On Windows 7, an attempt to automatically update BitTorrent Sync (BTSync) fails. Occurrence On the BTSync application one receive a notice that there is a newer version. Click on the Update button. A warning popup windows is displayed: Background When this happens you may find an entry in the Windows Event Viewer management tool. Here [...]

On Windows 7, an attempt to automatically update BitTorrent Sync (BTSync) fails. Occurrence On the BTSync application one receive a notice that there is a newer version. Click on the Update button. A warning popup windows is displayed: Background When this happens you may find an entry in the Windows Event Viewer management tool. Here [...]

A simple RxJava example that uses an array of strings and combines them to create the traditional first program. RxJava is a NetFlix open source library that they developed as part of optimizing their architecture. The library is related to the “Reactive programming” pattern: “RxJava is an implementation of Reactive Extensions...

A simple RxJava example that uses an array of strings and combines them to create the traditional first program. RxJava is a NetFlix open source library that they developed as part of optimizing their architecture. The library is related to the “Reactive programming” pattern: “RxJava is an implementation of Reactive Extensions...

I revisit the Ant Hook scripts using Groovy and change it to use INIX file for hook storage and use XML transform via XMLTask to insert the hook feature into a legacy build script. In a prior post, Ant hooks using Groovy, continued, I used the Ant BuildListener interface to add a hooks feature that [...]

I revisit the Ant Hook scripts using Groovy and change it to use INIX file for hook storage and use XML transform via XMLTask to insert the hook feature into a legacy build script. In a prior post, Ant hooks using Groovy, continued, I used the Ant BuildListener interface to add a hooks feature that [...]

This is silly but while reading something it mentioned that zero has no multiplicative inverse. Since grade school I’ve always been puzzled by how math has weird corner cases like this, another: 1 divided by 3, never ends! Anyway, what if zero did have an inverse? Is there some Abstract Algebra thingy that has such [...]

This is silly but while reading something it mentioned that zero has no multiplicative inverse. Since grade school I’ve always been puzzled by how math has weird corner cases like this, another: 1 divided by 3, never ends! Anyway, what if zero did have an inverse? Is there some Abstract Algebra thingy that has such [...]

The various cloud sync services provide a good way to backup or remote a Git repository. The main advantages are that the cost is minimal and no ‘server’ is required. In this post we use something quite different, the new BitTorrent Sync (BTSync) system. BTSync is a serverless folder syncing system. Instead of using a [...]

The various cloud sync services provide a good way to backup or remote a Git repository. The main advantages are that the cost is minimal and no ‘server’ is required. In this post we use something quite different, the new BitTorrent Sync (BTSync) system. BTSync is a serverless folder syncing system. Instead of using a [...]

I wanted to simplify the Ant hook scripts experiment I was working on. Instead of having many hook scripts, I thought of storing the hooks in a single file. This is what the INIX file approach was for. However, I noticed that the format was also was too complex. So, in this post I present [...]

I wanted to simplify the Ant hook scripts experiment I was working on. Instead of having many hook scripts, I thought of storing the hooks in a single file. This is what the INIX file approach was for. However, I noticed that the format was also was too complex. So, in this post I present [...]

Just came to my attention that cell phone data can be inaccessible if you can’t unlock the phone via the screen. Scenario, you have thousands of pictures and stuff on your phone. You drop your phone, screen is broken fully (not just the glass), and now you can’t unlock the phone to access your data. [...]