Stop Maven Complaining about javax/jms/jms/1.1/jms-1.1.jar; cannot read zip file
My build was breaking due to Maven complaining about not being able to read jms-1.1.jar, as if it was corrupt after having been downloaded.
Deleting it from my local repository and letting it re-download fixed it a couple of times, but for what it’s worth I eventually stopped it from behaving like this by changing my log4j dependency from version 1.2.15 to 1.2.14.
Update Your Tomtom’s Map Without Losing Your Favourites
I have surprised in the past to find that all my favourites have been erased after updating a map with the TomTom Home application.
This was extremely frustrating, so to make sure it doesn’t happen to you here’s what you should do 
Arctic Photography
The Scott Polar Research Institude at Cambridge University has just published a website with some awesome photography from Robert Scott and other arctic explorers.
Check it out at http://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/gallery/gallery
Quickly Disable Windows Vista’s User Account Control
If Vista’s incessant UAC dialogs begin to annoy you they can be quickly nuked by doing the following…
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Keep Your Private Files Private in OSX
There are bound to be files on your computer you’d rather keep private such as files for work, financial information or simply things you shouldn’t have in the first place.
If you’re new to OSX and want to guard certain information against being seen in the eventuality of theft or otherwise, this short guide may help.
Fix Redeployment of Webapps to Tomcat in Windows
I came across an annoying bug today where I was able to deploy a webapp to Tomcat once, but subsequent redeployments resulted in an exception when attempting to write to the server.
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Use Your 3 Mobile’s Unlimited Internet With Your Mac
If your internet connection suddenly bombs out and you need to get something important done, this might help you out.
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Use Widgets with Depo Clean
In my search for a version of the Depo Clean WordPress theme with widgets, I found that a guy called Adam Freetly has taken the time to make one.
Visit his blog and grab it here.
Fix Your Broken flickrRSS WordPress Plugin
A few days ago I noticed my flickrRSS WordPress plugin had inexplicably stopped working, and was not loading any of my images. Is your problem the same as mine? I’m running WordPress 2.6.2 and flickrRSS Version 4. Here’s how I fixed it…
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Posting flickr Images to phpBB3 using HTML and Custom BBCode
Due to the fact that phpBB3 doesn’t let you post html, posting images from flickr on phpBB3 looks like a bit of a hash-up involving [IMG] and [URL] tags. I searched for ages for a Custom BBCode that allowed you to post the HTML provided by flickr on the “All Sizes” page in a custom tag, but found nothing. Thankfully, one of my friends knocked one together – so here’s how to use flickr’s HTML in a custom phpBB3 BBCode tag and get nice output. Read the rest of this entry »