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Fix Redeployment of Webapps to Tomcat in Windows

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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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December 16th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

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Use Your 3 Mobile’s Unlimited Internet With Your Mac

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If your internet connection suddenly bombs out and you need to get something important done, this might help you out.
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December 13th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

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Posting flickr Images to phpBB3 using HTML and Custom BBCode

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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 »

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October 9th, 2008 at 2:37 am

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Adjusting Screen Brightness with Nvidia Graphics Cards in Ubuntu

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If you want a Linux distro that can more or less guarantee it’ll work with minimal fuss, most people would recommend Ubuntu. It’s generally very good at getting things right first time, has a very simple (no-involvement if you wish) installer and is a great starting point for anyone who’s new to Linux. Read the rest of this entry »

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September 19th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

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