dd: Resource busy on mac
If you want to create a 1 on 1 copy of some disk you might get this error: dd: /dev/disk1s1: Resource busy Solution is to unmount any partitions of that disk without...
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clean up svn directory
Use this command to clean up all .svn folders and contents from an svn directory: find . -name ".svn" -exec rm -rf {} \;
exit screen command mac OS X
The screen command on mac OS X is great for working with serial devices. An example looks like this: screen /dev/tty.usb123 It did take me quite some time to find out how...
Devoxx 2010
I know for sure I was there. Can’t remember a lot though… Will check my notes and get back to this post soon.
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years
Check this link: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig and find out why experience is so important! I’m halfway there :D.
ear deployment on glassfish 3 (vs glassfish 2)
I recently had some trouble deploying an ear file to the new glassfish v3. It works on glassfish v2. After some investigation I found that the way the ejb’s were located in...
Exclude transitive dependencies with Maven2
In some cases you might need to solve transitive dependencies by excluding them this way: org.hibernate hibernate-entitymanager 3.4.0.GA javax.transaction jta
Android Button with both text and an Image
So ImageButton lets you create a button with an Image. And Button has text… How to combine them? On a regular Button you can add an image on top, left, right or...
Using default Android Icons
The Android platform comes with a lot of default icons. Check this visual index of the android drawables to have an idea of what can be used. Some examples of using these...
Automatic updates for Android apk files
Finally 😀 The android market lacks some features. One of them is automated updates for the android applications you have installed. Now you have to check your downloads for any updates on...