Techno Jabber

20 Tips for Using Tomcat in Production

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:39:51 0000

Found this handy article at http://www.digitalsanctum.com/2007/08/18/20-tips-for-using-tomcat-in-production

Practical tips for running your tomcat application server in a production environment.

Also, the top 3 reasons why an application server hangs: http://www.correlsense.com/cto-blog/top-3-reasons-an-application-hangs

Battlestar Galactica Theme

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:17:48 0000

For any other Sci Fi geeks out there, hooked on Battlestar Galactica with the theme music wafting through their head, here's the actual words.

A Cat and His Watermelon

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:39:05 0000

Murphy Invented Hard Drives

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:04:17 0000

Anyone who has ever turned on their computer and faced with a message along the lines of “bootable drive not found” knows that horrible sinking feeling as you ask yourself… “OMG, how long has it been since I last backed up?”

Peak Oil Meets 'Terracotta Man'

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:22:35 0000

Here's the YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkzETN8qfzw

What a crack-up... on one hand you have Matt Simmons, a leading expert on energy talking about how the recent oil price hikes are probably here to stay and on the other hand we have Joe Terranova, aka "Terracotta Man", with his dazzling bleached teeth and mesmerising market babble.

Back to the backyard: the answer to peak oil

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:41:03 0000

Current Affairs from 2SER FM, Sydney, Australia.
Aired on March 29, 2008 07:27PM

While many Sydneysiders escaped the big city over Easter, a national permaculture conference was held with people lining up to learn about innovative ways of farming and backyard gardening.
A key speaker at the Australian Permaculture Convergence was the co-founder of permaculture, David Holmgren.

Earth Hour 2008

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:59:44 0000

This year, Earth Hour goes global. Last years' Earth Hour in Sydney was a raging success, surpassing their targets and reducing green house gas emmissions to the equivalent of 48,000 cars for 1 hour.

Cover Your Arse, Learn to Grow Your Own

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:07:15 0000

As the price of oil soars to the unprecedented figure of $100 USD a barrel, I’m wondering how long before we see further impact to the price of food. Fruit and veg in Australia (and I’m guessing elsewhere in the world) has already seen significant rises over the last few years. The way I see it, might as well learn to grow your own now rather than waiting for the pain of further price hikes.

ANTI-GRAVITY SOLUTION DISCOVERED!

Tue, 1 Jan 2008 20:41:43 0000

Antigravity can be achieved with common domestic items. Check it out!

The IIS "Go Fast" button

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:43:08 0000

As a group of young IT developers in Sydney, we used to joke about hitting the "go fast button" to increase an applications performance. I was stunned to find such a beastie in IIS 6 and overjoyed to reap the benefits of HTTP Compression.