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Checked exceptions: idiocy 4 Jul 2011 | 04:18 am

Got another beautiful example of the horrors of checked exceptions. After installation of Tinypm one (sigh) of the many Tomcat logs contained the horrible piece below. In all these lines of completely...

DomUI, a new Java User Interface and app platform, has been released as open source! 28 Jan 2011 | 11:19 am

DomUI, an easy to use Java application and user interface framework built and designed by me has been released as open source today by the company I work for, Itris B.V. DomUI has been in use within I...

Re-entering the Walhalla 23 Jun 2009 | 08:12 am

Looks like Hilversum is rediscovering it's heritage! People are actively rediscovering Walhalla Symfonie, and there are now some "official" releases online.The KRO has a website called "Uitgelicht" wh...

Exceptional Horrors 29 Jul 2007 | 12:11 am

I continue to be frustrated about Java Checked Exceptions (and error logging in many Java programs). I recently ran into this beauty: read more

Java Database access 28 Jul 2007 | 11:02 pm

I just finished my yearly evaluation run of new techniques to quickly build web applications in Java. And while doing that I also tried the two mainstream solutions for accessing the database: Hiberna...

Better fonts in Ubuntu Feisty 21 Jul 2007 | 12:42 am

I just tried the new font code as detailed here and am blessed with way better font rendering in my Ubuntu Feisty. They look sharper and less blurred. I can finally even read the small print again ;-)

Delay in SSH connection in Ubuntu Feisty 21 Jul 2007 | 12:33 am

I just grew fed up with all of my ssh connections taking more than 15 seconds before a connection was established. I ruled out the usual suspects: Misconfigured DNS can cause it as a reverse lookup t...

Looking for Walhalla music.. 26 Feb 2007 | 11:56 am

I'm busy locating the music used in the Walhalla episodes. I'm looking for: Sumeria - Golden Tears (WS 22) Got it!! Godley and Creme - Ismism (or Snack Attack) Check!!! Bernward Büker Bande - Herzl...

Fixing Eclipse JSP Parsing 2: Complex attri 13 Aug 2006 | 03:22 am

 The next part to fix are complex attribute values. These are attributes where the content contains some JSP region like a JSP expression or EL expression. In tokenising we again have two possibilitie...

Fixing Eclipse JSP Parsing: part 1 13 Aug 2006 | 01:53 am

What is fixed The first thing I'll fix is the erroneous quoting of constructs like: <navi:form method="hello \"world\""> This is a properly escaped invocation of a JSP taglib, and it gets mistr...

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