linux 2.6.8
September 30, 2004
After downloading the tarball for version 2.6.8.1 version of the kernel and my trusty old compiler had a go at installing it. Other than the stability problems I mentioned the other day I have a couple of other reasons to...
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Time for a kernel upgrade
September 27, 2004
The time has come to upgrade my kernel from what it is now (2.6.5) to the latest version (2.6.8). Since no one else logs into my machine I am not the slightest bit concerned about the vulnerability that was reported...
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Wiki
September 24, 2004
It's been an year since I first tried out the mediawiki project. Since then I have modified/customized several versions of the software but I have not aquired a taste for it yet. The reason is that mediawiki is extremely complicated....
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pgsql, mysql and date time functions
September 22, 2004
Despite years of programming I have never quite got the hang of date time functions. They all look pretty similar and cumbersome to use regardless of programming language or RDBMS. Date and time functions in mysql are particularly confusing though...
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AITCOM woes continue
September 21, 2004
Due to to a bungling by the bank that issued my credit card my AITCOM woes continue. A few weeks back I wrote on how to cancel an AITCOM account. The only way seems to be to cancel your credit...
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10 days at the top
September 20, 2004
Mega Upload has been among the top 1% of projects listed at sourceforge for 10 days running. If I remember correctly this is the longest period during which it has been in the top 1% During this perioud it reached...
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Ram Disk on linux
September 15, 2004
When I tried out the Sinhala Knoppix a few days ago, that was the first time I had seen a Ram Disk in action since the days of MS DOS. Well to be precise, I should have said a Ram...
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Mega Upload - Finally a new JSP edition
September 14, 2004
The java version of megaupload has finally seen a new release after a long long time. It's entirely thanks to a code contribution made by one of it's users. Simon Chiaretta liked the JSP edition so much that he spent...
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Java Help
September 12, 2004
It was in march that I downloaded java help. It took just one look for the realization to dawn that the help on java help needs a lot of help. So it has been in the back burner for six...
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PHP 4.3.8 and file uploads
September 11, 2004
On the surface handling file uploads with PHP is a piece of cake (then why do we see so many messages in mailing lists on this topic?). It's what's under the hood that causes the problem. For example most installations...
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Mysql License
September 9, 2004
I made a startling discovery that could potentially make the mysql jdbc driver obsolete. More on that later I need to investigate it some more. In the meantime I decided to catch up with what others are saying about the...
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Sinhala Linux
September 8, 2004
Today I picked up a Sinhala Linux CD at the Colombo Internation book fair. The book fair itself is an event worth talking about but more on that later. The CD is a modified version of the knoppix worked on...
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Postgresql Upgrade
September 6, 2004
The time has come to upgrade my postgres installation from the ancient 7.3.2 currently running on my computer to the more recent 7.4.5 version. Upgrading is a bit tricky because the pg_dumpall function in the older versions isn't as good...
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Tomcat Upgrade
September 5, 2004
Another victim of an upgrade on my system is Tomcat. Though a 5.5 version has been released I decided to upgrade from the current version is 5.0.18 to 5.0.28 instead of using the more recent version. It's been rare for...
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Sale
September 4, 2004
The Print Suite has barely hit the shelves but we have a sale already. So much for the saying that IT products of this nature take at least 60-90 days to start moving. The print suite was finally released on...
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Gnome Upgrade
September 3, 2004
Yesterday's story was about a Jmeter installation that dragged over many moons. Here is another. I began an installation of gnome 2.6.1 from source a quite some time ago. Don't for a moment think I spent six weeks doing nothing...
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JMeter
September 2, 2004
Many moons ago I found a tarball of JMeter in my downloads folder. Finally I decided to have a go at installing it a task that turned out to be rather more complicated than it should have been. To start...
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Print Suite released (at last)
September 1, 2004
At Rad Inks we have finally been able to release our long delayed web based printing software. The reasons for the delays are numorous but one of the major causes is that we have been too distracted with our other...
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