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May/13

Use log4j As Tomcat 7 Logger

Filed Under Java at 20th May 2013 0:01 by

Log4j is a common logging framework used within applications. The logging library can also replace the default logging in the following steps: Stop Tomcat server (if running) Download log4j library from their website Extract and copy the jar file to … Continue reading →

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May/13

Migrating Mozilla Thunderbird Email To Gmail

Filed Under Software at 13th May 2013 0:01 by

Overview Once the news came out that Thunderbird was no longer going to be actively developed, I knew it was time to switch. Whilst the program will be maintained it will only be a matter of time before it falls … Continue reading →

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May/13

Enable Remote Debugging From Tomcat 7 In Windows

Filed Under Java, Windows at 6th May 2013 0:01 by

Overview Tomcat Configuration Ensure Tomcat is not running before making any changes. Add the following in the first free line that’s not commented out to the file tomcat\bin\startup.bat: set JPDA_ADDRESS=8000 set JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socket For example from: rem $Id: startup.bat 895392 2010-01-03 … Continue reading →

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Apr/13

IaaS Or VPS Part 3 – Up And Running

Filed Under Infrastructure at 29th April 2013 0:01 by

Overview Part 2 looked at the differences of AWS/IaaS to VPS. Part 3 will be looking at the cost after a period of time. Running Report The Amazon Web Services have been running for over 3 months with February running … Continue reading →

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Apr/13

Samsung 830 SSD (512GB)

Filed Under Hardware at 22nd April 2013 0:01 by

Overview My Windows system stopped booting up for some odd reason but luckily it only affect my OS drive. As I had to reinstall Windows I thought now would be a good time to get an SSD to save cloning … Continue reading →

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Apr/13

Apache Error: Invalid method in request /x16/x03/x01

Filed Under Software, Web Server at 15th April 2013 0:01 by
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The error relates to the SSL certificates defined in one of the site configuration. In my case the certificates were missing from the server so the error appear on the webpage when any users tried to access the page.

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Apr/13

Enabling MPEG2 / VC1 Codec On Raspberry Pi XMBC

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 8th April 2013 0:01 by

Purchasing License Buy a license from Raspberry Pi site at http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/ Before doing so you’ll need to get the serial number from the Raspberry Pi. This is NOT printed physically on the board. Power up RaspBMC and go to Settings … Continue reading →

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Apr/13

Blank WordPress Homepage (index.php)

Filed Under WordPress at 1st April 2013 0:01 by

I’ve recently done a WordPress fresh install and found the front page on the site was not loading. There were no errors on the web server nor the blank page it loaded. It turned out it was the theme was … Continue reading →