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Jul/12

dvd::rip Rip Title Stays At 0%

Filed Under Linux at 30th July 2012 0:01 by

Overview I was trying to rip a title from a personally owned DVD when I noticed the Clip & Zoom tab didn’t have any previews and later on I found it wouldn’t transcode either. I later found it was stuck … Continue reading →

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Jul/12

IBM BPM Introspection

Filed Under IBM BPM at 23rd July 2012 0:01 by

Overview Many programming languages allow introspection to examine objects at runtime. Even Javascript has this ability but IBM BPM does not have this built in. To workaround this limitation a service can be built with an input type of ANY … Continue reading →

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Jul/12

New Header Image 17

Filed Under Website at 17th July 2012 10:37 by
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What’s the time Mr Wolf?

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Jul/12

Tomcat 7 Server Error 404 From Eclipse

Filed Under Java, Linux at 9th July 2012 0:01 by

Although the server states it has started (albeit with errors in the console) when you browser to localhost:8080 to get to the Tomcat welcome page it shows an “HTTP Status 404 – /” with the description “The requested resource (/) … Continue reading →

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Jul/12

Mounting LVM Using Ubuntu Live CD

Filed Under Linux at 2nd July 2012 0:00 by

Overview My system died recently and I needed to access the data on the hard drives. I had two 1TB drives in a logical volume which I needed to pull data off of. Luckily the drivers were in tact. Live … Continue reading →

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Jun/12

Linking Withings Scale To Fitbit

Filed Under Wearables, Website at 24th June 2012 0:01 by

It’s possible to link the scales from Withings to Fitbit’s website as shown in this article. However, logging into Fitbit I couldn’t see the the link to it what so ever. It turns out the link was removed in an … Continue reading →

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Jun/12

Ubuntu 12.04 DHCP Server

Filed Under Linux at 18th June 2012 0:01 by

Overview A DHCP server issues computers on the network IP addresses. Normally this is done by the router but a computer is more flexible because: Cheap to add multiple network interface cards More control over network traffic Fits into other … Continue reading →

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Jun/12

Install Oracle (Sun) JRE On Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Linux at 11th June 2012 0:01 by
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Below should work for Ubuntu 12.04 for 32 and 64 bit. Add Oracle’s repository to repository list: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java Update sources: sudo apt-get update Install JRE 7: sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer Java JRE will not install in Ubuntu 12.04