Just a quick notice, to speed up my future use of this command: if you want to set another default Java version in Ubuntu, use the update-java-alternatives command. For more details, see Ask Ubuntu, knowing that this command (probably) works in multiple version of Ubuntu – I’m on 12.04 and it worked fine for me.
Archive for the ‘Software Development’ Category
How To Set The Default Java Version In Ubuntu
Posted in Java, Software Development, Ubuntu on 30/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Obsolescence Sets In Too Fast For My Hardware
Posted in Apple & Macintosh, Java, Software Development on 29/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Am I an Apple G5 owner feeling a little left out by Apple? Well, yes, actually: no hardware upgrades possible, and no serious OSX upgrades… Do I have a very expensive and capable piece of hardware which can still be valuable? Yes indeed! Do I run applications based on Java and feel left behind with just Java [...]
Easy Mobile Application Development?
Posted in Android, Internet, iOS, Software Development on 28/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Should you develop native apps or web apps when targeting mobile devices? There is no single simple answer, of course: context and requirements are essential factors in the decision process. I mentioned an article that clearly favors native applications, but here’s another take on the matter: “Creating Cross-Device Compatible Mobile Applications that Integrate with SharePoint“. [...]
Scotch On The Rocks
Posted in ColdFusion, Software Development on 24/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s too bad I don’t have the time to attend the Brussels session of Scotch on the Rocks 2012 today. I enjoyed the 2009 session, and I’m sure that todays program is worthwhile as well.
Python Videos, No Snakes
Posted in Python, Software Development on 01/05/2012 |
I should have found this sooner, but never mind, now it’s on my todo list: “pyvideo.org. Python related video indexed so you can find it“.
How To Develop Apps For Mobile Devices
Posted in Mobile Computing, Software Development, Web Development on 29/04/2012 |
With the ever rising popularity of smartphones and tablets, the question pops up frequently: if you want to develop an application for those devices, should you make it an native app or is a web app prefereable? Ars Technica has a good summary of the answers to this question in the article “Ask Stack: Should [...]
Flashback Removal
Posted in Apple & Macintosh, Internet, Java, Software on 12/04/2012 |
Remember the OS X trojan I wrote about on April 4th? Kaspersky Labs has created a tool to remove the Flashback trojan, should you have been infected. And don’t hold your breath, but rumor has it that even Apple Inc. is working on a similar program…
“YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING…”
Posted in Python, Software Development on 08/04/2012 |
If you recognised the phrase I used as a title for this post, then that means that you are getting old… or that you are a reader of a Python blog called “Let’s discuss the matter further“. I mention this blog post not because I am/was a fan of the game in the 1980′s, but [...]
Strange Error Message With CFHTTP
Posted in ColdFusion, Software Development on 28/03/2012 |
I am testing a bit of ColdFusion 8 code calling a webservice through the CFHTTP tag. What was a REST-call in the past has been reimplemented with SOAP, but that should not be a problem, right? Just adding “<cfhttpparam type=”XML” value=”#SOAPBody#” />” to the call and changing the “GET” into a “POST” should do the trick, but [...]
Android Development Tool On Your Smartphone And Tablet
Posted in Android, Java, Mobile Computing, Software, Software Development on 23/03/2012 |
A long time ago, I dabbled with Basic, Lisp and Python on my trusted Palm PDA’s. Yes, even a decade ago you could install interpreters for such programming languages on a small computer. I won’t pretend that such environments were destined for the construction of gazillions of enterprise apps, but as a challenge for geeks/developers [...]
Late But Annoying Discovery About Outlook 2010
Posted in Internet, Software, Web Development on 22/03/2012 |
I work in a large, 6000+ staff, company, and that explains why we’re only now migrating from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2010. To be correct: the rollout will start in a few days, because the tests are still ongoing. And testing always pays ;-) Indeed, an error was found: one of our oldest intranet applications [...]
A Trojan Mystery Solved
Posted in Internet, Software, Software Development on 21/03/2012 |
Just so you don’t miss it: the mystery I wrote about a week ago has been solved – by an active community of software detetctives. Read the blog post on SecureList “The mystery of Duqu Framework solved” to learn all the details. Although it isn’t written down so explicitly, I also conclude that we’re lucky most [...]
A Trojan Mystery
Posted in Internet, Software Development on 14/03/2012 |
If you like puzzles as much as programming, head over to the securelist.com blog (Kaspersky). “The Mystery of the Duqu Framework” challenges everyone with development and compiler experience to help determine the “the framework, toolkit or the programming language that can generate similar code constructions” as those found in the Duqu Trojan. On one hand, [...]
The Pain Continues (5)…
Posted in ColdFusion, Content Management, Software Development on 16/02/2012 |
You may recall that I’m still running a series of ColdFusion servers at work, running CFMX6.1 and CF8. The CFMX servers remain active as long as I haven’t got Verity working reliably in our CF8 applications. From an functional point of view, the situation is certainly workable. But the server administrators want to replace Win2000 [...]
The Return Of ex-Userland Manila Is In The Making – Or Is It?
Posted in Content Management, Software, Web Development on 15/02/2012 |
Good news for those of us who still have sites running on Manila, the Userland Frontier application for web content management: Tom Clifton, Dave Winer, Jake Savin and others are busy trying to get Manila to run in the OPML Editor. If they pull it off, it will be possible to take a .root backup [...]
