Random thought
November 11, 2008
What is the shortest regular expression that matches only itself, including the / delimiters?
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Java SSL/HTTPS via JSSE: Write once, run everywhere?
November 4, 2008
Getting your SSL code to work on both Sun and IBM JVMs.
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RFC 3986 considered harmful
October 26, 2008
RFC 3986 is in error regarding HTTP query parameters. Avoid using HTTP POST with body data to URLs including query parameters.
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Thoughts on version control
September 18, 2008
I like bazaar. I don’t like git, because I don’t like giving people the ability to do partial commits.
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The fractious leap second debate
September 16, 2008
You might not have heard about it, but there’s a debate going on which threatens to redefine time as we measure it. I’m something of a time nerd; all the computers in our house are synchronized to atomic clocks, as are several of our regular clocks, my wristwatch, and my phone. The debate going on [...]
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Java, JDBC and “memory leaks”
September 5, 2008
How to do a JDBC query–something which hardly anyone can get right, apparently.
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Java annoyance: final parameters
August 26, 2008
The final word on the final keyword when used with Java method parameters.
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Java: not all that bad these days
August 26, 2008
I quite like Java as of Java SE 5. However…
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Looking for debug information in all the wrong places
August 11, 2008
Problems with SSL connections to Domino caused by a bad /etc/hosts entry.
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JavaScript: The Good Parts
August 9, 2008
A review of O’Reilly’s “JavaScript: The Good Parts” by Douglas Crockford
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