Monthly Archives: November 2008
Removing CAPS LOCK on OS X
This has been bugging me for a while, but I’ve just gotten around to doing anything about it. I hate the caps lock key. I never use it and I’m always triggering it by accident. Thankfully, it’s fairly simple to … Continue reading
NetBeans 6.5
Today NetBeans 6.5 got released. Congratulations, guys! I’m primarily an Eclipse user1, but I keep hearing about NetBeans through the Java Posse and heck, I even subscribe to the NetBeans podcast to try and keep an eye on what’s up. … Continue reading
The best subversion client
The best subversion client I’ve used to date? git. It’s so script-friendly! This morning somebody asked me for a complete history of a project in CSV format. Using my nicely cloned repository, it was a simple matter of giving the … Continue reading
Time Zones, done better
A few days ago, I signed up to HuffDuffer (love the logo, BTW). However, once I’d registered, my profile page said Huffduffing since November 1st, 2008. Which was a little weird, as when I did this it was October 31st. … Continue reading
Jasypt++
Once again, jasypt (“Java Simplified Encryption”) makes me smile. Java comes with a comprehensive set of encryption utilities: JCE. I had to do some decryption the other day and ended up with this code. public class Decryptor { private static … Continue reading