Monthly Archives: March 2011

Cygwin Gotchas

Posted on March 28, 2011 by admin

I’m going to use this post to detail issues I run into when using cygwin on windows so I’ll be able to easily find them when I have that “Oh, I’ve run into this before” moment. Environment Variables: Cygwin only … Continue reading →

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Spring MVC AJAX web services

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

With SpringMVC, writing REST type web services is brain-dead simple. The Jackson mapper is a very powerful library that automatically converts your POJOs to and from JSON without any interaction from you. Think it’s too good to be true?  It’s … Continue reading →

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Java ORM using mongoDB part 2

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

Previously I briefly introduced the mjorm mongo-java-ORM solution I found. This post will go more in-depth and give more specific examples of querying, creating, and removing records from your mongoDB instance. If you don’t already have mongoDB, you’ll need it … Continue reading →

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IE inconsistencies

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

I’ll keep a running list of new items I find that are inconsistent between Internet Explorer and other browsers. I’ll skip most of the stuff that’s already public knowledge. Internet Explorer doesn’t treat z-index for absolutely positioned objects the same … Continue reading →

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595 Shift Register Simulator

Posted on March 15, 2011 by admin

Sometimes when creating a controller using a microcontroller, you run out of output pins; usually when driving displays. A 595 serial-in parallel-out shift register allows you to control up to 8 lines of data using four microcontroller pins. You can … Continue reading →

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Java ORM using MongoDB

Posted on March 14, 2011 by admin

My previous blog post covered a little about MongoDB. It’s really simple to use on the command line and thanks to an open-source developer, it’s really simple to use in a java application.

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Persistence using MongoDB

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

A friend of mine suggested I check out MongoDB to use as a lightweight data store. Mongo moves away from the traditional relational database and allows you to store whatever you want, however you want. Instead of tables of data, … Continue reading →

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jQuery UI Drag and Drop

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin
jQuery UI has drag and drop functionality baked right in. This makes it really easy to add rich functionality and responsiveness to your web applications that let them act more like desktop applications. Check out the demo below and continue … Continue reading →
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Home Automation with Infrared – IR Part 2

Posted on March 7, 2011 by admin
In my previous post we discussed a network to IR bridge by GlobalCache. This allows any device with the ability to communicate over the TCP/IP network to send IR commands. I created a proof of concept for the Android platform … Continue reading →
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Home Automation with Infrared – IR

Posted on March 7, 2011 by admin
A While back I had the idea of turning my Android device into a touchscreen remote. As my phone has no Infrared transmission capability, I had to figure another method to bridge the gap between the devices I wanted to … Continue reading →
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