tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69189382011-11-28T09:22:19.090+10:00If you haven't got it, you won't get it.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894802914716195660noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918938.post-5856718857505408502008-10-30T08:40:00.012+10:002008-10-30T16:17:38.740+10:00

To me one of the most annoying things about deploying a standalone java application is packaging. You can't just jar your code and dependencies into a single jar that's ready to run without jumping through hoops. All I want to be able to do is have jars live inside jars and have it all just work. As it turns out this is not an uncommon request, but it seems to be one that is also often dismissed,

Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894802914716195660noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918938.post-14197397371587322562007-08-17T14:05:00.000+10:002007-08-17T19:10:00.399+10:00

If you regularly subscribe to a few podcasts or video programs that are available via bittorrent with an RSS feed, and you watch them on your appletv, you might be wondering if you can automate the process so everything happens automatically without the need for any external devices (ie. no need to use iTunes), well you can.Firstly, you can use Yahoo Pipes to aggregate your chosen subscription's

Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03894802914716195660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918938.post-54243130862266499722007-08-08T13:19:00.000+10:002007-08-17T18:32:05.042+10:00

Apple has finally announced iWork 08 and it includes Numbers, their take on the traditional spreadsheet. I have downloaded the trial and had a play with it, and while it might not satisfy the scientific or academic community, it does mostly what I need.One annoyance however is that when you export your Numbers spreadsheet to Excel it will include a table of contents explaining how your sheets and

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