Geek brain dump

Converting Opera contacts file

paalg — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:49:04 +0000

After using Operas mail client since 2003, I have become tired of the mess in the configuration files during the many upgrades between the versions. I have spent many hours trying to figure out things, but you need to be an expert to sort it out. The mail is stored in *.mbs files, right now [...]

ADOdb and XML schemas (AXMLS)

paalg — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:18:37 +0000

A good number of applications use database abstraction layer, so that by using one interface (abstraction layer) in the application, the user can choose his favourite database to store the data. One good choice as database abstraction layer is ADOdb for PHP for web applications. The reason I had to work with ADOdb the first [...]

MySQL fulltext search example

paalg — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:54:50 +0000

At my work I was set to the task of making a search page for an PHP application we have made. The search page was to search text fields in a table in an MySQL database and return results. After some time researching and testing I found that the fulltext indexing of fields in tables [...]

Dual layered toilet paper out of sync

paalg — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:52:09 +0000

Isn’t this annoying, or am I the only geek noticing?

Seems like there is always someone getting the dual layered toilet paper out of sync at work. Like today, I also had to turn the roll making the loose end hang outwards, and not inwards.

There should be a toilet paper dispencer not allowing people [...]

Recover deleted contacts after synchronization

paalg — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:45:49 +0000

Guess what? I just managed to delete all my contacts on my new Windows Mobile 6.1 cellphone! A search on Google tells me I am not the only one, and Microsoft ActiveSync gets a lot of the blame for this mistake to be possible among various web forums (I have been searcing for a solution [...]

Simple CellEditorListener example in Java

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:26:22 +0000

This is an easy example on how to detect changes to data in a JTable. The example will run by itself. Just copy the code to a file and name it CellEditorListenerExample and it is ready to be compiled and run.

import java.awt.BorderLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.event.CellEditorListener; import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent; /** * [...]

Simple JFrame and JTable example in Java

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:14:59 +0000

This is a very simple example on how to show a javax.swing.JFrame (JFrame) with a javax.swing.JTable (JTable) on. The example will run by itself. Just copy the code to a file and name it JFrameExample.java and it is ready to be compiled and run.

import java.awt.BorderLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; /** * Simple [...]

Changing Skype video snapshot folder

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:25:51 +0000

How often haven’t you been irritated because different software save their data to different folders? Skype is no exception. When you make video snapshots, they are saved to a hidden folder. Making most imaging software, among them Picasa, read the folder is then not possible.

When you make video snapshots with Skype on Windows, the [...]

Converting ANSEL character set to Unicode

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:45:37 +0000

I have been working with genealogy since I was 14 years old. Being an software developer I recently started making some software that supports the standard format for genealogy data exchange, GEDCOM. The most common character encoding for these files are something called ANSEL (American National Standard Extended Latin), and is also known as ANSI/NISO [...]

Simple timer example in Java

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:57:33 +0000

This Java code illustrates the use of two timers running at the same time using java.util.Timer and java.util.TimerTask.

TimerExample.java starting two timers:

import java.util.Timer; /** * An example on multiple timers. * * @author http://www.gammelsaeter.com/ */ public class TimerExample { public static void main(String[] args) { Timer timer1 = new Timer(); [...]