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Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Mail Backup in Gnome Evolution
Some of you may know Gnome Evolution project which is a complete Outlook-like solution for Linux with contacts, calendars, mail client and God knows what else. I kind of like it as it has some indexing features allowing me to search through the years o...
by spyromus 2005-12-01 01:25 tips · software
http://blog.noizeramp.com/2005/12/01/mail-backup-in-gnome-evolution/ - cached - mail it - history
Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Extended Desktop on iBook G4
Yesterday Kate asked me whether it's possible to connect her professional Sony display to her iBook G4 to get a better picture and color representation or no. I answered, yes, without any hesitation and... it's where the tricky part started. While i...
by spyromus 2005-11-23 01:59 general · tips · mac
http://blog.noizeramp.com/2005/11/23/extended-desktop-on-ibook-g4/ - cached - mail it - history
Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Google: Magic Tips
Something that I always missed in Google Search was the fexibility of expressions building. Sometimes those tricks mentioned in the advanced search facility is barely enough to fulfill my immediate needs and I have to make series of searches and combin...
by spyromus 2005-11-18 03:02 tips · google
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Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Singleton Strategies
Often, when you are developing some application you wish it to run one instance at a time. If you are writing a native application, there's no problem because the platform you are aiming on most probably already has everything for this kind of magic. W...
by spyromus 2005-11-16 02:54 tips · java · design · development
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Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Weird Photoshop Math
Today I was put into a deep shock with how Photoshop calculates final color of the dot which has several semi-transparent objects on its way. Assume for a second that you have a black background and two 50% white squares on top of each other and the ba...
by spyromus 2005-11-04 13:13 tips · software · interesting · thoughts · art
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Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Calling Optional Methods
Today I had another interesting task -- to make splash screen window be always on top of everything else on the screen. Yes, and it's all in Java. I know that Java 1.5.0+ already has a nice method to accomplish this -- setAlwaysOnTop(boolean) -- but wh...
by spyromus 2005-10-21 04:20 tips · java · development · interesting
http://blog.noizeramp.com/2005/10/21/calling-optional-methods/ - cached - mail it - history
Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Usage of Static Inner Classes
Why is it good to have static inner classes? When an inner class is not static it holds a reference to its main class. If your inner class does nothing with the main class the reference is completely useless and only takes some memory. Nothing really h...
by spyromus 2005-10-15 10:16 tips · java · development
http://blog.noizeramp.com/2005/10/15/usage-of-static-inner-classes/ - cached - mail it - history
Copy this Retrospective CVS Branching
Branching is a very useful concept in sources tracking. It allows to isolate some version of sources and continue with experimental development, bug fixing and anything else, which is better kept away from the main trunk. It's generally simple to do br...
by spyromus 2005-10-08 11:56 general · cvs · tips
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Copy this Java Timestamps go Database
Couple of years ago I wrote a small application to manage a post cards distribution for a small advertising company. The application worked with a Cloudscape database but it's not the point. The point is that my friend, who was working for that company...
by spyromus 2005-09-30 03:25 tips · java · development · database
http://blog.noizeramp.com/2005/09/30/java-timestamps-go-database/ - cached - mail it - history
Copy this noizZze » Blog Archive » Writing Effective Software Descriptions
Today I was looking for a good manual on how to build correct and well-formed Debian distribution packages. As you might know, every package has some sort of description telling what application it holds, why user needs this application, what platform ...
by spyromus 2005-09-03 04:29 tips · software · development
http://blog.noizeramp.com/2005/08/25/writing-effective-software-descriptions/ - cached - mail it - history
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