Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: no keywords

This is the third reported case of Dell Laptops exploding in flames, this time in Singapore. Register reports another Dell notebook, a Latitude D410, has burst into flames. According to the machine’s owner a series of popping noises culminated in a surfeit of white smoke and “flames coming up the side of the laptop”. The [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yet-another-dell-laptop-goes-for-spontaneous-combustion/

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: no keywords

Popular social networking sites like such as MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Friendster faces ban in US schools & libraries. The Deleting Online Predators Act tries to limit the access of paedophiles to the networking sites which have become hugely popular with minors. The act has already been approved by a large majority in the House of Representatives. The [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/myspace-bebo-friendster-faces-us-ban/

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: java

jEdit is a popular Java based code editor. I have used it extensively and highly recommend it. Now you can also develop in Ruby using jEdit. And I am not just talking about syntax highlighting, much much more. The jEdit Ruby Editor Plugin lets you manipulate Ruby and Rails code at the syntax level. Focused on [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/develop-in-ruby-using-jedit/

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: no keywords

This version removes cleanly both WGA Notification ‘Pilot’ version and ‘Final’ version, it should theoretically not be needed anymore to directly unload the WGA notification in live from memory and to risk a blue screen (BSOD). RemoveWGA 1.2 has been successfully tested against the pilot and final version of WGA notification on both Windows XP SP2 [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/remove-windows-genuine-advantage-download-latest-version/

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: no keywords

View first two movies of Back To The Future series side-by-side in overlapping segments. I enjoyed it and I think so will you, if you have seen the movies before. Found at BinaryBonsai via MacManx.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/back-to-the-future-revisited/

Date: 07/30/06     Keywords: java

This is a comprehensive list of various free Java object cache products with descriptions. This list is for my reference and hopefully yours. The order is irrelevant. ShiftOne Java Object Cache “ShiftOne Java Object Cache is a Java library that implements several strict object caching policies, decorators that add behavior, and a light framework for configuring them [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-object-cache-products/

Date: 07/29/06     Keywords: no keywords

Apocalyx 3D engine includes features like rendering of sky boxes, cloud layers, lens flares, flat terrains and height fields even with reflections, infinite terrains, wavy surfaces, sprites, billboards, meshes with diffuse, gloss, environment and bump mapping, particles emitters, planar shadows , the loading of 3DS and OBJ meshes, the animation of MD2, MD3 and Cal3D [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-open-source-3d-game-engine-apocalyx-a-review/

Date: 07/29/06     Keywords: no keywords

She awakes early on the morning of April 10, 2030, in the capable hands of her suburban Chicago apartment. All night, microscopic sensors in her bedside tables have monitored her breathing, heart rate, and brain activity. The tiny blood sample she gave her bathroom sink last night has been analyzed for free radicals and precancerous cells; [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-in-your-brain/

Date: 07/29/06     Keywords: php, browser, web, hosting

Create a file in your htdocs directory (ask the location from your web hosting provider if you are not sure named test.php. Open the file in your favorite text editor and add the line: < ?php phpinfo() ?> After saving the file, open in your browser: http://[your host name]/test.php Note: Replace [your host name] with your actual host name. Now if [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-test-php-support-in-apache-http-server/

Date: 07/29/06     Keywords: php, html, apache

This technique will only work if your Apache server has PHP enabled (how to test php support in apache http server) and .htaccess enabled. In the root directory of your html files create a file named .htaccess. The file may already be present. Open the file in your favorite editor and add the following lines: addtype application/x-httpd-php [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-php-in-html-pages/

Date: 07/27/06     Keywords: microsoft

Andy Patrizio learned the hard way that Windows Genuine Advantage can be a disadvantage in disguise and all without any fault of his own. Such cases apparently flies in the face of Microsoft assertion that only a handful of genuine false positives have been identified. Let’s take a look. Alex from Microsoft asserted - “Of the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/when-windows-genuine-advantage-becomes-genuine-disadvantage/

Date: 07/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

To: Over 500 email addresses starting with support@ Respected Sir, With due respect after tensed from a valuable discussions with you I’m tender myself as a suitable competitor as per our requirements and need. Here my proposal is to join your esteemed organization in a full time permanent responsible space with handsome salary and project commission where I can value these [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-not-to-write-in-your-resume-introduction/

Date: 07/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

This one is dead simple. Add -q at the end of your commandline. So for example if you want to run compile target then use: ant compile -q To run it in super-verbose mode use: ant -verbose

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-apache-ant-quietly/

Date: 07/27/06     Keywords: blogging

Darren of ProBlogger has an interesting idea for group thoughts. What if I were to start blogging again? What would I do different? Here are my two cents… 1. Write as regularly as possible 2. Write more 3. Add a contact form upfront 4. Start with my own domain upfront. I wasted two years from 2001-2003 blogging at blogspot. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/

Date: 07/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

YotoPhoto is an image search engine with a difference. It allows you to search for free-to-use stock photographs and images. These images are either in the Public Domain or released under generous Creative Commons, GNU FDL or similar licenses. In short these are images you can use without paying anything. However an attribution may be [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-image-search-engine-review/

Date: 07/27/06     Keywords: software, web, linux

Bryan O’Bryan is well known longtime Mac enthusiast and editor of ResExcellence.com, a popular Macintosh website. He runs a Mac-specific software company and also podcasts at castablasta.com. Recently he switched over from Mac to Linux, specifically Ubuntu. This is not a story of a dilettante. He was soaked in Mac and “fell in love”. In [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/reasons-for-ditching-mac-in-favor-of-ubuntu-linux/

Date: 07/26/06     Keywords: google

Google has released new anti-fraud measures that provides its advertisers reports of invalid clicks through its AdWords system. Advertisers that use Google AdWords can now run campaign and account performance reports that include data about invalid clicks. They can choose to see the number of invalid clicks as well as the percentage of invalid clicks out [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-provides-click-fraud-stats-for-adwords-advertisers/

Date: 07/26/06     Keywords: software, yahoo

Cult of the dead cow, creators of infamous BackOrifice software, released a secure, user-friendly, free, open source instant messaging software to facilitate anonymous communication and secure file transfers. ScatterChat is designed to facilitate secure and private real-time communication over the Internet. It provides message encryption support over AOL, Yahoo! & MSN. Additionally it provides file encryption [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/secure-instant-messenger-scatternet-released-by-hackers/

Date: 07/26/06     Keywords: seo

This SEO enhanced beauty of a WordPress plugin is coming to your doors very soon. It is widgetized, works behind a firewall, properly translates your english blog to 8 languages (chinese, french, spanish, german, italian, portuguese, korean and japanese) and cache enabled. Why the delay? I decided to add few last-minute features like caching and widegtizing. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/angsumans-wordpress-translator-plugin-pro-update/

Date: 07/26/06     Keywords: xml, java, apache

I have seen myriad errors when executing java task. For example I have seen: javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError?: Provider org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl? not found when executing the java task in jdk1.5.0 The problems with debugging the errors is that the commandline used by java task is not visible, even in verbose mode. The solution to both the problems is to add the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-solve-apache-ant-java-task-execution-errors/