Date: 11/02/05     Keywords: software, java, apache

Ant (java software) from Apache Foundation is a popular build tool (often used successfully with other release management tasks) which replaces make. "Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles. " Included in Ant are optional tasks like FTP & Telnet. For example the FTP Task [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-ant-ftp-telnet-rexec-task/

Date: 10/31/05     Keywords: google

As I continue to give out GMail invites, Google continues to replenish me. Today I opened up to send out yet another invite when I noticed I am back to 100 (invites I can give out). I wonder how their algorithm works.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/never-ending-gmail-invites/

Date: 10/31/05     Keywords: blogging, software, spam

Matt, author of WordPress blogging software, has released an anti-spam plugin for WordPress - Automattic Spam Stopper (now renamed as AKismet) Bad Behavior, a competing rather effective comment spam prevention plugin, author nicknamed IOError posted a review which points out some obvious downsides of such centralized spam filtering mechanisms like: 1. Privacy concern - all your comments [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/meta-review-of-wordpress-matts-automatticsic-spam-stopper-ass/

Date: 10/30/05     Keywords: programming

A Simple Programming Question for Beginners

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-programming-examples-for-beginners-interview-how-to-swap-integer-and-string-variables-without-using-a-temporary-variable/

Date: 10/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

Or any non-English language in which you are not proficient...

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-moderate-japanese-comments-in-weblog/

Date: 10/28/05     Keywords: microsoft

I wanted to manipulate dates in Microsoft Excel - the result is a sum of date, a fixed number of days and a variable no of day(s) from a second column. I couldn't find much documentation in Microsoft Excel to help me. So I thought this maybe useful to some of you. I essence I was trying [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/date-manipulation-in-microsoft-excel/

Date: 10/27/05     Keywords: no keywords

Nigerian 419 scammers anthem is titled - "I Go Chop Your Dollars". It aired few months ago as a CD penned by Osofia and is hugely popular in Lagos: "419 is just a game, you are the losers, we are the winners. White people are greedy, I can say they are greedy White men, I will eat your [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/419-is-just-a-game-you-are-the-losers-we-are-the-winners-nigerian-song/

Date: 10/27/05     Keywords: no keywords

Now Nigerian scammers are selling cellphones with lucrative prices, all major brands. You can call them in Lagos to verify their existence or whatever. BTW: I didn't know Asus sells cellphones too. They are "advertising" it in my blog comments. Needless to say where they landed - in /dev/null zone. I guess not many people fall for their [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-new-for-nigerian-scammers/

Date: 10/26/05     Keywords: spyware, yahoo, google

If you, like me, has been the victim of Yahoo Spyware aka Yahoo IM then you may notice that in the firefox location bar if you type in a keyword, it takes you to Yahoo preferences page. Previously it used to perform a Google "I'm Lucky" Search and take you to the first page of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-change-your-firefox-location-bar-search-engine/

Date: 10/25/05     Keywords: no keywords

Where is Hello World in JBoss Seam?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/jboss-seam-stripes-and-hibernate-an-irreverent-look-at-java-software-frameworks/

Date: 10/25/05     Keywords: software, database, java

Java Software - TinyDisk provides a way to store large amount of data anonymously (write once - read multiple times - delete admin only) on the internet. It overlays a write-once-read-many anonymous, persistent and globally shared filesystem. Once something is uploaded, only the database admin can delete it. Everyone can read it. No one can know [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-use-tinyurl-to-store-huge-data-online-anonymously/

Date: 10/24/05     Keywords: spyware, ebay

Dutch prosecutors last month arrested three young men for creating and operating a botnet allegedly used to extort a U.S. company, to steal PayPal and eBay accounts, and to install adware and spyware. It turned out that the botnet was comprised of a staggering 1.5 million computers. The three suspects, aged 19, 22, and 27, were [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dutch-authorities-bag-a-botnet-of-15-million-compromised-computers/

Date: 10/24/05     Keywords: no keywords

McDonald's and mobilestr33t has created a mobile marketing campaign. Cell phone users can use mobile coupons to get a free McFlurry. To get a free McFlurry coupon send to your mobile phone click here. It supports SprintPCS, Cingular¦AT&T, Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, NextTell, AllTell and Boost. Link via HinkMod Wang

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/now-mccoupons-on-your-j2me-enabled-cell-phone/

Date: 10/24/05     Keywords: google

Advertising from Google and its network partners sites displaying its ads accounted for most of the company's earnings. Google posted revenues of $1.578 billion for the quarter ending September 30, 2005, up 96% from the third quarter of 2004. Shouldn't its partner sites get some share of it too? Interestingly revenue from Google-owned sites grew at a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-revenue-doubles-is-adsense-program-coming-to-an-end/

Date: 10/24/05     Keywords: software, java

JavaWorld has this trivial article on simulating multiple inheritance in Java software using delegation. What he explains in a big long-winded article with several examples, requires just one sentence to elucidate. It is an age old technique. Create instances of objects (extend them if you need using inner classes) you wanted to inherit in the first [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simulating-multiple-inheritance-in-java-software/

Date: 10/24/05     Keywords: google

Wired News reports about a company which bans all sites containing the word "blog" in a juvenile attempt to prevent employees for accessing blogs. A Google search shows about 42 million pages containing the word blog in url. Companies worry that employees might leak sensitive material while posting comments to blog message boards. In a survey [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/blogs-not-safe-for-work-company-bans-42-million-pages/

Date: 10/24/05     Keywords: yahoo, google

After my ill-fated attempt to use latest version of Yahoo Instant Messenger (The Malware), I manually removed all traces of Yahoo Instant Messenger from my system. One thing however persisted - their search engine plugin for Firefox. Yahoo search is so poor that whenever I forgot to change the search engine to Google and inadvertantly [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-remove-search-engines-from-firefox-flock-specifically-yahoo/

Date: 10/23/05     Keywords: blogging, software, web

WordPress.Com is a commercial venture from the authors of popular weblogging software - WordPress. They provide free weblog to selected individuals based on God-knows-what criteria. On their website they ask you for some mysterious invitation code to be a wordpress.com blogger. Recently however they opened up, possibly due to some marketing arrangement, and provides free Weblog account [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-get-free-wordpresscom-account-for-firefox-interent-explorer-opera-safari-users/

Date: 10/23/05     Keywords: browser, html

I find it useful to have a list of HTML tags handy. Today for example I used it to find the strike-through tag. I used the list on CDI. Additionally it provides browser and standards compatibility information. Detailed information is one-click away. BTW: Are you WYSIWYG type? Personally even if I use WYSIWYG I tend to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/html-tags-complete-index-commenting-problem/

Date: 10/23/05     Keywords: no keywords

Bloglet and FeedBlitz are both free blog subscription by email service and they are equally horrible. I use Bloglet to provide email subscription service from this blog. It is a free service. The best part ends there. You will never get any response when facing with problems in Bloglet. Nobody answers the emails. In fact [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/web-20-bloglet-and-feedblitz-competes-in-providing-abysmally-poor-service/