Archives for: December 2008

Serializing and Deserializing custom objects using JiBX

December 16th, 2008
JiBX is a framework for binding XML data to Java objects (I stole that from their website!). There are a standard set of converters in the JiBX library that will help you convert your own classes to XML. There is a bit more information in the conversions… more »

Eclipse 3.5 - Galileo - New and Noteworthy

December 10th, 2008
For some bizarre reason Eclipse hides the pages where it keeps the New and Noteworthy documentation of milestone releases. These pages contain details of the new features along with screenshots where applicable. In most cases the screenshot is invaluable… more »

Where do I put my beans?

December 9th, 2008
Where do I put my beans? What beans? Coffee beans? Java beans? No - Spring beans! When running a servlet container, such as Apache Tomcat, you must define all your java beans in such a way as to facilitate the separation of the live and development sy… more »

Changing your account name on Hotmail

December 4th, 2008
When you sign up for a Hotmail account it may not set your account name to your real name, so here are a few step-by-step instructions to help you navigate the Hotmail interface and get to the sweet spot. Log into Hotmail Click Options (on the ri… more »

Plesk's Awstats show Select Period in wrong order

December 2nd, 2008
Plesk generates web statistics using awstats. The "Select Period" drop down box is created with all the month dates in a random order which is not very helpful! It makes selecting the month you want tricky.The following code checks which domains are… more »