Category Archives: apple

Radio interview with 666 ABC Canberra talking about open source software and Sakai

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Over the weekend I was invited onto the Sunday Brunch program of 666 ABC Canberra Radio to talk about open source software and the Sakai project. We talked about what open source software is, the motivations behind open source software, … Continue reading →

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JDBC connection to SQL Server hanging because of JDK 1.6.0_29

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Lately I’ve been having an issue with one of my Sakai instances connecting to MS SQL Server[1]. The strange thing was that the exact same code and connection details were working on our test and prod boxes, just not on … Continue reading →

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Mail.app doesn’t like black

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

I’ve discovered another bug since upgrading to Lion, again in Mail.app. Try this, it’s fun: Start writing a new email message. Highlight some text and click the colour palette – we are going to change it’s colour. Make it Red. … Continue reading →

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Incorrect order in the Sort by Flags option of Mail.app in Lion

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

The list of bugs with Lion keeps growing. To add to the list of bugs, I have a few items in Mail ‘flagged’ with different colour flags. Obviously, and even Apple recognise this by their own order of the flags … Continue reading →

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Window overlap issue in OS X Lion

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

I just discovered another bug in OS X Lion where windows aren’t resizing properly. In Apple Mail, choose Preferences, then Fonts and Colors [sic]. Change your Message list font size to something large, say 48. Quit Apple Mail. Reopen Apple … Continue reading →

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JAVA_HOME on OS X Lion

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

If you currently have your JAVA_HOME environment variable set as the trusty: export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home then when you upgrade to Lion you will need to adjust it, as the install location has changed. The new environment variable should be: export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) … Continue reading →

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Teething problems with OS X Lion

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

I updated my machines to Lion today. Pretty nice, but a couple of teething issues: 1. If you have a dual monitor setup and use the new fullscreen feature for an app on one monitor, the other one gets blanked … Continue reading →

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Java update broke my Maven

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

I like new stuff. So today I launched Software Update and discovered a Java update! I squealed with excitement about having the shiniest new JVM on the block. Then I went to build something with Maven: Exception in thread “main” … Continue reading →

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>Updating Maven on Mac OS X

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

>After some issues on the mailing lists with Maven versions for building Sakai, it became apparent that upgrading Maven on OS X was difficult, which is why there was a requirement to support Maven 2.0.6 and implement workarounds for it’s … Continue reading →

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Scripting Terminal.app to setup my Sakai workspace

Posted on December 24, 2008 by

With my software development I require a few Terminal windows or tabs open at any one time. Normally at least 4. When Terminal.app came out with tabbed Terminal, I quickly realised that ‘Save Windows as Group’ doesn’t really do much. … Continue reading →

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