Lee Kemp's Blog

Developer Search Gadget

Kumkee — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:02:21 +0000

I have released another Google gadget. This one is similar to the Java Search gadget but has options to search the documentation for languages other then Java.

So far the languages/technologies that have search options are:
Java, PHP, Ruby, CSS, HTML, Linux command line, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Javascript.

Bellow the gadget is embedded into the page so you can give it a try.

If you would like to add the gadget to your iGoogle click the following button.

If anyone finds a bug or would like me to add an API please leave a comment.

BASH to load CLASSPATH from dir

Kumkee — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:04:15 +0000

When you have a lot of jar files that need to be loaded into the CLASSPATH especially if the jar’s are upgraded and change there name often, updating the Manifest file or the command line arguments is a pain.

This script will load all of the jars from a lib dir before starting up your application. That way when you have a new jar you can just drop it in your lib directory (and remove the old one).

#/bin/bash

for i in /MYAPP/lib/*; do
	echo adding $i to CLASSPATH
	CLASSPATH=$i:$CLASSPATH
	export CLASSPATH
done;

/usr/local/java/bin/java com.kumkee.application.Main

Convert HEX String to ASCII in Ruby

Kumkee — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:30:41 +0000

str = '6b 75 6d 6b 65 65 65 2e 63 6f 6d'
str.split(' ').each { |val|
  print val.hex.chr
}

or you could just use centricle.com ASCII - HEX Converter

MySQL Slow Query Log is your friend

Kumkee — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:44:54 +0000

The MySQL slow query log parser converts your slow query logs in to a more usable format.
It also adds some interesting information like median and average times.

For more information on it and a link to download the script go to the MySQL Slow Query Log Page

ANYwebcam LIVE! WordPress plugin

Kumkee — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:35:21 +0000

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Java search Google Gadget

Kumkee — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:21:24 +0000

UPDATE: A new version of this gadget has been released. It is called the Developer Search Gadget and can be found here.
This version has support for languages other then Java like Ruby, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript etc.

The Java search Google Gadget searches the JavaDocs and Other API documentation for common API’s that I use.

So far you can use it to search:

1.6 JavaDoc
1.5.0 JavaDoc
1.4.2 JavaDoc
Java Developers Almanac 1.4
Servlet API 2.2
Apache Axis
Hibernate 3
JConfig
JDOM
Jetty
JGroups
JUnit
Log4j
Memcached Java API
Spring Framework

In the future I plan on adding:

Ability to add API’s
Feeling lucky search that goes to the first search result (DONE)

If anyone finds a bug or would like me to add an API please comment bellow.
If you want me to add an API for a project a link to the current JavaDocs would be good thanks.

** UPDATE 1st April 2007
Today I added a “I’m feeling lucky” search box that will go straight to the first search result page.
It also automatically selects the contents of the search box when it gets focus.

Hans Rosling TED talk

Kumkee — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:32:17 +0000

Probably the most interesting talk that I have heard in a long time. Han Rosling talk about some of the misconceptions that we have about the developing world. He has some interesting data comparing the differences between income, population and life expectancy over the last 50 years and shows them with some pretty amazing graphs.

Delete .svn directories under OS X or Linux

Kumkee — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:23:28 +0000

Moving code to a different Subversion repository can be a pain in the ass at the best of times and having pesky .svn directories all over the places isn’t going to help things in the slightest!

Here is a easy way to recursively remove all of the .svn directories under the current one.
It only works under Linux and OS X (sorry windows guys, its time to move on anyway).

find . -iname ".svn" | xargs rm -rf

CAUTION::I take no responsibility for any loss or damage caused by using this! Use it at your own risk.

If anyone has any better ways to do it please let me know.

iFrame SSI include with no scroll bars

Kumkee — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:12:52 +0000

This is how to insert an iframe into your HTML page and have it look like its a part of the page with no scroll bars etc, kinda like an SSI include.

1) Download and follow the instructions for the iframe SSI II include script by dynamic drive

2) If the page that you are including is running from a sub-domain of your site include this javascript in the head of your page. Replacing kumkee.com with your domain.

3) To remove any horizontal scrollbars that you might get if your iframes content is to big for the area it has been given add the following css to your iframe.

overflow-x:hidden;

enjoy.

Don’t make a speech. Put on a show.

Kumkee — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:20:02 +0000

Presentation Zen has an interesting article called Don’t make a speech. Put on a show.
Where they talk about Paul Arden’s book It’s Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be. And have a very cool example of a (slightly overboard) video presentation.