One camera that sticks out to be more value than they charge for it is the Foscam FI8919 series. It has a web server built in and can stream in multiple formats. The config is super easy – and if Windows was the end use – could have multiple cameras all show up on one […]
One customer has been set up with Paragon backup software for a Windows 2008 SBS installation. Whis is frustrating about SBS is that the Server Backup tool taunts you to use it but MS states that it is not meant to be used on anything except R2 2008. It was a nightmare but we did […]
I seem to use this code all the time so I published it for others to use. Java Date to MySQL [cc lang=”groovy”] java.util.Date dt = new java.util.Date(); java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”); String currentTime = sdf.format(dt); [/cc] date MySQL string to Java: [cc lang=”groovy”] import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.text.DateFormat; String target = “2012-02-01 20:29:30”; […]
This is a blog of sorts to discuss what types of interesting things one can do with technology. It is a resume of sorts, but it is also meant to inspire others that really interesting things can be done with the right tools. For each major type of platform, there will be a separate blog […]
To see the Bonita Engine Log for debugging issues: Use Cygwin (a version of a unix shell in windows) http://cygwin.com/install.html use the tail program with this line of code Insert an HTML widget for debugging In the pool header – I have created a global map called “configMap” and there is an item ‘debug’ insert HTML […]
I want to give a plug to these guys since it is open source and it works. This tool works well and is programmable. Don’t forget to add delays in between your commands when necessary.
A guaranteed way to make exe’s with parameters kick off is aa) don’t run a scheduled task on a network share – if you get 0x1 as a result code .. copy everything to a local drive??? (latest update). Worked for me but is 2X work when source code changes. aa1) UPDATE: If running bat […]
I cannot take to much credit except a link. Do what this guys says and it . . . works. http://rathelm.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/cent-os6-2-and-netatalk-2-2-0/ Then all your macs can backup to time machine. Don’t forget to set up a sparse bundle with a fixed size, else it will engulf the whole hard drive choking others out. I use […]
If you think bottom line for your customer it will be noticed. At Telvent, I worked not only on projects but also how to make design itself better and faster so that Telvent could hire lower paid designers to use the higher paid engine design that I developed. This creates a demand for what you […]
If there is no API available to get info off of a web system – what do you do? You buy a scraping tool or … when that does not work because it can’t get past security or because it is a living website – you MAKE YOUR OWN. A young programmer asked me how […]