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Installing and using Citrix under Linux Mint
Installing and using citrix under linux might be a bit more tricky than it may appear on first glance. Here are a few steps to make it work. 1. Remove old installation, if needed. 2. Download Receiver for Linux. Look for it here: http://www.citrix.com/go/receiver.html Make sure you have the correct version. This is probably under…
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Troubleshooting Power-Line Communication
Power-Line Communication, turning the power-grid in your home into a computer network, works great! Until it doesn’t. The problem could be that the adapters can find each other, or that the connection is unstable. Here are some troubleshooting tips that could help with stabilizing the connection: – Set the network name to some custom name,…
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When an application isn’t visible in WebSphere
Every once in a while, WebSphere doesn’t like you. You try to install or update an application, but it refuses to do so, saying the application already exists, and you need to specify a different name. And when you look at the list of your applications, the one you try to install or update isn’t…
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Distributed Websearch
When it comes to searching the web, the first thing that comes to mind is Google. Or Bing. Or Yahoo. Sure, it’s easy, fast, and sort of reliable. However, there are a few problems with these kinds of services. First of all, there’s the filter bubble. These search engines (and social networks) will present results…
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Ingress
About one week ago, I started playing Ingress, a mobile game that is basically a hybrid between geocaching and capture the flag. And when I say “mobile game”, I mean that you have to walk around with your phone. That is, outside, in the real world. The game centers around a newly discovered substance called…
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The Pomodoro Technique
One of my favorite time management methods is the Pomodoro Technique. The method is basically as follows: Pick a task. Work on it for 25 minutes. This is called a Pomodoro. Take a 5 minute break. Do something totally unrelated to your work. Work for another Pomodoro, or 25 minutes. This can be on the…
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Java 8
On 18 march 2014, Oracle launched Java 8. I’ve had a little time to play with it. Here are my first experiences. Eclipse Eclipse 4.4 (Luna) will get support for Java 8. However, Eclipse 4.3.2 (Kepler) can support Java 8 by installing a feature patch. This page shows how to install the patch. Once installed,…
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Using JNA to get the active program on Windows
This question on StackOverflow explains how to get the currently active program on Windows. This means, the program that is in the foreground, and receiving user input. However, there’s a lot going on there that isn’t explained. And the code could use a bit of cleaning up. The example uses JNA , or Java Native…
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JFreeChart
JFreeChart is an open source Java library for creating charts. The project started in February 2000, and is currently the most widely used Java charting library. It offers a large number of charts, examples of which can be found here. To get started with JFreeChart in your maven project, add the following to your pom.xml…