Archive for September, 2008

Developer’s Time Calculator

Monday, September 29th, 2008

This is my first Flex/Flash/Action Script application. I always believed that the best way to learn new tool or language is to practice and try to create something useful, even if it is useful only for me. I frequently have to manipulate dates, convert them to other timezones, manipulate timestampls etc. So - here is [...]

Sending multiple files in single HTTP response using Java Servlet

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Sometimes you may need to send multiple files in response to an HTTP request. There may be different use cases requiring it: sending a set of selected files to the user, sending the configuration package that contains multiple files etc. Unfortunately, this is not possible with HTTP because it is clearly request-response protocol. Theoretically it [...]

Disabling Spotlight in OS X Leopard for the removable drives

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I have finally got tired with OS X Leopard’s Spotlight. It is a great tool to quickly find the documents and programs but it is so annoying when it comes to the external disks! I have a 500Gb USB disk that I use for backups. USB is not so fast but once I connect it, [...]