creating Javascript functions in a MongoDB database
Although it’s not recommended to store your application logic in MongoDB, it’s sometimes useful to create Javascript functions for database manageme...
Categorie: Tips and tricks
Speeding up your Time Machine backups
Okay, this has to be the weirdest trick I’ve ever posted. Usually I’m a happy Mac user, but sometimes I don’t understand why things are so slo...
How to fix SVN not able to update or clean working copy
Past week, it happened twice to me that SVN was not able to update. When updating or committing, the message “Previous operation has not finished; run ...
Time Machine issue: not able to activate time machine
What if you always use OS X Time Machine for your backups and find out that restoring doesn’t work as you hoped? I found out recently that the “Acti...
Format an SD Card to FAT32 in OS X
If you want to format an SD Card to FAT32, and you can only select FAT16 (among other choices) in Disk Utility, issue this command from the command line: First ...
Fix Linux environment settings on Oracle database – once and for all!
I’ve worked in so many environments where the Oracle environment variables are not set correctly. Especially all the preinstalled Virtualbox instances f...
What to do with a raspberry pi
Introduction This is a living and growing blogpost. I’ll collect some features and packages which are nice to have or useful on your Raspberry Pi. As I fo...
WLRAConfigurationException during deployment of dbAdapter
If you ever run into this error while deploying or redeploying your dbAdapter or when restarting the OSB AdminServer or managed servers: Failed to initialize th...
Enabling wget in OS X
Although Mac OS X has a lot of UNIX commands, wget is not one of them. The alternative command curl is vey powerful, but many UNIX scripts rely on wget. Enablin...
Create a DIY dynamic DNS service, for free
I’m one of the unlucky people with a provider who doesn’t provide a static IP address. One solution would be to subscribe to a Dynamic DNS (or DDNS)...