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OID Connectivity for Oracle

25 Oct 2013
OID files for Oracle connectivity based on LDAP without needing local - and possibly out-of-date - tnsnames.ora files.
oracle oid ldap tnsnames

Nicer Displays with Vim

12 Aug 2013
Adding nicer syntax highlighting.
settings linux vim display config

JDBC Timeouts

29 Apr 2013
Statement timeout vs. statement leak timeout vs. connection timeout…
jdbc timeout glassfish

Monitoring Oracle Max Cursors for JDBC Connections

10 Apr 2013
What to do about ‘maximum open cursors exceeded’ in Oracle, caused by your JDBC application.
cursors oracle jdbc

Is My Website Up?

21 Mar 2013
A basic curl command to check if a web site is available…
curl

Nicer Font Settings for VNC

19 Mar 2013
When using VNC, I find this makes the terminal more readable.
vnc font linux display

Port Security vs. Linux Server Network Configuration

17 Mar 2013
A simple networking problem I would never have resolved on my own…
guest security vmware port address linux centos mac

Tools for Displaying and Inspecting Unicode Data on Linux/Unix

16 Mar 2013
Some tools and techniques for displaying, inspecting and troubleshooting Unicode data.
tools linux unicode display

EVA - Good Enough for NASA

16 Mar 2013
A closer look at earned value analysis. As used by NASA.
eva analysis variance earned-value
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