The Number One Hit for “Arsehole”

(Cross-posted from Tawtof) Ah Google. Any company that can have three copies of the Internet just kind of lying around is awesome to behold. And Google Image Search is a modern marvel. All the speed and power of Google Search, now with the nerve-rattling immediacy of images. However, despite the best efforts of thousands ofContinue reading “The Number One Hit for “Arsehole””

Synchonising Google contacts with your OS X Address Book without an iPhone

So, I lost my iPhone a while ago and that was annoying. Then my annoyance doubled when I realised that my Google contacts were no longer being synced to my OS X Address Book. It turns out that Apple will only let you synchonise Google contacts when you have an iPhone connected to the system.Continue reading “Synchonising Google contacts with your OS X Address Book without an iPhone”

Apache Wicket on Google App Engine for Java

Holy smokes, that was easy. I’ve got a basic Wicket app running on Google App Engine in under 2 minutes. 3 small traps for the unwary. First of all, you need to enable sessions in your appengine config file. <sessions-enabled>true</sessions-enabled> <sessions-enabled>true</sessions-enabled> Secondly, add the following line into your WebApplication’s init() method: @Override protected void init()Continue reading “Apache Wicket on Google App Engine for Java”