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10Nov/091

Java: Loading Large Data into JTable or JList

In software programming (especially Graphical User Interface or GUI programming), many times, we need to load data from file or database into a table or list to be displayed to user on computer screen. Most of the time, the size of the data can be determined only during runtime. The data could be very small to a few rows of record and could be very large to a few millions rows of record.

31Oct/090

PayPal: Withdraw PayPal Money to Malaysia Bank Account

Good news to all Malaysian who has PayPal account! You can now withdraw you PayPal account to you local bank account in Malaysia.

PayPal

6Sep/091

Youtube: Stop Youtube From Loading

Previously, I wrote a "how to" article on How to stop Youtube loading data from the Internet using Google Chrome. Now you can do it at any browser using this simple trick.

Stop Youtube From Loading

18Aug/092

Java: Format Long Integer Into Hexadecimal String

In software programming, sometime you may want to convert a long integer or integer into hexadecimal string for viewing purpose or also as a text format to be stored in text file or database.

The Java API itself does not have a class or function to convert a long into a fixed 16 characters hexadecimal string or an integer into  fixed 8 characters hexadecimal string.

The Java's Long.toHexString(long i) or Integer.toHexString(int i) only able to convert the integer value to a string of ASCII digits in hexadecimal (base 16) with no extra leading 0s and it does not support the reverse way (from hexadecimal string to long integer value).

22Jul/090

Develope a Mortgage Calculator and Win Up to $10000

If you are a programmer, a creative programmer, I have a good news for you. Mortgage Loan Place is having a programming contest - The "Super Sexy" Mortgage Calculator Contest. You can have a chance to win $10,000 of extra pocket money by developing a mortgage calculator. The winner's calculator will become the centerpiece of the tools section on Mortgage Loan Place.

Mortgage Calculator Contest

10Jul/090

Wordpress: 2.8.1

Wordpress 2.8.1 is now available for download. The main changes in Wordpress 2.8.1 is mainly to tightens security for plugin administration pages and also to fix many other bugs.

The upgrade is not a compulsory and it is recommended as some admin pages added by certain plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users, resulting in information being leaked.

WordPress Version 2.8

7Jul/090

BigDump: Alternative to phpMyAdmin to Import/Restore Large Database

Recently I was facing problem on restoring database with a lot of data into MYSQL using phpMyAdmin. The restoring process keeps interrupted due to the connection between browser and server time's timeout and also due to the timeout in PHP script. Only partial data is restored and I kept dropping the database, increase PHP timeout, increased memory limit, and tried to restore again. But it still failed.

5Jul/090

Java: Mortgage Payment Calculator

Mortgage Payment Calculator is a tool to calculate the monthly repayment for a fixed rate mortgage. The calculator is written in Java programming language (Java Applet) and can be ran at any web browser. You must have Java plug-in installed on your computer in order to run this web application.

2Jul/090

Gmail: Drag and Drop, Hiding and More

Gmail developers make more enhancement to the Gmail labeling. Previously, Gmail has the new label menu added with shortcut keys, now it comes with drag and drop, hiding and more features.

Gmail Labels

18Jun/090

Sitestimator.com: New Badge Released

Sitestimator.com, a website value evaluation tool, has developed and released a new badge. The new badge comes with new design, one of most famous ads size on the Internet - 125 pixels height and 125 pixels width.