Quinn's Quixotic Quagmire

Nist time widgets

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:17:00 GMT

see http://time.gov/widget/

Best cartoon exploding head ever

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:20:00 GMT

I can't stop watching it.

Obama poster causes stir

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:40:00 GMT

This poster has been popping up in L.A. and Atlanta.

Simpsons intro sequence

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:38:00 GMT

Did you miss the simpsons intro?

Free Grand Slam

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:24:00 GMT

Denny's ran a special: Free Grand Slam breakfast.

Family Guy, really?

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:46:00 GMT

I know this show is tasteless, but playing the nazi card is a bit much.

hulu embedded video

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:36:00 GMT

This is a test of embedding a hulu video.

McCain Letter Demanded 2006 Action on Fannie and Freddie

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:07:00 GMT

See the article and letter here.

September 30th, in the news

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:29:00 GMT

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending

Upgrading Tomcat from 5.5.20 to 6.0.18

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:56:00 GMT

I recently upgraded tomcat from 5.5.20 to 6.0.18. It went smoothly because I practiced on another environment. I have a bunch of virtual hosts, so my config isn't just plain vanilla. There were a few things I had to adjust:

Classpath differences in the way 6.0 does things vs. 5.5
I set org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.STRICT_QUOTE_ESCAPING=false because several webapps aren't conforming to the jsp 2.0 spec in this regard.
The cgi servelet is privileged, so instead of enabling it in tomcat's global web.xml, it is better to configure each app that needs it in it's own web.xml and set privileged=true in the context config for that webapp.