Non-Latin characters, openID and the openid4java library

The openid4java [1] library is a very handy set of components that handles openid and oauth for java applications and definitely worth a look before you capitulate in frustration before all that modern openid stuff. For those of us living and working outside the 7bit-speaking ANSI niche there is one webserver setting to verify: the … Continue reading Non-Latin characters, openID and the openid4java library →

The impact of network packet loss on HTTP latency

Over the course of my involvement [1] in my Indonesian company's website, the question of how to design a website to deal with slow and bad network links presented itself over several occasions as most of our users surf either over a mobile connection or a similarly dimensioned fixed line. While optimizing design and resources … Continue reading The impact of network packet loss on HTTP latency →

Installing Lightning for Thunderbird in Ubuntu 11.04 64bit

For a new setup, I tried today to install Lightning for Thunderbird under an Ubuntu 11.04 64bit over the addon mechanism which failed with an ominous message about my build platform not being supported. This is due to an over-precautions setting in the plugin's installation manifest which can be changed easily similar to changing version … Continue reading Installing Lightning for Thunderbird in Ubuntu 11.04 64bit →