If you are running IBM Cast Iron on Windows 8 or 8.1 and you get this error: Error while activating the activity. Exception: Address already in use: bind and you are scratching your head, try this: Run cmd as administrator and type: net stop http. You should get a list like: – SSDP Discovery –… Read More »
It was a challenge dusting off my old C programming book and trying to recompile CPU miner from scratch on bare bones code and keeping just the essentials. It was hard work but it allows you to get a deeper understanding of what is really happening under the hood. Constructing the coinbase was the most… Read More »
A very well written book. More for the technically orientated as there is lots of sample source code and commands to try and run but still recommend for non technical audiences as well.
So chances are you’ve heard about IBM Watson. A super computer that is capable of answering questions posed in natural human language. Check out Wikipedia for the technical details and the Watson video below for an insight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_cqBP08yuA IBM is now bringing IBM Watson to the mainstream in the form of Watson Analytics. This allows common… Read More »
Does the EMTEC 8gb micro SD class 10 work with the Raspberry Pi B+? It sure does. I was skeptical after reading a few posts on which SD card would be suitable. I’ve added my contribution to this page: http://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards. Understanding the class was something new. The official SD site gives a good overview. Note… Read More »
You can probably guess! I purchased a Raspberry Pi B+ yesterday through RS Components in New Zealand and was very impressed with the speed of delivery. It took a few days to research up on Pi devices and I finally placed the order at 12pm on Friday. The order was sorted at 3pm and I… Read More »
I saw this email in my spam box and with the titled ANZ: Account Alert it caught my attention. The main body read: “Dear Customer, Enter your Internet Banking logon details to upgrade to our new system technology for your maximum protection.” What is wrong with it? First of all, check out the reply-to address:… Read More »
It was pretty neat to meet in person Rasmus Lerdof, shake his hand, hear him talk about his PHP story and also get some one on one time. I had no idea that PHP is basically C under the hood with a wrapper. He talked about how he is not a real programmer but really… Read More »
When considering integrating with REST based API’s, the first approach should always be how do I make my design non transactional. Non transactional means that the API can be called over and over again within any negative affect. Banking systems need to be transactional. If a transaction was processed more than once, that would be… Read More »
One of the key aspects when making API calls is to keep them as simple as possible. This means if you are an API consumer, you want to be able to retrieve data on demand and not have to worry about how many times you have retrieved it, or that you have to retrieve it… Read More »