Patterns

Mapping Java Thread ID to the hex id of a stacktrace

Dustin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:07:48 +0000

So you generated a stacktrace and also identified the thread which is causing you so much pain but don’t know how to map one to the other? Do it like this: Find the PID of the java process: host:/service/activemq/log/main# ps -ef|grep activemq activemq 24380 20411 0 Mar25 ? 00:02:56 /usr/bin/java -Xmx512M -Dorg.apache.activemq.UseDedicatedTaskRunner=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dactivemq.classpath=/usr/local/activemq/conf; -Dactivemq.home=/usr/local/activemq -Dactivemq.base=/usr/local/activemq -jar /usr/local/activemq/bin/run.jar [...]

pdfcrop

Dustin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:11:03 +0000

pdfcrop <inputfile> <outputfile> “pdfcrop is a utility to calculate and remove empty margins from each page in the input PDF file. The resulting output file occupies the minimal paper size needed for the contents and is therefore suitable for inclusion as a graphic.” Thanks, Töns.

VDSL: Bye, bye

Dustin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:11:44 +0000

Still haven’t received any update from the Telekom service desk regarding my latest inquiry. I also called in again today in order to see if there might be someone that could actually help (of course not, not even telling them that I would pay to figure out why VDSL is supposedly not available helped). Therefore I [...]

VDSL: My first invoice

Dustin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:27:32 +0000

I was stunned to receive an e-mail with my first invoice from Deutsche Telekom today. So at least that seems to be working. Still I am not able to properly use their self-service website and I also assume that this is the reason why I am also not able to order VDSL. I will be a [...]

VDSL: For the fun of it…

Dustin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:10:18 +0000

As I am getting bored of waiting for my first invoice from Deutsche Telekom (will it ever come?) I thought it might be fun to get into the discussion with the service desk again: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ihre Antwort ging nicht über den Text der Fehlermeldung auf der Webseite hinaus ("Versuchen sie es später nocheinmal") und stellt [...]

Germany vs. Turkey (3:2) …again…

Dustin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:52:33 +0000

Hm, I guess we are lucky to reach the final. Turkey was clearly the better team. Thank you Philip Lahm!

Germany vs. Portugal (3:2)

Dustin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:47:34 +0000

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY! We actually made it into the half finals of EURO 2008. I really have to repent for not believing in us winning against Portugal. What a game, probably worth a final! Unbelievable…

A Day At The Park

Dustin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:00:50 +0000

Friday night we decided to drive over to Amsterdam and enjoy the A Day At The Park open air on saturday with Sven Väth and Dubfire. A few colleagues of my beautiful girl had asked us to join them and it sounded like a great idea - except for the weather forecast which promised rain [...]

VDSL: Try again later…

Dustin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:23:38 +0000

At the end of last week I received the following response to my support request asking to fix the link betweeen my phone and account number. Apparently the agent working on that task did not understand what I asked them to do (in German only, sorry): Entschuldigen Sie, dass Sie die Anwendung -Mein T-Home- für Ihren Anschluss [...]

OpenSSL: Retrieve remote SSL certificate

Dustin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:12:58 +0000

The following small script has been copied over from madboa.com: #!/bin/sh # # usage: retrieve-cert.sh remote.host.name [port] # REMHOST=$1 REMPORT=${2:-443} echo |\ openssl s_client -connect ${REMHOST}:${REMPORT} 2>&1 |\ sed -ne ‘/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p’