Paul Grenyer

See also: http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/install.html . Installation 1. Download and install Tomcat and verify it works ( http://localhost:8080 ) 2. Download and unpack Axis to C:\tools. 3. Copy the directory $AXISDIR\ webapps\axis in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps. 4. Download xerces and extract xercesImpl.jar and xml-apis.jar to $AXISDIR\lib. 5. Downalod JavaBeans Activation Framework and extract activation.jar to $CATALINA_HOME\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib and to $AXISDIR\lib. 6. Download JavaMail and extract mail.jar to $CATALINA_HOME \webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib and to $AXISDIR\lib. 7. Copy tools.jar (from $JAVA_SDK\lib) to $CATALINA_HOME\lib. 8. Set the following environment variables: AXIS_HOME = $AXISDIR XIS_LIB = %AXIS_HOME%\lib AXISCLASSPATH = %AXIS_LIB%;%AXIS_LIB%\axis.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\commons-discovery-0.2.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\jaxrpc.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\saaj.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\log4j-1.2.8.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\xml-apis.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\xercesImpl.jar;%AXIS_HOME%...

Continuing our love of live Comedy, Charlotte and I went to see Double Header at the Norwich Play House last night: "Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett both starred as the face of the computer in the incredibly popular and cult TV series Red Dwarf. "2008 is the twentieth anniversary of the program hitting the UK television screens; in celebration of this Hattie and Norman come together on stage for the very first time, creating a unique comedy evening. Although the show will feature their own inimitable stand up routines, they will also discuss their association with the poplar TV show, and fans will be able to ask them questions related everything that is Red Dwarf." With the exception of a few brief moments, neither comic actually had anything funny to say individually. Normal Lovett was obsessed with Football, that turned off at least half the audience, and polythene bags. It got a lot better when they were both on stage together, although Norman did dominate rath...

I've been a Queensryche fan since 1991 when a pen pal of mine from the Netherlands sent me a tape of Empire . Back then all the bands for me that came from Seatle were either Heart or Grunge , but I loved Empire. I read Raw Magazine back in those days before it went all Indie and all but disappeared. It spoke of the amazing Operation Mindcrime concept album and I finally found a pen pal with it and received another tape. I loved it! I quickly collected all of Queensryche's albums and have bought them all (with the exception of live albums and greatest hits) since. It's just a shame they haven't done a decent album since the follow up to Empire, Promised Land . In 1995 I was seeing a girl in Bradford and much to my dismay, Queensryche played the week before I went to visit her, so I missed them. I finally got to see them on either the Q2K or Tribe tour, I can't remember which. I was quite disappointed with the run of poor albums, but wanted to see them anyway. ...

I was introduced to Richard Morgan by my boss, who is another Alistair Reynolds fan. Altered Carbon is part hard sci-fi and part detective novel. I was initially quite surprised at the amount of graphic sex and violence and the crude style took some real getting used to. The story is entirely linear and entirely from the point of view of the main character, Kovacs. What makes it a real page turner is that there is so much going on and very little explained until the end where all the events are slotted together. If you hate not knowing things, this book will keep you going to find out. The core sci-fi concept that the book relies on is the idea that a stack embedded in the back of your neck allows you to be downloaded into a new body, called a sleeve, if you die. Once I did get used to the style I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I would recommend it and I am intending to read other books by Richard Morgan, but not before I've reread some Alistair Reynolds.

Java. I spent years avoiding it. I felt it was inferior to the power of C++. I thought it was slow, clunky, the GUI was rubbish and that garbage collection was for wimps who did not know how to clean up after themselves or use smart pointers. Ok, so we all know I was wrong. And life being the way it is, being so out spoken about Java was sure to come and bite me and it did. Since December I have been writing Java as part of my day job and I found I liked it so much I've even started using it for some of my own projects. I do not even miss Microsoft's visual studio. I have become very attached to Eclipse and having code checked in real time, therefore negating a build stage, is very useful. I have been so busy writing Java (and editing my new CVu column Desert Island Books) that I have not written an article on anything else for quite some time. The editor of Overload has been nagging me for material, as has the new publications officer. I have also seen a few comments here and ...

Last night Charlotte and I had another very pleasant meal at Pizza express in Norwich followed by the first of two Norwich Play House comedy evenings we have booked. A few months ago I took a risk and dragged Charlotte along to see Lucy Porter . I've seen and loved Lucy Porter before, but I wasn't sure if Charlotte would like it. She loved it and said she wanted to do more comedy. That suited me just fine. When I read about Shappi Khorsandi (this website, quoted on the flyer, doesn't appear to be there yet) in the Norwich Play House what's on guide a female, Iranian comedian who was a bit of a looker really appealed. So we both decided to take a chance. She was supported by her husband Kristian Riemer. Both were hilarious and more than a little risqué! The quote from Shappi that sticks in my head is “American's still don't know the difference between Iran and Iraq. We're the ones with weapons of mass destruction.” Shappi also appears on Radio 4 comedy show...