Friday, September 28, 2012

I am GitHub

I am finally on GitHub. Here is the link to my account: https://github.com/miketihonchik Follow me there to see what I am up to in developer's world. 


Friday, September 21, 2012

HDR HH-65 Dolphin US Coast Guard

Camera: Canon Rebel T1i
Lens: Sigma DG f/2.8-4.0
ISO: 400
f-Stop: 15
Exposure Bracketing: single shot

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Annoying 'Maven Dependency Management' error in Eclipse

I had this come up several times in Eclipse. When I try to convert an existing project to Maven project (going through Right Click on Project -> Configure -> Convert to Maven Project), every once in a while I get this error:

The solution is actually quite simple. Right Click on Project -> Maven -> Disable Maven Nature. Now, open up a command line in the folder with your .pom file for the project and run the following command:
mvn eclipse:clean
After it finishes, go back and repeat steps for converting project to Maven.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Maven update interval for local repository

Today, while setting up new repository and moving artifacts, I ran into the following Maven (maven 3.0.4) error:
Failure to find oracle:oracle-jdbc-thin:jar:10.2.0.3 in http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced -> [Help 1]
The solution turned out to be quite simple: run install command with the update flag
mvn clean install -U

Thursday, September 6, 2012

HDR old town Dubrovnik, Croatia

I took this picture in 2005, when I was visiting a friend in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Of course, that time I had no clue about the HDR or photography in general, so my camera was a simple 8MP Fuji. Recently, I was going through my old photos, and given my fascination with HDR photography, I thought this shot would be pretty good to make and HDR out of...

HDR Bugatti Veyron

Camera: Canon Rebel T1i
Lens: Sigma DG f/2.8-4.0
ISO: 800
f-Stop: 4.0
Exposure Bracketing: single shot

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

HDR Golden Gate Bridge

Camera: Canon Rebel T1i
Lens: Sigma DG f/2.8-4.0
ISO: Auto
f-Stop: 9.0
Exposure Bracketing: single shot