Mark Vejvoda

Hello, my name is Mark Vejvoda. I am first and foremost a born again child of God. My life revolves around Jesus Christ, He is the center of my universe. With that said and established, outside of being a Christian, it is necessary to live in a world that is certainly not Christian. Is this diary / blog you see a view on life from the perspective of a Jesus Lover, and perhaps some side effects of that relationship as I interact with the rest of the world. [gallery=1]

Show me myself

It was a long journey to get to where I stand today. I  can see there is a long way to go still ahead.
After planning and praying for 1 year, our family has moved from Enderby, BC to rual Prince George, BC. We leave behind some dear friends, friends who we prayed with, and studied [...]

Back in the saddle

Here it is, October 22, 2009. It’s been a while now since I last posted a note, so here is what has been going on.
We have moved to:
9115 Salmon Valley Road
Prince George, BC V2K 5W4
Following our family vision we are now totally debt free! I just got high speed Internet installed today and all is [...]

SMTP failure in Thunderbird using Hotmail? Wacky solution!

First Follow the steps here. I found that no matter how hard I tried to fix “Sending” emailing using my hotmail account did not solve the issue. I tried a wacky step and it solved my problem:
In Thunderbird goto:
Edit->Account Settings->Outgoing Server (SMTP)
and select your hotmail server (smtp.live.com) and click edit
Now just UNCHECK the “Use name [...]

What about “moral debt” or the “moral backlog”? (Tales from an agile managerie)

We have backlogs in Agile and we have technical debt, but what about “moral debt”?
What I am refering to is the phenomenon of things, actions, people, decisions which lead to a bad moral outcome. A bad moral outcome could be something that”de-moralizes” team members, or it could be “ethically immoral” or anything else that makes [...]

How to replace a file in a JAR file – Java Archive

While the answer seems to be very elusive it appears to be quite simple. The java jar tool is required (part of the jdk I believe) and it can be used like this:
jar uf myJarFile.jar com\vsoft\servlet\myServlet.class
This will replace the class myServlet.class inside the myJarFile.jar with a new one located in com\vsoft\servlet\myServlet.class
You may open the jar [...]