HSQLDB is a high performance RDBMS written in pure Java. It can be used as a in-memory database or regular file based database. It can also create a read-only database out of any CSV files. HSQLDB is the database used with OpenOffice. The steps to quickly and safely backup HSQLDB Database are:

I have started monitoring my site for uptime statistics at 5 minute interval. Uptime is defined as when the response time for https://blog.taragana.com is 30 seconds or less. In the last 5 days I have an uptime of 99.31%. It was down for 54 minutes and 34 seconds. The DNS server located on the same machine suffered no downtime at all. The average response is 583 milliseconds.

This is a sporadic error that I have seen in Firefox browsers while using the Ext JS components. It is not harmful in any way but is annoying. It is filed as a Firefox defect and has been fixed for 3.0a5pre. In the earlier version here is how you can fix it for Firefox.

Now you really buy a hands-free two way voice translator with capability to translate to and from 9 languages in real-time for 499$ at SkyMall. If the marketing is half as true as the real product I will be amazed. This is the first step in the direction of a truly universal translator which has been the foundation of almost all Sci-Fi movies involving aliens. Frankly I could use it to speak proper Spanish or Kannadiga. Here's what you get for 499.94$:

Nice music video of the fight between Goku & Cell. In case you are wondering Goku (Son Goku) is the main hero of a popular Japanese animation series DragonBall Z. Next is the video featuring Goku & Frieza.