We needed our compress files generated from our apps at work and I went the old way using a fileInputStream and a fileoutputStream: private static void compressFileToGzipOldWay(File destinationDir, File fileToCompress) throws IOException { String compressedFilesName = fileToCompress.getName() + “.gz”; File compressedFileDir = new File(destinationDir, compressedFilesName); FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(fileToCompress.getName()); FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(compressedFileDir); […]
The last ten or so Ideas were all about food, managing it and potentially maximizing the customer’s food bills. You can encompass all these problems into one big problem, which is fixing the food at home problem. From that general idea a lot of related ideas were already talked about, but I think there can […]
Here are some of the ideas that were on the original list that didn’t make it that might be interesting. The main reason they didn’t is that it’s either they’re already implemented in a way that is going to be hard to displace the first mover. Idea #43 : Make your own restaurant review site. […]
A while back I had a friend who was a manager at a grocery store. I was curious about his job and while he was telling me about it, he told me about how much food the supermarket was throwing away. They couldn’t send it to the food bank either because if they get sick […]
This idea was lingering on my list for so long that a service that didn’t exist back then has now seen an explosion of these services mostly due to the pandemic and how easy it is to create one. Almost all grocery stores do it nowadays, if they don’t you can always use a service […]
The idea Geotagging on your picture can be a privacy issue, but can be a great way to find out where it was taken, can help recreate your trip (like what Instagram do). Through a social network it’s a great way to see what people are up to in that region/place/city. So what not link […]
If you’re a bit health conscious you probably know that exercise and eating well are the most important things you can do to live a long and healthy life. It’s no surprise that this spawned a wealth of apps and tools to track. From Fitbit to halo including the apple watch and all those calorie […]
Follow up from the previous ideas, why not expand your meal plan suggestion to include a specialized meal plan. I’ve already told you about the dietary constraint my wife had when my first kids were born back in idea #15. My wife would search multiple forums and facebook groups to find recipes she could make […]
Making supper and kid lunch can sometimes be overwhelming. One of my friends used to fix that problem by preparing all her meals of the week on Sunday so they don’t have to worry about what to eat during the week. I thought the idea was brilliant, but how to decide what to eat before […]
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