On a project at work, we’re starting into web development from being entirely desktop applications. It’s a new thing to learn because of that. We’re working with a contractor, who is creating the majority of the website for us. He … Continue reading
I’ve been struggling with Microchip’s plib library trying to get I2C working. First, the example I2C code is horrible. Second, I’m not even sure what sample hardware from Microchip actually uses it. It’s just so confusing. Anyway, there are a … Continue reading
So earlier today I had to get Virtualbox up and running, and it was complaining about permissions not being set right. For some reason, the permissions on my /usr directory were slightly messed up and not owned by root. So, … Continue reading
Programming (noun): The art of putting together software that other people have written and breaking it in new and exciting ways. It’s rare that you will have to create something entirely new from scratch. So, it’s always a matter … Continue reading
This post is going to be based partially on the source of Coverflow Alt Tab, plus some of the source files that are already included in GNOME 3. Also, a few notes here: it appears at this time that there is … Continue reading
So I’m working on this settings stuff for GNOME 3, and I attempted to compile a new gsettings schema. So I make my XML schema, and run glib-compile-schemas, and it comes back at me: Okay… so I look at the … Continue reading
I’m currently messing around with GNOME 3 plugins, and there’s not a whole lot of information out there. Like, almost nothing. So, as I’m working on this stuff I will be posting up some information and some small plugins that … Continue reading
I came across this odd piece of code today: Can you figure out what it’s doing? It took me a while as well. It’s doing a bitwise-OR of the data. But this ONLY works because of how the bits are … Continue reading
Can anybody tell me why people are hating on GNOME 3 so much? I can’t seem to quite figure it out. The best that I can come up with is “Because it’s different.” My Jack O’Neill response: “And? But? So? … Continue reading
I think this really points out my thoughts on the FSF the best. Not that the FSF is bad in any way, or it doesn’t do useful stuff, but they seem to be living in the past. I guess perhaps the … Continue reading