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DBus Tutorial Updated

Posted on December 2, 2012 by rm5248

I’ve updated the DBus tutorial. When I moved to WordPress, some of the escaped sequences were not quit rite. So, I’ve fixed all of those, and updated the text a little bit to reflect changes in dbus-cxx. If anything is … Continue reading →

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TV on PC

Posted on October 28, 2012 by rm5248

So a few weeks ago, I got a Hauppauge 950q to watch TV on my computer.  I finally got it working today, because of all the stuff that I’ve had to go through.  First, I got a new cable box … Continue reading →

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A Wish for Opera

Posted on October 17, 2012 by rm5248

So I’ve used the Opera web browser for years now.  I’m used to it, I like it.  Not that I particularly have anything against Firefox, but hey.  It’s what I do. Anyway, when Opera boots I always like to start … Continue reading →

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Editing a file with no tools

Posted on August 21, 2012 by rm5248

So I came across this interesting question on SuperUser yesterday, and it got me thinking… would it be possible to create a full text editor using only standard terminal commands?  That is, could we create a text editor using only … Continue reading →

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New Website Software

Posted on July 21, 2012 by rm5248

Okay.  I think I know what I’m doing here. WHAT HAVE I DONE?!  you ask.  Well, it’s really quite simple.  I haven’t been updating the website software much, so I decided that I’d just move to WordPress.  I really got … Continue reading →

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Star Wars and Romans

Posted on June 10, 2012 by rm5248

So I watched Star Wars: Attack of the Clones last night, and in the middle of it I realized that it’s very similar to Rome. How? Let’s see: Near the end, there’s a big fight in a Colosseum. Where people … Continue reading →

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SVN Syncing

Posted on May 9, 2012 by rm5248

So I just spent a good half of the day today trying to figure out how to sync two repositories together. We’re moving repositories, and so we had to import data from one repository to the other. However, this process … Continue reading →

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Without a Title

Posted on April 17, 2012 by rm5248

A few years ago, a friend of mine gave me a draft of a book to read, called Without a Title. Well, I read it at that point, and let me tell you, it was freaking hilarious. I told my … Continue reading →

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Stripping Katos

Posted on March 24, 2012 by rm5248

Alright, so I’m working on an SD40 here, a Kato unit to be exact. And I tried to strip the paint off of it. First, I tried using rubbing alcohol. That didn’t work too well. Then I put it in … Continue reading →

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More website updates!

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rm5248

Oh hey look at that, I’ve updated the code behind the website! Changes: Changed how posts are displayed And… that’s actually really about it. But I think that it looks a little cleaner now.

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