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C Enums

Posted on April 28, 2013 by rm5248

Enums in C are something special.  They’re not strongly typed at all.  As it’s pointed out, sometimes enums are used for making bit values, which is rather convenient.  However, it would be very good if enums could be strongly typed.  So, … Continue reading →

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Software Licences

Posted on April 18, 2013 by rm5248

So I came across this article via Slashdot today, and I figured that I’d post some thoughts on my programming utils and their license. The part that I really noticed was: …younger developers may be choosing more permissive licenses as … Continue reading →

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Auto-generation of environments

Posted on April 3, 2013 by rm5248

So I’ve been re-playing GTAIII lately, and I thought of something.  How would one make a full city, with full interiors for every building that is there?  Couldn’t we just generate all this stuff at run-time? This makes a lot … Continue reading →

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Bad Pun Of the Day

Posted on April 1, 2013 by rm5248

What microcontroller does a pirate like to program on? An arrrrrrdiuno.

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Random thought of the day

Posted on March 28, 2013 by rm5248

Would Triple-X be a good member of the A-Team?

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FTDI Drivers

Posted on January 15, 2013 by rm5248

So I figured that I’d talk about FTDI’s Linux D2XX drivers for a little bit, and about some odd things that they do. First of all, FTDI makes really nice chips.  We use them at work.  The problem came about … Continue reading →

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RM Programming Utilities

Posted on January 5, 2013 by rm5248

Introducing RM Programming Utilities.  A group of projects which provide utility function to your programming.  Contains C/C++ libraries, Java Libraries.  May include other libraries at a later point. Hopefully these can be useful to you.

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Linux & Simplicity

Posted on December 4, 2012 by rm5248

A while ago, I posted some thoughts on Linux installing.  Just today, I came across this blog post, which covers kindof the same things.  The problem that seems to exist now is that there are multiple ways to do things.  Not … Continue reading →

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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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