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Day 30 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Where do you see technology advancing in the next 20 years – and where will you fit in?
Day 30 – Where do you see technology advancing in the next 20 years – and where will you fit in? I believe the next 20 years will bring a lot of new and exciting technology. But that is too … Continue reading
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Day 29 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Looking back (at geek life), would you have done anything differently?
Day 29 – Looking back (at geek life), would you have done anything differently? If I did things differently, I probably would not have met Linda and had 2 wonderful daughters and gotten to New Zealand. So , I would … Continue reading
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Day 1 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Why do you consider yourself a geek?
This is Day 1 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek)… Why do you consider yourself a geek? Wikipedia says: The word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from “a computer expert or enthusiast” to “a carnival … Continue reading
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compiling windows apps on linux
now that we successfully used cmake to compile a linux app (in the last article), we will now try and compile it for windows. I am doing this on Gentoo linux, so your mileage may vary if you used a … Continue reading
Cross platform development with the Eclipse CDT
So, you want to create an application that can un under both Linux and Windows? This is my experiment trying to do just that… Lets see if the Eclipse CDT is robust to do cross platform development! Step 1: Install … Continue reading
Installing eclipse 3.3 on Gentoo
Today was the day to get eclipse going on Gentoo. I downloaded the latest version (3.3) and dropped it into /opt/eclipse. I fired it up and got: # ./eclipse * run-java-tool is not available for sun-jdk-1.6 on i686 * IMPORTANT: … Continue reading
Getting ready for eclipse on Gentoo
Getting ready for eclipse 3.3 on Gentoo, I first need to get my system configured to use a more recent version of Java instead of the default 1.4. Here is a site dedicated to gentoo java: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/ the first thing … Continue reading
moving to linux
Well, I finally made the decision to move to Linux from Windows XP. I have decided upon using Gentoo as my platform of choice. Gentoo seems to be the most cutting edge, as it supports installations via compiling everything from … Continue reading
Eclipse mylyn mantis integration
I set up mantis connect today on our server… it was very easy: just drop the “mc” directory from the archive (and it’s subdirectory) to the Mantis root directory. do not use the distribution from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisconnect as it does not … Continue reading
first thoughts about eclipse 3.3
After my first full week of using Eclipse (having moved away from JBuilder) I thought I would list some of my thoughts: The visual editor sucks. Jbuilder 2005/6 and Netbeans have eclipse beat here. I hope this area improves soon. … Continue reading