For many years I’ve been a fan of GTK. I started using linux with GTK1 was dominant, as I became a developer GTK2 took over, with beautiful themes and very usable widgets. I used GTK software, feeling that the philosophy of the people who write GTK apps matches my own: less fluff and more stability. …
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I decided to decorate my office a little, and since I’ve always been a Slackware user I wanted to get a large Slackware sticker to put on my glass. I couldn’t find one, so I made it myself, here’s the result: I had to construct the SVG file myself. I started from the Linux penguin …
Continue reading Slackware penguin stickerA couple of months ago I got a Nexus 5 to play with. I was generally impressed with the device, but a couple of things gave me pause, one of them I’ll talk about now: you can no longer set up your phone to act as a USB mass storage device when connected to a …
Continue reading How long before you can’t access your files on an Android phone?After going to one of our campuses (Newnham) on cross-country skis I decided to give showshoeing a try for my everyday campus (Seneca@York). I enjoyed it so much I did it all winter long. Video was edited with Cinelerra, though not much editing was needed. I’ll make some notes about the process here because I …
Continue reading Snowshoe to workTook me a half a year to finish this video. It’s my first exercise in video editing. Enjoy! It took me this long because: The only program I had any idea how to use was Windows Movie Maker. But I didn’t want to use it for several reasons that should be obvious to you. My …
Continue reading FSOSS 2013 Robots CompetitionBoth of my credit cards have been replaced (without any request from me) with new versions which have a wireless, authentication-less, confirmation-less, and protection-less systems called either Mastercard PayPass or Visa PayWave. I’ve never understood the old american system where your card number alone can be used to take money from you. Yes – it …
Continue reading Ridiculous PayPass/PayWaveYep, this guys was actually getting gas at a Petro Canada at the highway 400 rest stop near Parry Sound. See the little man on top? He pulled the hose all the way up there to fill it up. Not sure which of the two – truck or station – ran out of gas :)
Continue reading [Gas station] Almost ran out of gasThe course is over, and I’m happy to say that the whole experiment of taking a course while teaching at the same time was a success in every way that I hoped for. I learned a lot about a new field (Android app programming). Though I could have theoretically picked it up myself at any …
Continue reading DPS924 Part10: Final notesA couple of posts ago I talked about how a lab was really hard to do. Good thing it was, it got me ready to do the real work, which was assignment 1. In this assignment we’re making a timetable app. Nothing too fancy really, just a couple of layouts backed by data in SQLite. …
Continue reading DPS924 Part9: That wasn’t hard, this is hard!Interesting. Last week I was saying how I have to force myself to do more work than required, this week I have the opposite worry :) We got a lab last week that was really hard. I quickly realised that during the lab and tried my best to finish it without distractions, but didn’t manage …
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