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Sadly, I found that my old desktop won’t boot up anymore. I’ve had this desktop since January 2006, and a lot of learning was done on it. I’d say a 5 and 1/2 year run with no failures was pretty … Continue reading →

Somewhere around February 13th, 2008, I switched my primary keyboard layout to dvorak. This means I’ve been a dvorak* user for a little over 3 1/2 years now! I have no intention of going back to the normal qwerty layout … Continue reading →

I’ve talked a bit about why Wayland is cool. I really think that this architecture is where the graphics environment needs to go. It does have some hurdles to overcome, chiefly the sheer volume of applications target towards X11. Luckily, … Continue reading →

Wayland is a pretty cool project. Its often characterized as an “alternative” to the X11 system. This characterization is made by people who don’t know a ton about graphics environments and don’t realize just how flexible Wayland will make graphics … Continue reading →

What have I been up to lately? A lot of my coding activity has been tied to work. I feel this is a pretty normal transition for someone who went from the university to work full time. Work tends to … Continue reading →

Short list of industries that will have to deal with the way the internet generation does things…. (aside from the obvious RIAA issues) TV companies. Probably 50% of my friends do not subscribe to cable. This includes my friends that … Continue reading →

As any coder can attest, its necessary to make investments of time to keep your skill sharp. Just because you have a shiny degree isn’t an excuse to  slack off! A few months of investigating concurrency or performance problems in … Continue reading →

I’ve been using PIC’s for quite a while now. I like the PIC platform, but decided to switch it up and try out the AVR microcontroller platform from Atmel. Its pretty popular, and you can’t go a day on hackaday.com … Continue reading →

We’re mixing it up with the San Diego Ubuntu hour this month! Instead of having Saturday morning coffee like the last few, we’ll be having this Ubuntu hour at a Panera Bread Horton Plaza downtown during the week! The March … Continue reading →

Part 2 of 2 In part 1 I talked about how git bisect can save your project a lot of headaches, and how it can save you as a developer a lot of grief. Here in part 2, I’ll go … Continue reading →