Exploring the Droid
Recently I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with my new phone. The previous statement isn’t much of a surprise in this day in age, but I think I should qualify what I mean. I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with the software internals of my new phone.
Posted in Android, Neat and Interesting, Open Source, personal, Tech | Tags: Custom Kernel, development, droid, Droids, Environment, Forums, Fun Software, Hot Swap, Internals, Motorola, phone, Roms, Surprise, Verizon | No Comments
RBEQ 1.3 – Now With Presets!
ATTENTION Note: This project is still in progress. Please travel to the Google Code Project for more. Hello all – A new version of RBEQ, the Rhythmbox Equalizer plugin that I’ve been hacking away at, is out for public availability. Of course, this means that I have to go update all of my previous links [...]
Posted in Open Source, Site, Tech | Tags: Code Cleanup, eq, equalizer, Hello, presets, python, RBEQ, rhythmbox, update | 15 Comments
Pinewood Derby
I received a phone call from my Mom earlier this week, posing what would seem to be a simple question: “Could you help come up with something to manage the pinewood derby at the beginning of March?” Little did I know that it was going to become a rather taxing endeavor. The first step has [...]
Posted in Concepts, Java, Tech | Tags: Fairness, Logic, Map, Mom, Pinewood Derby, Practicality, Predictive System | No Comments
Code Quality Measurement
Found on http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/
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Why Apple Chose iPad
As everyone is quite aware, Apple’s release of their tablet, now known as the iPad, was announced yesterday. With their own System-on-a-chip processor, near-10″ screen, and storage sizes ranging from 16-64 GiB, these pieces of technology are impressive at their price point, even for a non-macHead. However, the overwhelming response to the announcement yesterday was [...]
Posted in General, Neat and Interesting, Tech, Web | Tags: Apple, Followers, human stupidity, Ipad, Ipads, iTampon, Joke, Jokes, Madtv, Publicity, Sketch, trending topics, tt, twitter, Wsj | 1 Comment
Resume Available
Hello All – I put my resume up for availability as I’m not quite certain how much longer I can stay at my current job. I’ll be looking around for things to work on in the Dubuque area, so if anyone knows of any open positions, please let me know. The resume itself can be [...]
Posted in personal, Site, Tech | Tags: Dubuque Area, job, Open Positions, Resume | No Comments
DNN Module Creation, Explained. (part 2)
Let’s assume for the sake of presenting this, that you have a copy of SQL server Express 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. Not that this is the only system you can run DNN on, but the only one I’ve ever tried doing this with. Once finished, we will have an instance of DNN running, and [...]
Posted in General, Tech, Web | Tags: Compiled Module, dnn, dotnetnuke, Module, SQL, Starter Kit, WAP, Web Application Framework, Web Site Project | 1 Comment
DNN Module Creation, Explained (part 1).
Since I haven’t shown up here for a while, I should talk a little bit about what’s been going on in my life. I’ll keep it short. December: Left my job in Rock Island, was in a musical at Quad City Music Guild, Found a job in Dubuque at 365Advantage, lived in a suitcase until [...]
Posted in personal, Tech, Web | Tags: dnn, dotnetnuke, job, modules, recap, series, visual studio, vs, Web | 2 Comments
Quandary (part 1)
I wish to pose a question to the masses, particularly to other available software developers. Take this statement: “The more screwed up the process, the longer you have a job.” How does that make you feel? Does it bother or amuse you? Would you feel uncomfortable hearing it from a coworker? A boss? When does [...]
Posted in personal, Tech | Tags: development, ethics, feel, good enough, question, testing | 1 Comment
RbEQ update
ATTENTION Note: This project is still in progress. Please travel to the Google Code Project for more. Not really an update of the software per se, just letting everyone know I haven’t forgotten about it. I have two computers at home; one desktop mainly purposed for gaming and general usage, the other is an older, [...]
Posted in Open Source, Tech | Tags: development, equalizer, gnome, kde, kubuntu, RBEQ, rhythmbox, Ubuntu | 2 Comments
