Boldly goes where no coder has gone before... and other ramblings :)
From the monthly archives:
Continuing from Part 2. I had to shut the computer down because I had a train to catch. However booting up again the computer on the train and trying to enter the chroot environment produced some errors. It might very well be the fact that I do not have an Internet connection (at least a [...]
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Continuing from Part 1. The download took quite a while, so I thought it might be a good idea to split this post in parts, so as to ensure good readability. I need to create some symlinks. Also a good place to add my repository is /usr/local hence the commands for Chromium OS and Chromium [...]
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A lot of hype has been generated on the Internet a few months back regarding Google’s announcement that they are building a new operating system. The announcement was met with skepticism but also enthusiasm/anticipation by a lot of people who are puzzled as to what direction Google is taking and where are they looking themselves [...]
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A week or so ago I read a blog post in my Google Reader about Google providing now more storage for less money. To be quite frank I did not read the whole post but I did get the message. Google was offering 10GB for $20.00 and now they are offering 20GB for $5.00. This [...]
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I am curious by nature. This is probably one of my best attributes as a person, since I can never rest until I find out ‘what this thing is’ or ‘what is it used for’. This curiosity comes in handy in the programming world. By being curious, one cannot rest on their laurels and will [...]
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Hello everyone, I finally gave in and decided to become a bit serious with my blog. I have been trying to find time to update this website for years and finally decided I cannot procrastinate any more. So welcome to my new site. I have installed the latest and greatest WordPress version and although I [...]
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Further to my previous post ‘Ultimate Incompetence…‘, it has been a week or so since we contacted the DMV so as to have the suspension lifted from my wife’s non existent (for a year now) VA drivers license. We were promised that the information will be sent in the mail and that we will have [...]
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This post has nothing to do with programming or the world of computers. Despite the fact that I was really happy today to receive two new books that I ordered in the mail regarding eXtreme Programming and Test Driven Development (TDD) the day was not short of frustration. I got a call before noon from [...]
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I was one of the first people to beta test GMail when the only way you could get an account was by an invitation. I did manage to get one and created an email account which I still use until now. Since then Google Mail has grown and has been enhanced so much that in [...]
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We all need data to function. Whether this is information regarding what our body craves at the moment – hence go to the local take-away and get it or cook it – or whether this is electronic data to make our tasks easier, makes no difference. Storing data in an electronic format is always a [...]
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