Having had such a long hiatus, I decided to wait until I had something really important to talk about.
Well, after a few days of deliberation and research, I finally purchased my first mechanical keyboard, the Steelseries 6GV2.
What is a mechanical keyboard?
A normal keyboard contains a membrane made out of rubber or some other malleable material, on which there are contact points corresponding to each key. When the contact point is pressed against the circuit board below it, a key press is registered. The plastic keys are then mounted on top… Show me more →
Filed under Computers and Free Software.
Tags: gnu, keyboard, steelseries, ubuntu.
By administratador
– August 30, 2011
Edit: I’ve received a couple of very helpful comments recently, so I’m making minor edits to this post to serve it on the front page of the site. Thanks to Troy and Grip for answering a couple of questions for me. I would be happy to join Grip and anyone else interested in providing proper GNU/Linux support for this wonderful device. That way, we can bypass MagicJack tech support and virtual machines altogether.
Wow, it’s been far too long since I’ve posted. Apologies for the delay; hopefully this post will be useful for you.
I recently got myself… Show me more →
Filed under Computers and Free Software.
Tags: drivers, ekiga, gnu, linux, lucid lynx, magicjack, ubuntu, vm, vmware, windows, xp.
By administratador
– July 20, 2011
The phrase “social networking” is a little misleading. Think about it: if you are networking and talking to people, does that not involve being social? If you are predisposed to being social, would you not perhaps enjoy networking and making new acquaintances? Can one be countersocial and still network properly? Can one network and become countersocial? This all seems very unlikely to me.
Aside: I (like to believe I) coined the phrase “countersocial” in the 8th grade when I learnt that “antisocial” had psychopathic connotations to it…”countersocial” seems far less threatening.
I… Show me more →
Filed under Computers and Free Software, Introspection.
Tags: facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Online Communities, Social media, Social network, Social network service, twitter, Web 2.0.
By administratador
– April 28, 2011
It’s that season for a lot of people to feel allergic about a lot of things. Sure, the weather has improved, and with that, a drive and desire to achieve something that shines like the Sun.
This season, being in a new city, I have left my old allergies behind and have instead developed a violent reaction to clouds.
Recently, I had the chance to sit down and have dinner with Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation. We were joined by Richard’s… Show me more →
Filed under Computers and Free Software.
Tags: CloudComputing, free software, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, Software as a service.
By administratador
– April 7, 2011
I’ve got a few projects that I absolutely need to invest some time and energy in over the next few months to see them lift off the ground.
1) My game. I’ve got my developers almost on board with the technologies they need to access and alter the code base. It’s now a matter of design and engineering. Having moved over to a new web host, I need to get the mailing list up and running as well.
2) My Django project. I’ve started studying… Show me more →
Filed under Computers and Free Software, Introspection, Miscellaneous, Research.
Tags: Craigslist, Django, Python, video game.
By administratador
– April 5, 2011
That’s right. At long last, I have switched over to an external host, and so far, Dreamhost has been excellent!
Big article coming soon.
Filed under Computers and Free Software, Miscellaneous.
Tags: Dreamhost, Virtual hosting, Web hosting service.
By administratador
– April 1, 2011
Here are some thoughts I’ve always wanted to put down on paper, especially whilst travelling. I never get around to it and then I forget about it till the next trip. Finally I sat down to record these musings:
Luggage Amnesia – Ever notice how you never know which bags are yours as they come down the conveyor belts in the arrival lounges of your destination? I can’t tell if it’s the jetlag or whether it’s a plain example of taking one’s belongings for granted, but it is a common sight to see people… Show me more →
Filed under Introspection, Miscellaneous, Outings.
Tags: Conveyor belt, Hinduism, India, Lord, luggage amnesia, nagore, pandharpur, Religion and Spirituality, Tamil Nadu, train, travel.
By administratador
– December 22, 2010
I just listened to the online stream of Sander Kleinenberg‘s new album, 5K, available here.
I was initially taken aback because it’s nothing like what I had expected. The artist behind “This is Ibiza” was supposed to release an album that was just as hard-hitting, right? It only made sense…
However, Sander has taken this one on a complete different course. The music starts off much more mellow and thought-provoking. It is a subtle blend of trip hop, 1980s pop (and theme… Show me more →
Filed under AudioVideoDisco.
Tags: 5k, Ambient music, Electronic music, Ibiza, music, Sander Kleinenberg.
By administratador
– November 12, 2010
If you’ve compiled libpqxx from source, chances are, your autoconf/automake projects that look for libpqxx through PKG_CHECK_MODULES() will fail miserably.
Here is my configure.ac at the root of my project:
AC_INIT([xml-diamond], [0.1])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror])
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
AC_PROG_CXX
PKG_CHECK_MODULES([XML], [libxml-2.0 >= 2.4])
PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PQXX], [libpqxx >= 2.6.9])
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])
AC_OUTPUT
Note that PKG_CHECK_MODULES() on line 8 looks for (and finds) libpqxx if you compiled libpqxx from source.
I should point out here that I downloaded libpqxx from its SVN repository and compiled using the standard ./configure, make, make… Show me more →
Filed under Computers and Free Software.
Tags: autoconf, automake, autotools, compiler, gnu, libpqxx, Library, libxml2, Linker (computing), Make (software), programming, Run time (computing).
By administratador
– November 10, 2010
In response to the successful poll on UbuntuForums, and judging from comments on the Angry Birds post on this site, I have decided to build a slingshooter that will be free and open source software. It is primarily aimed at GNU/Linux users, but one is free to port it to proprietary operating systems.
We are working on a back story for the game and on the website. When it goes live, this will be the first place to find out about it. I’m expecting it to happen in a few days, so stay tuned!… Show me more →
Filed under Miscellaneous.
Tags: Angry Birds, floss, foss, game, gnu, linux, ubuntu.
By administratador
– November 9, 2010
