Archive for the 'Linux' Category

Fast Clock on WinXP VMWare on Linux

February 22nd, 2008

Tim Morrow made a post outlining how to fix the problem here.
I’ll outline a more comprehensive way to do it and for my own archive here.
This apparently only affects dual core Intel procs, if that’s not the case please let me know so I can make the correction.

First we need to make sure we have […]

Ubuntu: Coming to a Mobile Near You!

February 21st, 2008

That’s right folks! I was busily looking for some contact info of a top executive, or at least someone who would properly handle a good idea, to explain my new ad campaign idea for the latest Ubuntu, Hardy Heron.
One of the places I look is a the jobs list, or employment page. Then.. get what […]

Jaxer Learns to Play Well With Others

February 8th, 2008

I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU READ THIS THROUGH BEFORE YOU FOLLOWING IT ALONG!!! This howto is given without warranty or guarantee, you use this at your own risk. I followed the following steps start to finish and it worked just fine for me, this doesn’t mean it will work for you. If you have any questions […]

WBXML -> XML for Python (PyWBXML)

November 28th, 2007

Steps I’ve had to take to get a working lib on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon:
EDIT: Turns out this will only work with the WindowMobile version of WBXML and not with the Nokia/Symbian version.
install Expat XML Parser, automake, autoconf, and libtool (required for libwbxml)
sudo apt-get install libexpat1-dev automake libtool
download, compile and install latest version of libwbxml (wbxml2)
Use […]

Quick Update

June 4th, 2007

This site has been horribly neglected recently but I’m hoping I’ll have some time each day to write up a post about what’s been going on and what I’ve been up to. Below is a quick little update of the things I’ll be looking to talk about.

Dayton Review - Great time, great finds, can’t wait […]

Well there’s something you don’t see everyday…

February 16th, 2007

Jonathon Snook, who never disappoints with his tidbits of knowledge, shows us how to quickly whip up the somewhat lacking, but still possible OOP style programming with Active Server Pages in VBScript. In Self-referencing in VBScript, Jon goes on to give a small example on how to set up a class and how to self […]

Weather Geekery

February 13th, 2007

And now a summary of my recent weather geekery…
Wind Speed Software
I am currently working on a new piece of software for InSpeed’s Vortex anemometer. It’s going to be completely written in Python to ensure that it’s platform agnostic. Currently the backend is written to properly read and calculate the wind speed. I’ve cross referenced my […]

Amateur Radio and Linux - A Match Made in Heaven

February 8th, 2007

Dave Freese has just released version 1.2 of Fldigi, a popular new program for Linux and FreeBSD which enables amateur radio operators to join their radios and their computers at the hip and create a new kind of ham shack: a digital ham shack.