31
Jul
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This weekend, Stef and I took the dog for a walk, and browsed a garage sale.  I found a mini-bike frame and a belt sander.  Total cost: $35.  I looked on eBay prior to making the purchase, and found that most frames were in the $15-30 range, but cost another $50-60 in shipping charges.  So, […]

I built a DVR using KnoppMyth not too long ago, using an aging box I’d received for free from a former co-worker. It’s a great box, plenty of power and storage, but one of the hard drives are a little loud and whining. When we’re watching something on TV, or something we’ve recorded, you really […]

30
Jul
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I went to The Simpsons Movie this weekend. I have to say, I was impressed. When I first heard about the movie, I thought they were, as Fonzie once did, jumping the shark. The movie ultimately felt like a long episode, which is the perfect format for a show -> movie. I felt like there […]

27
Jul
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I added Google Ads to my blog.  Mainly this is for when the blog goes huge, and I get to quit my job and retire in Bora Bora…..yeah right.  Anyways, the text in the ads sometimes perplexes me.  Typically, it’ll be contextual, something about Eclipse or Java, something I’ve posted about recently.  Then, the bot […]

27
Jul
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I received an invite to Pownce from my buddy Jon.  I think the service could be really neat if it took off, but it seems to be more geared towards more techie people / bloggers.  Most of my friends have a Facebook account, but don’t get too technical beyond that, so I don’t see me […]

26
Jul
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What a great idea Flutterbox is.  The idea of aggregating all your online activity into a single feed for people to consume is amazing.  Many people have several online profiles, and it is somewhat of a pain to login to all of them to see any new updates.  Pulling all that data into a live […]

24
Jul
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When setting up KnoppMyth with a WMP54g wireless card, don’t bother with any drivers that come with the install, just uninstall all the rt* based wireless drivers.  Also, remove linux-wlan-ng, it’ll conflict with the drivers, it’s annoying, just remove it.  Lastly, build the rt61 legacy driver from the SerialMonkey.com website.  It’s painless, it’s quick, and […]

24
Jul
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When building an Eclipse facet, I found the need to pop up a new browser window. The idea was, the user would use the facet, then upon finishing the wizard, a browser would open directly to the documentation they needed to continue working. This way, they didn’t have to search around for ‘next steps’ documentation. […]

20
Jul
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While developing an Eclipse facet to extend the Dynamic Web Project, I ran into an issue where I was trying to create a Java class in the source directory, along with a package name (provided in the dialog). Within my FacetInstallDelegate, I ended up doing the following. It works, but I’m not sure it was […]

20
Jul
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In using django-discussion, I found a small bug. If I have a custom defined primary key for an object which accepts comments, the code from SVN doesn’t work, I get an error like “No attribute ‘id’ for ‘Model’”. This is because it is trying to use the django-set ID for the model. Typically, when you […]

19
Jul
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In playing with the Django application framework, you quickly gain an appreciation for how nice it is to work with. Coming from other PHP style frameworks that felt a little cumbersome, Django hits the sweet spot between customization and self-management. Define a few models, you’ve got a database schema. Define a few views and templates, […]

19
Jul
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While developing an Eclipse facet, I found that any additional files you want to distribute with your plugin can be packaged up in the same JAR file.  For instance, if I have a templated file layout that I want to use with my plugin (say I’m extending a project creation wizard) I can put any […]