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When I was just getting started with embedded development I found many tutorials on how to perform cross compiles required setting up some shell functions and variables before working on builds.  This is a necessity for embedded work because the embedded build for the target platform won’t use the same […]

cdtools, because who has just one project?


Today I released a complete rewrite of XNotesPlus, which I've renamed XNotesNG.  This version was properly architected (well, mostly) and implemented in Java.  Unlike other Java developers, I don't use IDEs like Eclipse or NetBeans.  Instead, I rely on the tried and true tools of kernel developers:  cscope and vi.  […]

XNotesNG: XNotesPlus never dies, it just evolves


I’ve publicly opened the XNotesNG project.  The CVS, forums and related are on SourceForge but their policies for web services are restrictive to what I wanted to set up so I also registered xnotesng.org, set up a blog and wiki and pointed the SourceForge web stuff to that.  The blog […]

Public opening of XNotesNG project



I stumbled upon an interesting site today:  ohloh.net (recently acquired by SourceForge).  I haven’t had a chance to look through it much yet but I noticed that the GIMP developers were listed in it.  Actually, it was Martin Nordholts blog that pointed me to it. I’m preparing a new release […]

Tracking software projects


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Fedora 11 was released this past week and I’ve already downloaded the various netinst and DVD ISO images for both 32bit and 64bit systems at home.  I’ve got 5 computers to upgrade: 1 development server, 1 MythTV server, my desktop, 1 Myth client and my laptop.   Since I’ve now […]

Preparing for Fedora 11: Installation on the Acer laptop


For the past 4 years I’ve worked happily at home with my Acer laptop.  I’ve discussed many of the issues I’ve had with running this laptop with Fedora.  For the most part, despite how those posts may sound, I’ve actually been pretty happy with both the laptop and with running […]

Dawning of a new age: A Quad-Core system finds ...



As the year grows to a close I find myself finishing up projects and preparing for the new year.  I put together roughly 90,000 lines of code this year on a single project with one other developer, probably split somewhere around 80/20.  It is, as I’ve told him, our boss […]

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