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I want to see a 100% open source android distro. The first pass could be AOSP or CyanogenMod without the closed source GApps. F-Droid would be pre-installed, along with a selection of basic apps like K9 Mail and aCal. I found this post: http://www.jethrocarr.com/2012/01/04/100-pure-freedom-phone/ talking about the same thing, but I don’t see anyone who…
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Postgres Upgrade
I just upgraded from PostgreSQL 8.3 to 9.2. In doing so, I also went from a Sun optimized build (since I installed their supplied version before) to a self built version where I didn’t fiddle with optimization at all (the documentation suggests -O5, but I let it go with the default of -O3). Despite the lazy build, it…
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The Javacript Compiler I Want
There are a number of compilers that in something and output Javascript. A few of the more well known ones seem to be CoffeeScript, Dart, and emscripten. What I really want though is a Javascript to Javascript compiler that will run in Javascript. Here is the practical application. Top in mind is that I want…
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Nexus 7
Two years after my last attempt at getting an Android tablet (the Eken M001, see here and here), I got a new tablet, the Nexus 7. In short, the Nexus 7 is everything I wanted then. Of course expectations have risen over the last two years, but the Nexus 7 generally rose the occasion there…
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Zoup (but not salad)
A resturant chain called Zoup is about to open at Park City (local mall). Deb and I got invited for a pre-opening meal. In case the following sounds like an endorsement, I will comment that they did bribe us with free food. Zoup is a soup, sandwich, and salad place. Deb and I got a…
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Video Game High-School, Episode 9 (spoiler alert)
I enjoyed the Video Game High-School web series. There first episode can be found here. The series is 9 episodes long. The final one came out yesterday here. However, I don’t think that it ended as well as it could have. To summarize what happened in the final episode (limiting myself to what I’m going…
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New Tech Meetup, Central PA
My notes from the 06/04/2012 New Tech Meetup of Central PA Monthly Meetup. In general the Lancaster meetings last for an hour. They then adjourn to the nearby Iron Hill Brewery. I don’t usually go to the Hershey or Harrisburg meetings. AppNowGo – Eric Katherman Now called Knack (http://www.knackhq.com/). Recoded in Node/Mongo. iFormBuilder – Ryan…
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Valentine’s Day
I took the winter banner and cleaned up the code and added rotation (and the rotation interacts with the mouse), along with the obvious graphics changes, for Valentine’s Day. BTW, I love you Deb.
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Winter Banner
And now I have a new Winter themed banner. See the code and assets for it in my processing banners git repo here ( https://github.com/jd-boyd/processingjs-banners ). Processing.js can be found here This expands out into working with particles as objects, which I’ve done before, but is stretching further into the processing.js language further than I’ve…
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Printing from Windows 7 to a Mac
Use the MS Publisher Color Printer driver and connect via LPR/LPD.