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People sometimes ask what equipment I use. So here’s a list:
OpenBSD operating system (most of my computers)
Development Environments:
The vi editor
Android Studio (IntelliJ with Android plugins)
PyCharm (IntelliJ with Python plugins) …
Shortly after moving the main site to a static SSG (Hugo), I also migrated the entire blog. This blog roll has been on several different software packages, so a few entries may not format correctly due to one of the several migrations it’s been through. As always, please let me know if you find …
When reporting any software problem (to me or to anybody else), you need to include the following in in your report:
What you did…
What you saw…
What you think the problem might be…
What version of the software are you using. Be specific:
If it’s a web site …
Whenever I have to use most ports/packaging schemes other than OpenBSD's, I am blown away by their complexity. I marvel at how easy it is to use OpenBSD's ports by contrast.
For example, on the "easy to use" macOS, I recently upgraded a Mac from OS 10.9 to 10.10, and MacPorts totally stopped …
A neighbour asked:
There are plenty …Looking for help with my computer that has been *hijacked* by its Windows 10 operating system. Is there anyone out there who has advice regarding an alternative OS? Perhaps a LINUX version, or ????, or uninstall Win10 and go with Win7? I really HATE Win10!
Here are some notes from the I/O 2015 Keynote, supplemented a bit from some of the sessions. Thanks to Pivotal Labs for the space and Amin for organizing the Toronto viewing.
Android Auto GM (13 Chevy models), VW, Ford, numerous others releasing in 2016 Android M Preview - David Burke 1 …
You might have noticed we are moving to a new server, still based on OpenBSD of course. This gave me an opportunity to phase out the older Pebble blogging software, and replace it with a new Java/JSF-based site, on which you are now reading this. Not all the features are in place yet, but it will …
I recently went to install a Mac Mini at a remote location. The Intel-based Mac Mini is a small, low-power, full-function AMD64 machines. But first, I ran into one problem. And it's a known problem with older Mac Minis: they don't power up when power is applied. Somebody "thunk different", …
I've taken to using asciidoctor as my #1 writing tool lately.
It's free, it's open source, and it's fast. Check out their web page to see how easy it can be to use.
If you really need a GUI tool, there the strangely-name AsciiDocFX editor.
Medly is the medical app I built part of. I wrote the first production Android version of the Medly mobile app around 2013, and hired most of the team that maintained it after I left employment there. In late 2021, Medly was adapted to work on Amazon devices with Alexa (scroll down to …