Category Archives: free.culture

iPhone Development on Windows & Linux with open source tools

Posted on July 21, 2009 by dreadpiratepj

Yesterday I presented at OSCON 2009. I spoke about how to use Eclipse and the iPhone-dev team’s GCC cross-compiler to develop for iPhone on Windows & Linux. I also spoke about XMLVM, an open source project that lets you develop … Continue reading →

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Obligatory WordPress upgrade post #10101010 and other rumblings at Chez PJ

Posted on November 28, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

So today I updated WordPress to 2.6.5. And like every other time, it was a cinch, all over and done in less than five minutes. Thanks, WordPress guys! In other news, I have been geeking out with both the iPhone … Continue reading →

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Can You Hear The Wind Blow

Posted on October 24, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

Photo by liferfe. The mobile software market is becoming very exciting, and I’ve been watching with interest. I’ve been learning iPhone development for the last ten months, first with the jailbreak toolchain, and in the last six months with the … Continue reading →

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Much Railing Lately

Posted on May 15, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I’ve been at my new job only four weeks, and my first project is nearly finished. My task these past four weeks has been the re-implementation of the company’s website in Rails. I was to do this from scratch, while … Continue reading →

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Bringin’ in da dough, baby!

Posted on February 20, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

Last Wednesday, I sent emails and résumés for various job posts, and by that afternoon, I started getting nibbles. It was weird! Whereas I barely got any attention for over a dozen job applications I sent out between September and … Continue reading →

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Continuing the conversation: PS3 Linux & MS XNA

Posted on January 23, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

Mateusz, Lenny, thanks for the comments. Update: Reader Mateusz points out that there is an effort under way to port the XNA frameworks to other platforms using Mono. It’s great to see what the subversive, creative types come up with … Continue reading →

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What’s the deal with PS3 Linux? Simple: XNA

Posted on January 22, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

Programming high-performance applications on the Cell BE processor, Part 1: An introduction to Linux on the PlayStation 3 The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) is the easiest and cheapest way for programmers to get their hands on the new Cell Broadband … Continue reading →

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Say what?!?

Posted on January 17, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I receive some mailings from Sun every month. And for the most part, they are entertaining. As in laugh out loud hysterical. But this one takes the cake. Easier, faster, and more secure the Solaris 10 OS is the only … Continue reading →

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Funky fun with computers, #1

Posted on January 12, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

This sounds like fun! Whistle while you work: Use the open source sndpeek program and a simple Perl script to read specific sequences of tonal events — literally whistling or humming at your computer — and run commands based on … Continue reading →

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autossh and screen for remote login peace of mind

Posted on January 7, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

Unix server administrators everywhere are probably too familiar with connection timeouts when administering remote servers. There you are, dutifully editing that configuration file, when suddenly your text editor no longer responds to your cursor keys. A dozen seconds later or … Continue reading →

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