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California Dreaming
Good morning all! Maybe there are better things to do than to update your blog, right before you start work. And looking at my e-mails and my to-do lists make me feel like this will be a long day. But considering my recent silence I thought an update on me is in order. Plus if…
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MeeGo Nowhere
My previous blog post about MeeGo was completely off-base. So it looks like Nokia decided to go with Windows Phone 7. Personally I don’t see the point, but then again I don’t run a Fortune 500 firm either. Apparently there are still plans for a MeeGo powered handset/mobile computer. Sometime in May, maybe? However it…
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justCheckers for Android is On the Move
I’m pleased to announce that I have gotten back to developing justCheckers. I missed coding on my own projects. And I am glad that I motivated myself to get back on it. This time around I went the Android route, since the Android framework makes development of multimedia, threaded applications really easy in Java. And…
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Nokia and Qt, I Choose You!
Since I commented on this post about MeeGo here, I really should explain. I went to a Wavefront/Nokia seminar about Nokia’s Qt and Ovi store on Friday. Partially out of curiosity, partially to network and partially to perhaps win a brand new spanking N8. Not that I want to hand in my N900, but I…
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Getting Back into the Swing
This post is actually a few minutes into the next day. But I’m still trying to get into the swing of things. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to put parts of my life that aren’t on track, back on track. Of course this is easier said than done. But like Matthew Kelly–an amazing…
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Do Android Devs Dream of Electric Sheep?
I can’t speak for all the other Android developers in the world, but I know that I don’t. But I can’t pass up a good opportunity for a terrible pun at the late Phillip Dick’s expense. However I am enjoying living in the Android ecosystem both as a developer and as a user. Just right…
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In the Beginning of November…
A new month begins and a new twist to life. This is the first day at a new office in downtown Toronto. Not that I’ve changed positions, I’m still working as a mobile developer for Web Impact. For my coworkers, this is nothing new since they all worked at the Toronto office before moving out…
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Gliders, Italy and Androids
What an incredible summer and it is funny how it all started. I found myself without a job at the end of April. A week or two later I started a crazy schedule of fencing, archery and hiking amongst the usual day-to-days at home. I even got to try out some serious tree climbing and…
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Beautifying the Boot – GRUB2 & Plymouth Themes in Ubuntu 10.04
I like eyecandy especially when it comes to my Linux workstation. I was pleasantly surprised when I first booted up my fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04. However after installing the NVIDIA drivers (Sigh. NVIDIA when will you learn? Open sourcing your drivers is not going to kill you.), I lost the pretty Kubuntu splash screen. …