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Forward Looking, Backwards Loss
Eric S. Raymond, once said that open source is about a “developer scratching an itch.” Thats what I tried to do with justcheckers. Unfortunately that itch disappeared a long time ago, and now the project just exists. I have different goals now, and different needs. So while I hate to admit it, I am tried…
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Review of 2007, the Promise(s) of 2008
The year 2007 has been quite a dynamic year for me. Instead of writing a long article about each thing… cause that might take me an year to write and edit, I will just present a list of lists of things that happened. Academics Completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto at Mississauga.…
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Merry Christmas
Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. To everyone expecting a card… its coming… hopefully sooner than later. Also no release of justCheckers yet… I broke it badly with the refactoring of the game package. Hopefully I can release something before the new year. Good night. Long day, too much partying and eating cake.
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Travel-o-mania
Okay today was catch up day. Too tired to write much. Too much planning of the trip, and getting the front yard done. More stuff tomorrow, promise. Maybe. At least I finished editing the Style Guide for the justCheckers project. Also played a bit of World of Padman and S.T.A.L.K.E.R., both are quite fun and…
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The Insanity Returns
If one looks for trouble, one usually finds it. I guess the same applies to work. After a few months, huddled in the sanctity of university studies, I emerge to realize how much work needs my attention. A computer glitch almost killed my graduation. Weeds sprouted on the front yard, where the planned stone and…
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Attack of the Lettuce Monster, and the Return of Work
After disappearing for a few months, I went back to the justCheckers website again. Much to my horror I discovered a group of spammers decided to “borrow” my forums. Now I have to engage in anti-spamming. The forums are cleaned of NSFW content, and I began the process of deleting and banning users. Joy. I…
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Adjusting to Easy Schedule
I am not good at adjustments. The switch from a super-busy, near-hyper-kinetic schedule to a “normal” lighter schedule keeps on throwing me off. Hence the lack of updates since Friday. Yesterday was the great chill day. Today was the great after-chill day. Meaning, I did not get too much done when it comes to assignments…
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Chillin’ and Dreamin’
Elation!!! I finished work for yet another course, Business of Computing, and an assignment for the Foundations of Research course. So all the work for my Computer Science courses out the way, I can concentrate on the assignments for my two other courses. Staying up all night, sure wore me out but nothing a make-up…
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Quiet Morning
This morning seems so quiet. The lack of any real sounds, with the notable exception of the wind, make everything seem so un-alive. Its quite disquieting actually. The only real sound (other than the typing of keys) is the sound of mental lemmings, walking around. That my friend, is the sound of writer’s block. Coming…
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Why Open Source Projects Make Sense Career Wise
Greetings Earthlings! (OK enough silliness for one day, back into the pocket you go Martian.) Once again I have to bring up the sort of lame excuse of being too busy to blog earlier. Well yes, it was lame too much work. Actually I killed my “1337” Gentoo box doing an update. So I basically…