Archive > January 2007

How to make a simple universal binary; and other things learned about gcc

Although this is not my first time around the block regarding gcc, I have never gone much further than editing makefiles, and use flags under gentoo. Here is what I learned today; I am writing it down in the hopes that I will not have to learn these things again. 1. gcc, the Free Software [...]

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Two things; openstreetmap.org, and learning C.

I discovered opensetreetmap.org a few days ago while reading a post in the openmoko mailing list. and to quote the project page “OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as [...]

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A real open source cell phone

Finally a real open source cell phone. No more of that well our phone runs linux, but you can’t touch anything crap. The FIC manufactured Neo1973 runs linux and uses the apt style ipkg package manager. Hardware specs include… 120.7 x 62 x 18.5 (mm) 2.8″ VGA (480×640) TFT Screen Samsung s3c2410 SoC Global Locate [...]

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I need to remember to fix all of my id3 tags

I can use ieatbrainz or find a linux eq.

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After much review…

I still want an iphone. I want one with sprint/netxtel/clearwire/anydamnbody wimax, and I damn sure had better be able to use it as a bluetooth modem with my mbpro. Oh and one more thing I need a terminal application so I can ssh into things and fix/break them. In fact I would imagine anyone in [...]

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I am using rsync.net for backups now.

I was using the included backup application that came with OS X, and their online .mac backup solution, but now that my .mac subscription is dead and done, I have decided to go with rsync.net for those few files that I absolutely cannot lose. For just under $6 US a month I get 3 GB [...]

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Gabe makes an ass of himself… again.

My son decided that he wanted to make another set of movies. I can’t wait until he is around 15 and I can bust out the archive of this site. Anyway, here they are. I have entitled these “moo moo”, and “moo II”.

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I can post from within firefox; Nice.

I found a firefox addon called Deepest Sender that allows me to post directly to my wordpress installation. This is a test post.

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