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A Busybox encounter
If you have worked with embedded systems you have probably bumped into Busybox. If you are a long time Linux geek, you probably know Busybox. My first encounter with Busybox started last weekend and has been almost non-stop since. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged absence management, ASAAP, Busybox, Sqlite3
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Pondering when to change from proprietary to Open Source
I engaged in a round of discussions on open source on the Midrange-L list regarding the use and merits of open source software in the enterprise. I wasn’t really surprised all that much by the content of the discussion, there … Continue reading
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Tagged absence management, K-12 education, substitutes, time card
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Technology: The gift that keeps on…taking.
Amid many of the bits I am juggling at the moment, I was gifted with a new Blu-ray drive to add to the video server here at the Helgren household. My son, Jonas, who has done some work for Sony … Continue reading
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Tis the season
To be busy. No matter how much I try, I never achieve the goal of having very little “business” programming to do this time of year so that I can play. I always look forward to the break in the … Continue reading
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Losing our Common relationships
For those of you NOT involved in the i community, this is probably irrelevant news. But to us folks who spend most of their time in the i trenches, this is big. The “this” is the blog post from Jon … Continue reading
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No time to do it all
I have been on a programming tear and have had little time for anything else. Continuing to work to the finish line on ASAAP but there seems to always be one more tweak that leads to a weeks worth of … Continue reading
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EGL-CE on Linux (and Windows 7)
I had a chance to do a quick reality check on the new EGL-CE and it looks pretty solid, even on “unsupported” platforms (at the moment) of Linux and Windows7. I just finished up the demo using EGL-CE and all … Continue reading
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Back from reality
Since I needed to update WordPress to fix a security flaw (gasp!) I decided to add a quick note about reality and the world we live in. 4 days off the grid does much to remind one of how unreal … Continue reading
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Summer is nearly gone…the projects are not.
A long term contract I have been a part of for almost 17 years was not renewed on July 1st of this year. By all rights that would make me unemployed but it hasn’t slowed the lengthy and growing list … Continue reading
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The curiosity button
I just got an email from someone I know that has great enthusiasm for technology, just like I do. He was effusive in his excitement over the use of ext.js and his CGI applications. Such enthusiasm is contagious. He hit … Continue reading
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