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Handling a Subversion Repository URL Change
Sunday, May 3, 2009
If your repository URL changes, you can use the following command to fix existing snapshots.
vfat Mounts Default to Lowercase Shortnames
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I want a "this is brain-damage" quote from Linus for this mess.
VirtualBox or VMWare Virtual Machine at Login
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to start a virtual machine in X when a user logs in.
Dialog Progress Bar Through Pipe
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to use dialog to display a script progress bar and communicate progress to it through a named pipe.
Ottawa Linux Symposium 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Here are some pictures from the 2008 Linux Symposium.
Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
Monday, July 14, 2008
This is a rather interesting talk that takes some very foundational ideas from open source software development, P2P networks, and social networking and implies that these paradigms can apply to a lot more.
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
- Alan Perlis
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Where Preincrement is Faster than Postincrement
by digitalpeer, updated Tuesday, September 19, 2006
One more reason why you shouldn't always use i++.Wrapping C/C++ Function Definitions
by digitalpeer, updated Sunday, August 20, 2006
Small example showing how to wrap C/C++ functions to implement such things as runtime profiling.Pipes on Linux and Win32
by digitalpeer, updated Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Performance analysis and examples of pipes on Linux and Win32 for Interprocess Communication.C/C++ Guide
by digitalpeer, updated Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Some quick tips and links when developing with C/C++ on windows and Linux.Using CVS
by digitalpeer, updated Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Some tips and tricks to setting up CVS and making efficient use of it.Getting Started with Automake and Autoconf
by digitalpeer, updated Thursday, July 15, 2004
An introduction to knowing what you need to know to help you configure and compile a project or library with the GNU auto* tools.Nullsoft Installer
by digitalpeer, updated Sunday, June 13, 2004
A scriptable and easy to use win32 installer.