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Notes using scratchbox2 with debian multiarch

Posted on December 06, 2011

I'm a very recent (3 days) user of scratchbox2 for cross-compiling. My initial response was "this is crazy magic" awe, followed shortly by "this is a crazy mountain of hacks" skepticism. However, after some use & success now, it seems to be a really neat tool.

The best introductions to scratchbox2 …

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Tagged C, cross-compilation, linux | Comments

Notes on FTDI latency with Arduino

Posted on October 16, 2011

Today I Learned how to minimise latency when sending data to a computer from an Arduino (or any other FTDI-based device.) I learned it specifically for Windows, Linux and OS X.

Well, actually I learned this a few weeks ago while developing the [Hairless MIDI<->Serial Bridge]{style="white-space: nowrap …

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Tagged Arduino, linux, windows | Comments

Been busy...

Posted on September 24, 2011

Too much going on lately:

  • Canberra Hackerspace still going strong.
  • Road tripping to Newcastle next week with dev_dsp for This Is Not Art. We've signed up to organise an Arduino MIDI controller workshop, and we're giving talks about Hackerspaces and the overlap between fine arts and engineering.
  • I built a …

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Tagged Arduino, short posts | Comments

Developing & static linking Qt apps for Windows, using Linux & wine

Posted on September 04, 2011

I just started working on a simple cross-platform desktop application. I'm developing from Linux and hoping to build binaries for Linux, Windows and OS X.

This quick blog post are some notes I took about:

* Developing & building a Qt app for Windows, on Linux with wine.

* Building static Qt libraries …

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Tagged cross-compilation, linux, windows | Comments

Huawei Sonic U8650 Review

Posted on August 07, 2011

Last Monday I walked into a Big W store here in Canberra and paid $188AU ($196US) for an Android smartphone, no network lock and no contract. I've had it for nearly a week now. What do I think? I think, with minor qualifications, that it's almost unbelievably good.

Packaging

The …

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Tagged android, huawei | Comments

Smartphone Relapse

Posted on August 07, 2011

When I ditched my iPhone 11 months ago, I promised a follow-up post about the experience. So here it is.

Quitting

Only one thing really surprised me about going back to a "dumbphone." The idle moments. The habit of pulling out my phone to fill them was deeply ingrained, even …

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Tagged android, culture | Comments

Bing & Google - Finding some facts

Posted on February 04, 2011

TL;DR version

I did some investigation into the Bing & Google spat. Once the Bing Toolbar is installed, IE 8 sends Microsoft a summary of every page URL that is requested. I found no evidence the toolbar singles out Google, or even search engines. I found no evidence of directly …

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Recent Posts

  • Notes using scratchbox2 with debian multiarch
  • Notes on FTDI latency with Arduino
  • Been busy...
  • Developing & static linking Qt apps for Windows, using Linux & wine
  • Huawei Sonic U8650 Review
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