Notes Archive

  • Let’s take a diversion into the world of OpenGL, specifically the implementation of OpenGL that lives inside an Android powered device. So, OpenGL ES 1.0 then. I’ll be learning about...

    Android Notes: OpenGL ES 1.0

    Let’s take a diversion into the world of OpenGL, specifically the implementation of OpenGL that lives inside an Android powered device. So, OpenGL ES 1.0 then. I’ll be learning about...

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  • By now you’ve probably written a bit of code, and no doubt it’s not working quite right. It’s time to embrace the fantastic world of debugging. Debugging is a bit...

    Android Notes: Debugging

    By now you’ve probably written a bit of code, and no doubt it’s not working quite right. It’s time to embrace the fantastic world of debugging. Debugging is a bit...

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  • So, you’ve got the SDK running, and have a strange confusion about just what exactly is going on. By now you’ve hopefully overcome the culture shock and a lack of...

    Android Notes: System overview

    So, you’ve got the SDK running, and have a strange confusion about just what exactly is going on. By now you’ve hopefully overcome the culture shock and a lack of...

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  • As mentioned in the comments for the previous post, when writing Android apps you need to use Java. While it’s possible to code using C/C++, you really don’t want to...

    Android Notes: Java

    As mentioned in the comments for the previous post, when writing Android apps you need to use Java. While it’s possible to code using C/C++, you really don’t want to...

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  • These will form a series of posts detailing my progress in learning the Android SDK. When I first started it was very confusing, and took a while to learn enough...

    Android Notes: Setting up the SDK

    These will form a series of posts detailing my progress in learning the Android SDK. When I first started it was very confusing, and took a while to learn enough...

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  • This follows on from my previous Ubuntu Installation Notes. It may not make sense to you, it’s mostly just so I can repair my server the next time it breaks...

    Ubuntu Installation Notes #2 – Trac and Apache2

    This follows on from my previous Ubuntu Installation Notes. It may not make sense to you, it’s mostly just so I can repair my server the next time it breaks...

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  • Upgrading my server to the latest Ubuntu Server has been slightly traumatic. I learnt it’s a really really bad idea to do an upgrade over SSH, because when the machine...

    Ubuntu 9.10 Installation Notes

    Upgrading my server to the latest Ubuntu Server has been slightly traumatic. I learnt it’s a really really bad idea to do an upgrade over SSH, because when the machine...

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  • Over on my photo blog I have a template that uses WordPress’ meta tags to store images, rather than requiring me to insert them in the usual way. This is...

    Hacking WordPress

    Over on my photo blog I have a template that uses WordPress’ meta tags to store images, rather than requiring me to insert them in the usual way. This is...

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