Hi Folks, just a short update on a few things…first the good stuff.
I am going to start a new Python project in the Technology section. The CMake wizard was fine for what it was (and may still be used for some things) but a lot of what I code is dictated by my job which [...]

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Hi folks. I present to you today a tale of woe, one of pain, of stupidity and of…three and a half installations. I have been running Linux since the Redhat 6.0 days (dual-booting before that). As close as I even get to Windows anymore is the occasional brush with idiocy at work. Consequently, I [...]

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Howdy folks. I decided to start the Blues Artist of the Month with one of the best, Dave Specter of Chicago. Dave has been a Chicago blues fixture for the past 22 years. Since 1985 Dave could be seen playing at all of the best Chicago blues hot-spots ranging from Buddy Guys Legends club to [...]

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Hi folks. I do a lot of coding for Win32, Linux and other platforms and my mainstay tools are Python for scripting, C/C++ (via GCC) for lower-level coding and to tie it all together, CMake (a cross-platform Make maker). CMake is a wonderful tool which allows me to write a makefile with as little as [...]

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Hi folks, Jeff Cobb here. After the long involved relocation to the Bay area, JBCobb.net finally has a static IP address, thus I am able to do our own webhosting and mail services. The new job up here eats so much of my free time that I decided, as much as I love making all [...]

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