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March 16, 2006
March 17th.
The day we celebrate the man came to Ireland, dressed in lots of green, converted the country to a new religion, caused mass confusion for generations by having his name given to every second Irish boy (with varients for every second Irish girl), and presumably drank himself under the ta…
The day we celebrate the man came to Ireland, dressed in lots of green, converted the country to a new religion, caused mass confusion for generations by having his name given to every second Irish boy (with varients for every second Irish girl), and presumably drank himself under the ta…
March 10, 2006
Take two laptops, one spanky new, one a Win 95 relic. Add the fact that there are absolutely NO two common points of access. Be told that there are important files on the dinosaur that need to be transferred to the "I, Robot" wannabe.
Decide that the best bet is to connect to an intermediate machine…
Decide that the best bet is to connect to an intermediate machine…
March 07, 2006
Mostly I am still sucking at getting work done (and still annoyed at myself for it), though I do have basic versions of much of the UI screens put together at this stage, there being 6 in all I have 5 done. Just to get some functional code behind it to map the UI to the data structures. You know, t…
March 02, 2006
(Cookie to anyone who gets the reference)
Right, as promised last night, here is an overview of the design of the installer project in general.
As I said way back(!) in January, the stated goal of this project is to offer a software delivery method that is as independant of the platform it is install…
Right, as promised last night, here is an overview of the design of the installer project in general.
As I said way back(!) in January, the stated goal of this project is to offer a software delivery method that is as independant of the platform it is install…
March 01, 2006
Well, tonight I decided that come hell or high water, I was going to get some work done. I reckon I'll just have to keep pushing myself that little bit more that I have until now for at least a few hours in the evening to get that bit more out of the way. As well as this, I'm going to do this entry…
February 23, 2006
I'm sure everyone has felt it sometimes. I know I have seen threads about it in the Lounge. I figured I would put this here so that it wouldn't clog there up with another one.
I'm really enthused by my current project. I have no shortage of big ideas, and very often a guideline of how that would wor…
I'm really enthused by my current project. I have no shortage of big ideas, and very often a guideline of how that would wor…
February 14, 2006
Since its been a while since I did a proper blog on the installer, I thought I might get some feedback on the direction being taken with one of the data structures in particular - the File Dictionary.
This is the simpliest form a dictionary can take. This contains all wrapper information needed, as …
This is the simpliest form a dictionary can take. This contains all wrapper information needed, as …
February 08, 2006
Just a little check in.
Owing to terrible levels of sleep the last few nights, I haven't a lot of work done on the installer - not code-wise anyway. Actually, its not fair to say that its just becuase I'm tired, it also has a little to do with Stargate SG-1 Season 7, and Battlestar Galactica miniser…
Owing to terrible levels of sleep the last few nights, I haven't a lot of work done on the installer - not code-wise anyway. Actually, its not fair to say that its just becuase I'm tired, it also has a little to do with Stargate SG-1 Season 7, and Battlestar Galactica miniser…
February 05, 2006
This weekend I have mostly been setting up my testing environments. As I have noted before, I was fortunate enough to grab a cheap copy of Windows 2000 on Ebay. I also have a copy of Server 2003 that I got through the MSDN AA, and spent the weekend setting them up on a 45 day trial of Virtual PC 20…
February 02, 2006
Few people like to think that anyone else is looking over their shoulder, watching what they're doing. This goes especially so when it comes to computers and networks, when it is often far less obvious that it might be happening. Unfortunatly, there are so many ways that this can occur - from track…
February 01, 2006
Apart from a couple of hour long IM meeting this afternoon, work was pretty quiet. As a result my mind got to wandering to my home projects, and as soon as I got it off data structures (since these are all I have been coding these last few nights), it started wandering towards things GUI. After som…
January 29, 2006
Sorry I haven't been updating much lately, but to be honest I haven't made much progress on anything.
The most of my time these last few weeks were spent preparing for my college final exam. I also had a project due up the same day (last Friday). The exam should hopefully be ok (aside from graphical…
The most of my time these last few weeks were spent preparing for my college final exam. I also had a project due up the same day (last Friday). The exam should hopefully be ok (aside from graphical…
January 09, 2006
Warning: This entry contains no technical content, and a tale of minor accomplishment blind, stupid luck.
So I just sat down to get some work done, and decided to check in on my comics, etc before starting.
Heading over to My Ebay to see how some bids are going, I find that I have been outbid on a co…
So I just sat down to get some work done, and decided to check in on my comics, etc before starting.
Heading over to My Ebay to see how some bids are going, I find that I have been outbid on a co…
January 04, 2006
As it stands, this is the roadmap for the initial version, 0.1d:
Initial GUI interfaces for the Installation Builder.
Initial CLI interfaces for the Installation Application.
Initial file formats for Image and Installer
Image definition
Compression\Decompression using LZMA, Bzip.
Installer writing
Install…
Initial GUI interfaces for the Installation Builder.
Initial CLI interfaces for the Installation Application.
Initial file formats for Image and Installer
Image definition
Compression\Decompression using LZMA, Bzip.
Installer writing
Install…
January 04, 2006
The task of installing an application is broken into three different parts:
-The Installation Builder
-The Installation Application
-The Installation File
The Installation Builder
The Installation Builder application is the tool used by the author of an installation package to build the Installation for…
-The Installation Builder
-The Installation Application
-The Installation File
The Installation Builder
The Installation Builder application is the tool used by the author of an installation package to build the Installation for…
January 02, 2006
I think it might be time to start getting some feedback on what I have in mind for my first major project, the Cross Platform Installer.
Some examples of such applications already exist in the form of Java JAR files with the application, as well as the installer runtime, bundled inside. This was the…
Some examples of such applications already exist in the form of Java JAR files with the application, as well as the installer runtime, bundled inside. This was the…
December 21, 2005
WARNING: The following post contains poor humour, Christmas plans, and a ripped off idea. May also contain traces of nut.
Ah Christmas.
That magical time of year when our lady Martha Stewart came down from on high (or rose up from below, depending on which version of the story you believe) and showed…
Ah Christmas.
That magical time of year when our lady Martha Stewart came down from on high (or rose up from below, depending on which version of the story you believe) and showed…
December 14, 2005
As seen in the last part of this little series, I have decided to take a peek at Firefox XUL programing, and was having a little fun with getting to grips with the Venkman debugger. I had just gotten to know the layout, so now it was time to get into the flesh of it.
Getting Venkman to peek at Exten…
Getting Venkman to peek at Exten…
December 14, 2005
[cue game show prize winner muzak]
Congrats to DrewGreen on coming second in the fourth 3 Hour Game Development Contest, with his entry International Cart Racing.
Drew wins a stylish top of the line gift voucher for either Amazon or NewEgg to the value of $75.
Congrats to DrewGreen on coming second in the fourth 3 Hour Game Development Contest, with his entry International Cart Racing.
Drew wins a stylish top of the line gift voucher for either Amazon or NewEgg to the value of $75.
December 06, 2005
This entry may contain traces of non-programming content.
... you've just bought The Pogues Fairytale of New York (this link requires iTunes, this one doesn't).
... you've just bought The Pogues Fairytale of New York (this link requires iTunes, this one doesn't).
December 05, 2005
This is a little later than I had expected it to be. To be honest, it was also a little longer, so I have decided to cut it into two parts.
I decided one afternoon that it might be a laugh to take a look into the guts of Firefox extension writing. It seemed most of the cool kids were at it, so I tho…
I decided one afternoon that it might be a laugh to take a look into the guts of Firefox extension writing. It seemed most of the cool kids were at it, so I tho…
November 26, 2005
Hello.
My name is Aidan Walsh. I am a 21 year old programmer, currently spending my time between repeating a year at college, and my 40-hour a week part time job as an administrator (IT guy, they call me) for a local hardware store owned by a not so local global conglomerate.
I have been a member of …
My name is Aidan Walsh. I am a 21 year old programmer, currently spending my time between repeating a year at college, and my 40-hour a week part time job as an administrator (IT guy, they call me) for a local hardware store owned by a not so local global conglomerate.
I have been a member of …
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