pretention

a standard set of refactoring steps for C and C++

Mon, 20 Oct 08 09:52:13 GMT

While working on a large C++ project with another consultant, I started trying to codify some iterative steps for what we have been doing.

attempts to rip/watch bluray movies in ubuntu hardy

Sun, 01 Jun 08 04:43:59 GMT

I hit a dead end trying to watch BluRay discs under hardy, but here's some links and the issues I had.

gotchas with ubuntu hardy release candidate

Tue, 22 Apr 08 05:33:20 GMT

A couple of disappointing aspects of Hardy that do not appear to be getting fixed before release.

heads up for potential XBox 360 buyers

Mon, 14 Apr 08 02:11:28 GMT

A friend of mine just returned his XBox360 and got a PS3 instead. Why?

recent drops in DishHD audio and video quality

Sun, 13 Apr 08 06:34:22 GMT

Some weird artifacts, robot voices...

Matt's Bargain Basement Summer Of Code

Sun, 06 Apr 08 05:12:33 GMT

Some small things I would like to fund, if anyone is interested. It only counts if it is approved by a source/package maintainer and/or included in Ubuntu's repository. Inclusion in the upstream repository would also be nice. Note the dependencies between some of these. The units here are in EUR, by the way. Please contact me via email at matt<>use!net if you are interested.

using Visual Studio 2003 SP1 with the XDK

Thu, 06 Mar 08 04:06:32 GMT

I am familiar enough with VS2003 to know that SP1 is a necessity. Unfortunately, the XDK will only install on a naked VS2003. Here's how I worked around it.

bypassing the visual studio 2003 upgrade check

Sun, 03 Feb 08 12:48:37 GMT

Many moons ago, I had my Visual Studio 2002 CDs and was able to use my VS 2003 upgrade. Those CDs are long gone and I had to cheat a bit.

xbox game reviews for 2007

Mon, 28 Jan 08 17:39:15 GMT

Geoff and I played a number of great XBox games this year, many of which were really good and $2-$10 at the local Gamestop. I've added a number rating by reader request.

oh, it's moving..

Thu, 24 Jan 08 13:12:52 GMT

amusing work snippet

HOWTO: skype 2.0 under kubuntu with an HP pavilion web cam

Tue, 22 Jan 08 11:24:40 GMT

Skype 2.0 is working with the web cam integrated in my HP laptop! under KUbuntu Gutsy, even! This was enough of a chore I wanted to document it for the search engines.

tech predictions for 2008

Mon, 14 Jan 08 18:39:36 GMT

A few tech predictions for 2008..

thoughts on the November 2007 xbox360 backward compatibility update

Thu, 29 Nov 07 14:53:36 GMT

More of a mixed bag than other updates, but welcome nonetheless.

what I'm watching on TV

Mon, 29 Oct 07 02:35:16 GMT

The TV shows I'm enjoying right now, am not interested in, and am disappointed by.

what programming language are you?

Thu, 20 Sep 07 21:22:32 GMT

An amusing quiz with a surprising result.

my book is out!

Thu, 20 Sep 07 21:18:45 GMT

The book project I worked on for about a year is now available.

my xbox360 xmas wish

Mon, 27 Aug 07 10:59:18 GMT

My wish(es) for the rumored Xbox360 Ultimate Edition.

javascript fun fact: sticking the wrong things into style properties will silently fail (almost)

Mon, 27 Aug 07 06:47:34 GMT

Some major head scratching with my pair this week when a style.height assignment in JavaScript just wasn't taking hold.

more iframe JsUnit testing suckage

Mon, 27 Aug 07 06:32:51 GMT

Yet another way IFRAMEs can get in the way of doing JsUnit tests..

2003 time capsule: clusterable, fault-injecting virtual machines

Thu, 16 Aug 07 08:40:23 GMT

In 2003, I spec'd out a full product design and implementation plan for a fault-injecting virtual machine to automatically find exploitable bugs in a highly scalable fashion with little to no false positives. Here are my thoughts 4 years later now that similar ideas are being made public.