tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138411452011-11-27T18:28:29.445-05:00Snippets, source code, and anything else that happens to roll its way onto the Internet.James Allennoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-84980928703384366602010-04-09T07:27:00.003-04:002010-04-09T07:29:53.996-04:00

I have copied all the posts that were on this blog to consolidate them into my main blog:http://jamesmallen.netIf you're looking to comment on any content posted here, please find it at the above URL and comment there!

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-50342638638771819252007-05-12T12:20:00.000-04:002007-05-12T12:22:17.203-04:00

Well, the problems I had with resolutions during installation were not isolated to the LiveCD - alas, even though I now have Ubuntu 7.04 installed, I am unable to set my resolution higher than 800x600. I'm Googling for a solution, and will update this post as I make progress.

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-47452963557302412007-05-12T11:03:00.000-04:002007-05-12T11:14:15.365-04:00

Well, that was quick before I ran into a problem! During the first boot on my desktop computer (pre-installation), Ubuntu defaulted to run in 800x600. This wouldn't seem like a huge deal for me during the installation process - however, the installer needs a few more vertical pixels than that. The "next" buttons for the wizard weren't visible/clickable at all!I tried changing the screen

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-73807853947890892362007-05-12T10:38:00.000-04:002007-05-12T10:58:45.374-04:00

Ever since Mac OS X was rolled out in the University of Michigan computer labs, I've considered myself a multi-platform computer user. I use different OS's for different tasks - most of my development and work-related tasks are done on a Windows machine, while I use my Powerbook for casual browsing/e-mail and music-related tasks.My work with Linux was typically limited to console-based use,

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-45342099879849108242007-03-19T16:37:00.000-04:002007-03-19T17:31:02.120-04:00

A client of mine recently came to me needing a way of accessing his company's "central office" computer remotely. "Well, that's quite a coincidence," I said, and proceeded to tell him about PC Takeout (which, at $0, is definitely the right price). However, I could tell that he was interested in something a bit more permanent and responsive - having to go through a web browser to access the

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-70790337432932440942007-03-16T23:13:00.000-04:002007-03-19T18:57:46.650-04:00

Lately, I've been interested in the use of Virtual Machines, fueled in part by the free-ness of products such as VMWare Server and Virtual PC 2007. For a couple months I've been using Microsoft's IE6Test virtual machine in Virtual PC 2004. I do a lot of freelance web development, and as such, I need to test in various web browsers.Virtual PC 2004 has gotten the job done for its intended purpose -

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-47193981512314084182007-02-06T16:49:00.000-05:002007-02-06T17:08:17.569-05:00

A couple days ago I quietly put a website up on the Internet that has been several months in the making. It is now my pleasure to introduce you to... PC Takeout!It takes some of the principles from my Java VNC over SSH post and applies them to a more general audience. For those unfamiliar with that post, it's a free, open to the public service similar to GoToMyPC.I've made a couple changes since

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-1130969021174361502005-11-02T15:33:00.000-05:002005-11-02T17:03:41.236-05:00

I've been doing some graphic design work lately, and I've been trying to make a much better effort to do things using vector format rather than raster. Photoshop (Version 6.0, no less!) is still my favorite image editing app, but I've realized just how powerful path/shape layers with effects applied to them are.I found some shapes at the Open Clip Art Library that I wanted to use in Photoshop.

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-1124909561733220292005-08-24T14:20:00.000-04:002005-08-24T14:54:36.853-04:00

Google Talk went live yesterday. It's their new IM "service" - there's a bunch of interesting aims for it, though. Check out their page Developer Info page that goes into depth about Google Talk and Open Communications - the jist of it is that they want to contribute to an IM network that uses the same protocol among different users, but allows users to choose what client and which specific

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-1122742442777770732005-07-31T21:57:00.000-04:002005-07-31T21:59:42.826-04:00

My dad has two computers in different parts of the state. He recently got this computer-controlled weather station (sorry, no link at this point) that records all sorts of information about the outdoor and indoor temperature. The station's software has a "Remote Publishing" feature and e-mail reports, but he wanted the ability to actually see what it's showing in near-realtime.He came across the

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-1119359830686986722005-06-21T09:12:00.000-04:002005-08-28T16:47:08.750-04:00

I read a comment on Slashdot yesterday and was intrigued by it. A poster (admittedly off-topic) was lamenting the lack of a really cool and functional drop-down console for Windows, similar to the tilde-enabled console for Quake. I too thought this was a really cool idea, I decided to investigate it myself. I was unable to find any software product currently out there (free or otherwise) that

James Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13841145.post-1119358928623313362005-06-21T08:58:00.000-04:002005-06-21T09:12:12.433-04:00

This is not another blog. I have had more blogs die than pets (which I suppose is a rather morbid comparison...).The purpose of this is to post anything random that I wish would be posted on the Internet, somehow, somewhere, and then trust the Google overlords to index it and thus archive it for posterity. I don't know that Blogger is the best way to post source code, but we'll see how it works

James Allennoreply@blogger.com