Author Archives: Evan Teran
It Lives!
It’s official, I’ve gotten the core component of EDB to compile on Vista! It took a lot of effort and to be honest, some working around various compiler bugs. But step #1 has been completeled. Next I’ll have to port … Continue reading
GTA IV Actually Discourages Attacking Police
I’ve been a huge fan of the GTA series ever since GTA 3 came out. It is a genuinely fun game which gives you your money’s worth of entertainment. The plots have been good and the missions are hard enough … Continue reading
How Microsoft Could Have Handled Compatibility In Vista
So I’ve been using Windows Vista for a while on my desktop and have been generally happy. The system is stable, most features work as expected, and let’s be honest, it looks really nice. One thing that has constantly frustrated … Continue reading
Time to update older UI toolkits?
My favorite editor of choice for the past 10 years has been nedit, it is a wonderfully simple yet complete GUI based text editor with a focus on development. It has all of the basics that I need; syntax highlighting, … Continue reading
Linux’s ptrace API sucks!
I love Linux, as a developer, I find the tools available suit my style of work perfectly. Sometimes the tool that I want isn’t available. That’s OK though, because whenever I can, I try to contribute. I do a lot … Continue reading
Windows Vista doesn’t suck
First let me say that I wouldn’t classify myself as a Microsoft advocate. I have a Linux box I use for my daily work and a Windows machine for both work and play. I am however, an early adopter. So … Continue reading
Why do AMD and Intel insist on making virtualization complex?
OK, So I was reading up on the new virtualization architectures that both AMD and Intel introduced. My first reaction…why the heck did they make it so unnecessarily complex?
Windows on x86 and 4GB of RAM
A few months ago I decided to get a shiny new gaming system from Dell. I eventually decided to go with the XPS 720 with pretty much all the bells and whistles I thought were reasonable. One of which was … Continue reading