Category Archives: General

How not to handle a bug report

I recently submitted a bug report to Qt software, the results were less than impressive. One thing I’d like to make clear though is that Qt is an amazing library that I would recommend to any c++ software developer, I … Continue reading

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Flash accidentally subverts the privacy mode of newer browsers?

Pretty much all of the popular browsers now support a “private browsing” mode. The whole concept of this mode is to prevent any history of your browsing activities from being recorded. The problem is that there is nothing forcing browser … Continue reading

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How not to maintain an API

So I’ve been working on my graphing code for EDB.  I was eventually able create a Qt widget which natively  renders a graphviz graph layout. It actually works quite nicely, you can create an ordinary graphviz graph either in memory … Continue reading

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Fun with graphs

So I figured that I would post some of the progress with EDB. I’ve been very happy with the function analysis engine that I developed, but there is one thing that it completely ignores, basic block analysis. Of course in … Continue reading

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Micro-optimization is stupid

I tend to frequent the website stackoverflow.com. It’s a fantastic website. It allows knowlege to be shared in a unique way. The only problem is, some people have no idea what they are talking about. If there are enough people … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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