kconfigure is a KDE build tool for the autoconfig build environment. It allows you to perform build configurations, compile, and install capabilities from inside of a GUI. I have been working on it as a side project for the last 3 months or so and have finally completed work on Version 2.0 . If you get a chance, come and check it out. It’s my first “hard core” contribution to KDE; and it even got me a free iPod mini. Who says that Open Source doesn’t pay.
Month: October 2004
Kessler’s Farm
Heather needed to post some pictures for school, so I present to you Kessler’s Farm
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kdexecutor is a record and playback tool for Qt and KDE applications. It allows for “pre-scripted” automation of GUI applications by remembering the events that are executed within your application. Its a wonderfully useful tool for developing and testing Qt and KDE programs. There is even a free version for GPL’ed KDE development; and it works on all platforms Qt works on.
and half the songs are crap
It looks like Wal-Mart and the top 3 record labels are in a battle over the price of CD’s. All I can say is GOOD! Its about time that someone point out that CD’s (which are much cheaper to produce than cassette tapes, but cost more) are way overpriced for what you get. I can buy a new DVD for less than the cost of the latest 50 cent album. Think of it this way: DVD’s cost more to make, the content costs more to make, the amount of content is significantly more… so which “product” costs more on the store shelves? CD’s. It will be nice to see one monopoly take care of another monopoly.
The Plan
Substitute President and Vice President with Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner; and you have my life.
In the beginning was the plan.
And then came the Assumptions.
And the Assumptions were without form.
And the Plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the Workers.
And then came the Assumptions.
And the Assumptions were without form.
And the Plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the Workers.
And they spoke among themselves, saying,
“It is a crock of shit, and it stinketh.”
And the Workers went unto their Supervisors and said,
“It is a pail of dung, and none may abide the odor thereof.”
And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying,
“It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong,
such that none may abide by it.”
And the Managers went unto their Directors, saying,
“It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.”
And the Directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another,
“It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong.”
And the Directors then went unto the Vice-Presidents, saying unto them,
“It promotes growth, and it is very powerful.”
And the Vice-Presidents went unto the President, saying unto him,
“This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigor
of the company, with powerful effects.”
And the President Looked upon the Plan, and saw that it was good.
And the Plan became Policy.
Its not the size that counts
I have been looking for a fairly full featured, modern, OS that I could put on an old 386 router/gateway/firewall. The solution I am currently trying is Damn Small Linux. Its a Knoppix based Linux OS with apt support. The install disk can fit on a credit card sized CD ROM and can be run either from the CD or install locally to disk. Its only about 50 meg is size, so it cannot have a huge software library; but who give a shit as long as it has apt support.
A Breif Review of a Book
A Short History of the Future is book designed to give form to the utopia ideal of every liberal college professor I have ever had. I bought the book on the dollar table at my college almost four years ago on a recommendation of one of my friends. You would think I would know better. Some of the more interesting (ok, maybe not) concepts covered in the book are “Democratic Communism” (yes, the author was attempting to be serious) and “Absolute Relativism.”
The book covers in earnest a 210 year period starting in 1990 or so. The version I read was actually the second edition. The first addition was written, went to press, and was so ridiculously wrong in its predictions that they had to come out with a new addition (who’d a guessed the USSR would loose the cold war.) Basic plot goes like this. Take Marxist revolutionary theory, give it a 200 year time line, remove everything professors always ignore about communism (darn it, why is it that censorship, oppression, and removal of individual liberties always gets in the way of a good communist government.) That’s is the entire book. It lacked originality, vision, and was overall just a bad book.
I am writing this review as nothing more than a warning. It is not the worst collegiate literature I have ever read, but it can definitely claim its place with some of them.