Posted on October 3, 2012
Github and code review
I first wrote a post in March 2012 about code review with SVN. Since then, we’ve switched to Github and it’s awesome. Github isn’t free, buts its very inexpensive and amazing. Inline comments, automatic issue tracking, and you… Read More
Posted on September 29, 2012
IPv6 Subnet Calculator
I wrote a tool to organize subnet addressing for IPv6 Demo | Source Code A little about IPv6 An IPv6 address is 128-bits and commonly represented as eight colon separated groups with each group consisting of four hexadecimal digits. For the… Read More
Posted on September 23, 2012
How to make Chrome use Deluge for magnet links in Fedora
Sep 2014 update: This was written for Fedora 17. Apparently the desktop file has been renamed to deluge.desktop (the sane choice). The three things you need to know: 1) Unlike Firefox, Chrome uses xdg-open to choose the default… Read More
Posted on September 21, 2012
How to install Compiz on Fedora 17 XFCE Spin
Let’s just be clear, this is not for the faint of heart. Why isn’t Compiz in the Fedora 17 repos? Compiz is a replacement window manager for the GNOME window manager called Metacity. When GNOME 3 came out… Read More
Posted on April 18, 2012
iPad and iPhone Web Frameworks
Sencha Touch This is the gold standard of iPad web frameworks. It’s amazing (and free!), check out the kitchen sink demo. Project Page
Posted on April 10, 2012
Draughts, my first android game
Made with Unity3D, coded in C# https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colinrrobinson.draughts
Posted on April 7, 2012
How to free up space in rootfs on Arch Linux
Is your rootfs partition at 100% and causing you problems? I’ve been hovering around 95%-100% for a few weeks now. Being at 95% is fine, but 100% can cause all kinds of problems. I was testing a form… Read More
Posted on March 19, 2012
Code Review
Where I work, we have a lot of new developers and people still learning the languages. When learning a language, being able to get feedback on your code is an invaluable learning asset. It lets the more experienced programmers help teach the… Read More
Posted on March 19, 2012
How do you measure productivity?
How do you measure your productivity while writing code? Judging a program’s success by lines of code (LOC) is like judging how successful an airplane is by its weight. Consider a more modern approach from Agile development called Weighted Micro… Read More
Posted on November 14, 2011
Permalinks for Hierarchical Custom Post Types
June 2013 update: This plugin is not actively developed. If you want to use this plugin with the latest version of WordPress, you should reference the source code on github and hopefully that will help you develop your… Read More