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I used to be a junior C# .NET developer and webdeveloper, but at the moment I'm working as an Embedded Linux developer, using mostly C/C++.

I'm trying to be up to date with advances of desktop/mobile operating systems, recently keeping eye on the future of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 as well as Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and its derivates (mainly Ubuntu Mobile).

I'm also a fan of multiplatform languages and frameworks. I mean not only C# .NET / Mono, but also Java, Python, PHP, and portable libraries and frameworks for C++ (QT, GTK)

In summer of 2007, this blog was started and occasionally updated.

Latest Blog Posts

Windows Vista and on my Asus A6R notebook

Thu, 23. August 2007, 20:19:38
total reads 3617 popularity 16%

My ASUS A6R notebook disassemble / dismantle

Sun, 5. August 2007, 01:20:07
total reads 6103 popularity 27%

ASUS A6R Ubuntu 8.10

Tue, 11. November 2008, 12:11:01
total reads 328 popularity 1%

Linux and Multimedia - Music Players and Music Managers

Sun, 26. October 2008, 06:22:22
total reads 123 popularity 1%

Thunderbird,Lighting and Google Calendar

Mon, 6. October 2008, 00:30:47
total reads 369 popularity 2%

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ASUS A6R

Component Subscore Base score
Processor 3.4
3.0
  Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM) 3.9
Graphics 4.1
Gaming graphics 3.0
Primary hard disk 3.8
Windows Vista (TM) Business

Home PC

Component Subscore Base score
Processor 5.3
5.3
  Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM) 5.9
Graphics 5.9
Gaming graphics 5.9
Primary hard disk 5.9
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium
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running
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron


ubuntu

ASUS A6R
running
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex


OpenSUSE

X-DEV
running
OpenSUSE 11.0


Fluxbuntu

ALIX.1C
running
Ubuntu 7.10


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About my blog

When I created this web I thought it would be mostly about Vista. But as my disappoinment grew about Vista's performance and the overall necessity of the features it has, I decided to give another try to using linux not only for server, but also for desktop. I ended up in running both my main DEV-PC and notebook the latest Ubuntu. Thus, there will be a Linux section from now on where I'll keep posts and guides on that topic.

However, I still use Vista for programming in Visual Studio 2008 and for Windows Mobile development, so you can expect there will be new posts on that topic too.

Latest blog posts

ASUS A6R Ubuntu 8.10

Tue, 11. November 2008, 12:11:01

This time the distribution upgrade went smoother than the one before, but yet there are some minor issues that needed some tweaking. Also, there are some remarks on the new HAL (Hardware Abstraction (Obstruction) Layer)

Read moreTags: Linux Ubuntu Asus A6R

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total reads 328 popularity 1%

Linux and Multimedia - Music Players and Music Managers

Sun, 26. October 2008, 06:22:22

Since I listen to music almost all the time, I built a small linux powered multimedia (almost) 'PC' for multimedia playback. This article results from my experience finding a good application to manage my music collection.

Read moreTags: Linux

0/10
total reads 123 popularity 1%

Thunderbird,Lighting and Google Calendar

Mon, 6. October 2008, 00:30:47

For anyone who wants to have all the calendar events shared and online.

Read moreTags: Linux

0/10
total reads 369 popularity 2%

Eclipse 3.3.2 (PDT), Java 1.6.0 and Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy

Sun, 5. October 2008, 03:26:30

I use Eclipse for C++, C, Java, PHP and Embedded Linux development, thus I try to maintain more or less recent version of all the plugins and Eclipse core itself. The new plugins required new Eclipse, so I had to remove the version packed with distribution and replace it with the new one. This, however, turned out to be quite painful.

Read moreTags: Linux Ubuntu Java

0/10
total reads 743 popularity 3%

Ubuntu Gutsy to Hardy 8.04 LTS Upgrade

Sun, 5. October 2008, 03:16:58

It's already a few weeks back that I upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy, but not until recently I got down to fixing all the issues I had to keep up with. This post is a short outline of the problems and their solutions.

Read moreTags: Linux Ubuntu

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total reads 449 popularity 2%

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<?php
require 'modules/final.php';

function DatetimeToDate ($datetime) {
	$year  = substr($datetime,0,4);
	$month = substr($datetime,5,2);
	$day   = substr($datetime,8,2);

	$hour = 
		substr(
			$datetime,
			strpos($datetime,"")+1,
			strpos($datetime,":")-strpos($datetime," ")-1
		);
	$minute = 
		substr(
			$datetime,
			strpos($datetime,":")+1,
			2
		);
		
	return "$day.$month.$year $hour:$minute";
}

function chradj($ascii){
	return chr($ascii+60);
}

$database = new my_mysql();
//$database->tables();
$database->set_table('mazoretky');
//var_dump($database->cols());
$fxsTargetCol=array( 'datetime', 'id' );
$fxs =array( 'DatetimeToDate', 'chradj' );
$fxsargs =array( array('%s'), array('%s') );

$newcols=array();
$usecol=array();
echo "ok";
$colnames="id,Datum a cas,misto,popis";
$database->table_out_fx_cols($fxsTargetCol,$fxs,$fxsargs);
//$database->form_out();
 

CAPTCHA - in user friendly way

Fri, 15. February 2008, 15:08:54

As probably all of us, even I have to deal with an enormous ammount of spam and other forms of internet abusal. There are many reliable ways that have been invented to prevent computer/robot-based spamming, but most of them are user-unfriendly. In the following lines, I'd like to offer some better solutions.

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total reads 326 popularity 1%

If I should buy a new PC today, it would be ...

Sun, 18. November 2007, 21:36:23

For a long time a wanted to keep an up to date list of components I would use in my new hypothetical computer. As ussual, I choose the best price/value-ers, that an average person like me could afford. The overall goal is that the price of the "testacles" should not exceed 1000$.

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total reads 405 popularity 2%

My new Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v2

Thu, 30. August 2007, 19:08:32

Since I was doing a lot of programming recently, I thought it might be a good idea to make my work more comfortable. So I bought this great desktop set from Microsoft. There were other possibilities, but this one won on value/performance.

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total reads 2243 popularity 10%

My ASUS A6R notebook disassemble / dismantle

Sun, 5. August 2007, 01:20:07

I had to replace my notebook HDD, so by that way I took some snapshots and took some useful notes.

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total reads 6103 popularity 27%
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