Category Archives: Rants

Sniffing Android Emulator

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

The emulator shipped with ADT is a great tool for both early stage framework development and late stage application development. A large majority of the Android emulator users will only use a small portion of the features for app development. … Continue reading →

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Speeding up AOSP Builds

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

The Android Development Tools (ADT) is a massive project and is very well done. Getting your hands on and compiling the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is very easy too. So easy you’ll quickly want to improve your compile performance. … Continue reading →

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WiX Custom Action Sequencing

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

WiX is an open source project sponsored by Microsoft that exposes its operating system installer functionality via XML elements. The nuances of this declarative technology and inconsistent syntax have given birth to an entire classification of engineers in the software … Continue reading →

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Immersive – The Code Inception

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

I snapped this photo the moment before I wrote the first line of code for Immersive. I was on an extended month long vacation with friends in Kauai, Hawaii. The trip was a celebration of life for my good late … Continue reading →

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The Pace of Innovation – Is Singularity Possible?

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Resistance is futile. Over the last century our society has innovated at an ever increasing rate  and machines have come to play a dominate role in our homes and every commercial industry. In just 12 decades mankind has seen the advancement of … Continue reading →

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Will Python ever be taken seriously?

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

I’ve been writing Python for almost a year now and have been pleasantly surprised by the language. Even though Python has been around for a few decades now it still hasn’t been widely accepted as a production grade programming language. … Continue reading →

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Web Apps – The More Custom The Better

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

I’m a big fan of the WebKit Qt framework integration. It will without a doubt change the face of web based content delivery over the next few decades (previous post). By far the most powerful aspect of this integration is … Continue reading →

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Leaders With Over-Inflated Egos

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Today I ran across a blog post from a former professor in grad school titled “a reminder for managers and leaders” and contained just the following picture. As soon as I saw this I knew I had to write my … Continue reading →

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Python – Love / Hate

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

This is what I hate about Python: 1) Really bad at managing threads. 2) All properties require “self” keyword. 3) Inheritance is supported but can be difficult to invoke. 4) Private members are difficult to encapsulate. 5) More difficult to … Continue reading →

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Git – Free Corporate Code

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

I find it amazing how much corporate code is still locked down behind bars with CVS. Even though its the least useful reversion control system, its still the most widely used. Don’t get me wrong, 20 years ago CVS was a monumental … Continue reading →

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