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24
Feb 2013
Getting Started: Emacs & C++ (w/ cmake) (On the fly syntax highlighting)
I am a recent convert to emacs. My vast majority of development is in Java EE and I have not found an easy way to get t...
31
Jan 2013
WARN - Missing artifact descriptor for XXX
Working on an Arquillian test deployment which had some library changes recently, I ran into the following error. ``` ...
03
Nov 2011
Gnome Desktop Inaccessible After Screensaver Kicks in [1103]
Yesterday, I [mentioned a problem that I\'ve been having](http://drone-ah.com/2011/11/02/saving-your-workspace-window-c...
08
Jun 2011
First Love
The first phone I ever got was a Motorola Startac 70. This was back in 98 or so, a flip phone and I still remember it e...
15
Dec 2009
Perfect Linux
According to [Brian Lunduke](http://lunduke.com/?page_id=2){ [Ubuntu 9.10 is almost perfect](http://lunduke.com/?p=815 ...
03
Feb 2009
Customisation
Being an avid Linux user for users, I am seriously spoilt in terms of being able to customise everything / anything to ...
31
Jan 2009
Controversy
We have never been shy about voicing our opinions or being controversial. While discussing some PR requirements recentl...
13
Jan 2009
On top of Tasktop
My post about [tracking time](http://drone-ah.com/2008/12/13/your-time/ "Your Time [words on sand]") attracted the atte...
01
Jan 2009
Proprietary FSF
I have always a big fan and proponent of the FSF and having recently been interested in researching for a project came ...
28
Dec 2008
Eclipse TPTP on Ubuntu (64bit)
I run ubuntu 64 bit (technically, I run an ubuntu 64bit vserver which I access from ubuntu 32 bit but thats not really ...
15
Dec 2008
Breaking Software Down
[Jeff Atwood likens software development to tending a garden.](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000987.html "T...
12
Dec 2008
Evil Linux
I received an [interesting link](http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/965/1049965/school-teacher-bans-linux "School...