September 14, 2017 [Java, Maven] Today I was trying to make a simple tarball of a project + its dependent jar using the maven-assembly-plugin. I know this is a terrible way to do anything, but hey, just in case someone else wants to do something just as terrible,…
Read More September 20, 2017 [Programming, Tech] I have been working on a prototype level editor for Rabbit Escape, and I’ve had trouble getting the layout I wanted: a toolbar at the side or top of the screen, and the rest a zoomable workspace. Something like this is very common…
Read More Today I found I could not connect out through my proxy server with FileZilla It stopped working when I changed my password to something containing a double quote “. The solution? Change to use WinSCP. PakarPBN A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are…
Read More October 10, 2017 [Programming Languages, Python, Tech, Writing] My OpenMarket colleagues and I ran a workshop at TECH(K)NOW Day on how to write your own programming language: A big thank you to my colleagues from OpenMarket who volunteered to help: Rowan, Jenny, Zach, James and Elliot. An extra…
Read More January 07, 2018 [Games, Raspberry Pi] Stop! This blog post is out of date – see Recording gameplay videos on RetroPie for a live version in codeberg that may be more helpful. Credits: this is a slightly corrected and shortened version of How To Record A GamePlay Video…
Read More January 19, 2018 [Pepper, Programming Languages, Tech] Series: Examples, Questions I have restarted my effort to make a new programming language that fits the way I like things. I haven’t pushed any code yet, but I have made a lot of progress in my head to understand what…
Read More January 22, 2018 [Pepper, Programming, Programming Languages, Rust, Tech] Series: Examples, Questions My last post Examples of Pepper3 code was a reply to my friend’s email asking what it was all about. They replied with some questions, and I thought the questions and answers might shed some more…
Read More February 06, 2018 [git, Tech] Today I wanted to fix a Git repo that contained some bad commits (i.e. git fsck complained about them). [I wanted to do this because GitLab was not allowing me to push the bad commits.] I wanted the code to look exactly as…
Read More February 09, 2018 [Pepper, Programming, Programming Languages, Tech] I am trying to practice documentation-driven development in Pepper3, so every time I start on an area, I will write documentation explaining how it works, and include examples that are automatically verified during the build. I’ve started work on lexing,…
Read More February 16, 2018 [Tech] If, like me, you are this person: (Source: xkcd.com/1782) You may want to fix the stupid :slightly_smiling_face: messages you receive from Slack via the IRC gateway. Obviously, I’d prefer they went away entirely, but it’s still better to see a character than being spammed…
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