Category Archives: computing

iPhone Development on Windows & Linux with open source tools

Posted on July 21, 2009 by dreadpiratepj

Yesterday I presented at OSCON 2009. I spoke about how to use Eclipse and the iPhone-dev team’s GCC cross-compiler to develop for iPhone on Windows & Linux. I also spoke about XMLVM, an open source project that lets you develop … Continue reading →

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My first book is finally a go! Woo hoo!

Posted on June 4, 2009 by dreadpiratepj

From February to April, I was working evenings and weekends fulfilling a dream I’ve had for many decades: writing a book about a subject I really care about: game development. On June 22 2009, Apress is publishing a book I … Continue reading →

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Obligatory WordPress upgrade post #10101010 and other rumblings at Chez PJ

Posted on November 28, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

So today I updated WordPress to 2.6.5. And like every other time, it was a cinch, all over and done in less than five minutes. Thanks, WordPress guys! In other news, I have been geeking out with both the iPhone … Continue reading →

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Can You Hear The Wind Blow

Posted on October 24, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

Photo by liferfe. The mobile software market is becoming very exciting, and I’ve been watching with interest. I’ve been learning iPhone development for the last ten months, first with the jailbreak toolchain, and in the last six months with the … Continue reading →

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WordPress upgraded; loot awarded

Posted on May 5, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

When WordPress 2.5 was announced, I decided to stay on 2.3.x for a while. I finally upgraded to 2.5.1, and I’m glad. My Bad Behavior plugin was outdated, and WP offered to upgrade for me. It happened without a glitch. … Continue reading →

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Really excited about WordPress 2.5 upgrade

Posted on March 28, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

Over on the WordPress Development Blog, they’re pimping the upcoming WordPress 2.5 and the release candidates process before final release, and it sounds awesome. It includes a boatload of new features, but my favorite has got to be one-click plugin … Continue reading →

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Another article fresh out of the oven

Posted on March 15, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

I just got word from my editor at Developer.com that my latest article was published yesterday. The article is called “Writing Facebook Applications with Java EE” and you can find it here. The amount of information out there on writing … Continue reading →

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Obligatory WordPress upgrade post

Posted on February 6, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

Hiya, folks! As is tradition in most blogging circles, I’m posting to let you know I’ve upgraded WordPress to the latest version. My buddy Ken already beat me to it, as always. I upgraded the Bad Behavior plugin while I … Continue reading →

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Starting the new year right, three weeks late

Posted on January 20, 2008 by dreadpiratepj

I wanted to write this post before 2008 started, but better late than never, huh? – I’ve been working with Ruby on Rails for over 18 months now, and it continues to be a lot of fun. There are still … Continue reading →

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Much Railing Lately

Posted on May 15, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I’ve been at my new job only four weeks, and my first project is nearly finished. My task these past four weeks has been the re-implementation of the company’s website in Rails. I was to do this from scratch, while … Continue reading →

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