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How not to fix a compilation error

Submitted by illogic-al on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 20:55

Step 1. Once you think you've identified the problem and come up with a fix, forget to check it and declare the problem fixed.
Step 2. Apply your fix to the public repository and break functionality for everyone else.
Step 3. Declare you fix to the world.
Step 4. Once someone has pointed this out to you, take your time trying to figure out what went wrong.
Step 5. After confirming that you actually have a fix this time. Push your changes globally yet again.
Step 7. Look for any code which needs to be cleaned up after the fact and make changes as necessary.

What dbus is going on?

Submitted by illogic-al on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 18:44

I compiled the qt 4.4 RC on mac yesterday and afterwards none of my KDE apps were working. Since KDE 4.0 dbus (which i am beginning to loathe) has been required for KDE to do whatever it does. No dbus = no gui. For some reason after compiling the RC qt apps don't connect to my d-bus. I know, you see what I did there.
Whatever, my point is this shit is seriously cramping my style. I have an Amarok .app package that needs making and crap like this is making my life harder than it has to be.
Guess I'll check back in in a week or two. Really hate dbus now. Seriously.

Wow, that looks horrible

Submitted by illogic-al on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 14:04

So KDE 4.1-svn edition still looks like utter crap on OS X. Especially with the oxygen theme enabled. Sucks that KDE GUI elements don't align properly with Qt's Mac style then doesn't it...

My website looks awesome

Submitted by illogic-al on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 22:17

Thank you drupal. I've finally given up making custom websites and doing everything by hand. I'm currently learning my way around drupal and even working out a few bugs in themes as I go.
I'm also modifying this theme to suit my personal preferences more as time goes by. This is actually a fun, and nice departure from the rigors of job hunting and teaching myself c++, and fighting with xcode, and bending kde on mac to my will (still working on that one) etc, etc.

Ah, cripes. I have to do work now.

Submitted by illogic-al on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 16:49

OK, time to start whining again. nhn maliciously and willfully tricked me into trying to un-Qt3Supportify amarok's codebase. By maliciously I mean he seemed nothing but enthusiastic when I volunteered to do it. And by willfully I mean he (along with hydrogen) were being overtly (sic) helpful whenever I ran into trouble. Clearly something foul is afoot, and I will not rest until I get to the bottom of it!

What's that thing right there?

Submitted by illogic-al on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 16:44

There are things. Things I believe I should not have to know. Things I wish I did not know. And then there are other things, things which, whether I want to know them or not, are so pertinent to the issues at hand that it would be fatal to not know them. This is one of those things. This too.

Maah Föcker

Submitted by illogic-al on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 15:23

Xine. Xine-lib. Xine. Xine. Xine. Seen. I hate, nay loathe you. My contempt for you burns brighter than the sun in the noonday sky. It burns whiter than dying star immediately preceding supernovadom. And yet, like a battered wife, I keep coming back for more. Is it because I think I love you? Is it because I'm scared? Is it because at the moment there just isn't anything better?
Yes.

As we proceed, to give me what I need...

Submitted by illogic-al on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 15:10

I don't know why I do this. Eventually I get bored with it and just let it lie stagnant. Unmaintained. Ignored. I'm speaking about my website of course. Or what passes for it. As is hinted at by my banner it's a "Brand New Day". Comic book fans (Spider-Man comic book fans specifically) will recognize this as the tagline for the first story arc after the Spidey books were "rebooted". Think of it as a less convoluted version of Infinity Crisis, for Spidey, while still being an awesome read.

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