XMPP software documentation
In an attempt to dust off my neglected blog, I bring you the following post about something that has been nagging at me for the past couple of days. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 3, 11:54pm
Who am I?
I asked this very question, and found my answer: Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Ubuntu on my new laptop (+ how-to)
Yes, my laptop (Toshiba A100-062) did arrive, and yes I had installed Ubuntu within the hour :) Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
New Laptop
Finally I ordered a laptop for myself. I've been saving up for a while, but now I will be able to use my GSoC money towards it also. It should be arriving this week. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Versioning FIle System
I haven't tried it, but the idea is a good one. Every time you create, modify, or delete a file, Ext3Cow records the changed part of the file in a different place on the disk, preserving the old data that was in the file. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Making Scite the default editor in GNOME (Ubuntu)
For too long I was fighting with gedit, the default text editor in Ubuntu. While it is not too bad, Scite is far more powerful, and much better. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
First week of Summer of Code
The coding period of Google Summer of Code has officially started (since the 28th of May). A meeting was held on Tuesday for students and mentors working on Jabber projects. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
C and C++
I think it is quite true to an extent... Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
ObsidianLake: Another quarrel with my good friend...
In Paul's recent post about whether Linux is ready for the desktop, he debates whether there is a demand for Linux, and asks: Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
The Linux shell, a new user's friend?
Paul made another post yesterday, about the merits of the Linux text shell, and whether it was an ideal interface for new Linux users to have to learn. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Summer of Code - Week 1 summary
As promised I shall give some update on my progress with the project so far. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Vote!
I just found this site, The Webware 100 in which Jabber appears next to many other networks and IM-related websites. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Summer of Code final update
As of 20th August Google's Summer of Code program has officially ended. Students must upload code produced up until the deadline to Google's hosting, and are only judged on work up to that date. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Summer of Code Update
This week has been a good one for my project, despite my being ill for a few days of it. Firstly, I completed my initial implementation of multiple connections! I say 'initial' because it is currently only tested and working with one server (OpenFire), and I will be testing more, and likely fixing bugs, in the next few days. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
A sign of Jabber's increasing popularity?
Some of you reading this are regulars in the Jabber MUC at jabber@conference.jabber.org. This MUC is referenced on www.jabber.org, and is the default room to join in many clients. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Links round-up
The oldest post in my post cache that may be applicable... Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Summer of Code Update
Time for an update on my progress with my project, now we are halfway through GSoC... Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Summer of Code Update
This post is somewhat delayed, for a variety of reasons, and from today I'll hopefully be posting more regularly again. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Summer of Code Progress
In the past 2 weeks, I have tried every server-side BOSH implementation I can find (although more are always finding me!), and all have their individual problems with my client... Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
GNOME 2.20 released
...and it looks like I will be sticking with GNOME for another 6 months after all! Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Jabber Abuse Handling
No blog post since... when? Never mind :) Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
Open Discussion Day 2008
Open Discussion Day (19th May) is very nearly upon us! Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
IM Barking
Over the weekend my brother found an old toy of his... a "robotic" dog. It has two functions, walking and "barking" (where bark is more of a squeak). Unfortunately the controller for these said functions had been put beyond practical repair by leaked batteries. I cut the controller off and wondered what uses I could put the thing to. A solution looking for a problem. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
irssi notifications over Jabber (or IRC barking)
Thanks to daubers (the brains behind the XMPP doorbell) who suggested it, I now have irssi highlights sent directly to my Jabber client. Quite a handy thing since only yesterday I logged in to find several PMs awaiting me from 4 days ago. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am
How to recover an Ubuntu/Linux PC
People often claim that Linux is more stable than Windows. Without hard statistics, this can't really be proven. One thing I do know however, is that when things go wrong it is much easier to recover a Linux PC than a Windows one, without restarting. In this post I will explain what to do, in easy steps, to get your Linux back running as safely as possible. Read more...
Matthew's Technology Blog, May 1, 11:53am