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Evas running on WebOS, Palm Pre

xcomp — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:51:50 +0000

Palm’s wonderful WebOS operating system that powers the Pre and Pixi was recently updated to version 1.3.5, bringing the joys of SDL, OpenGL ES and hardware graphics acceleration.

I now have Evas running on my Palm Pre. Below is a demo video. For web OS developers who have been looking for an easy way to develop apps with great graphics effects, Evas and the rest of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries are a great option. You can download the Expedite demo used in the video here and try it out on your own Palm Pre.

Introducing FourPointers

xcomp — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:23:45 +0000

I’ve decided to spin off a new sports-oriented blog, FourPointers. Go ahead, subscribe.

Stupidity is bad for your health.

xcomp — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:49:48 +0000

$900 for “3 Sony Playstation” systems? What a deal!

Somehow I don’t feel sorry for the buyer.

Back from the Dead

xcomp — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:42:30 +0000

Yes, it’s a miracle. The site is back. Everything. The day runneth over with rejoicing.

Read all about it over at the Xcomputerman.NET blog.

Jubilee

xcomp — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:48:10 +0000

Freenode Goes Down In Flames

xcomp — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:11:29 +0000

So Freenode just collapsed about 10 minutes ago, knocked everybody off and the servers are unreachable. This shortly after the following Global notice that left everyone scratching their heads:

(22:44:59) -ratbert(i=ratbert@freenode/staff/pdpc.levin)- [Global notice] I am a fat ***hole, who loves abuse, die (22:45:11) -ratbert(i=ratbert@freenode/staff/pdpc.levin)- DCC SEND YOUAREALLJUDENLOL

Not sure whether the servers were hacked or it’s a drunk op out of control. Developing…

Update @11:16pm
Network is back up. That was quick. I wonder what happened…so far it’s looking like just an out-of-control op.

Update:
Freenode was hacked.

(23:24:35) -th6thdh6hg(n=levin@tor/session/external/x-c889f3d38641b2fb)-
          [Global Notice] Hi all. We've obviously had a compromise. We believe
          it may be limited, but we're looking at it now, and obviously we may
          be wrong. Apologies for the difficulties.

Ahh, Socialist Romance

xcomp — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:30:28 +0000

Cindy ‘Mama Moonbat’ Sheehan locks lips with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez (sorry for ruining your appetite, guys).

A caption competition waiting to happen, obviously (“Moonbat Mountain”, “Not enough beer in the world…”), but none could possibly capture the moment with such creativity as this guy.

Google gyps Yahoo again?

xcomp — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:00:09 +0000

Discovered a link to Gmail in Yahoo’s headline list today while reading their news pages. Either someone at Yahoo made a copy-paste error or someone at Google managed to sneak it into Yahoo’s headline feeds …

The full size version is here, in case it gets taken down.

Happy New Year

xcomp — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:09:13 +0000

Xcomputerman.com will ring in the new year on a brand spankin’ new server. And yeah, I finally found a use for that .net domain name!

Merry Christmas

xcomp — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:28:15 +0000

Slowly but surely, I’m starting to catch a whiff of this “Christmas spirit” thing.

Need A Getaway Car

xcomp — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:16:01 +0000

I’m staring unaware cause I’m in the zone
It moves in like a fog on a seaside road
Paralyzed by the signs and the deafening tone
I’m on a lock like a jock with a broken bone
I can see the real game and I want to get in it
I can read your headline and I am dying to spin it
Man down in the clutches of his own desire
I got to find the kind of speed that will put out a fire

… Well actually I’m not the poetic type. That’s why I just shamelessly copied lyrics from TobyMac. But the song kinda fits the mood. Between my semester project, final programming assignment and intense pressure at work, sometimes I just want to get away from it all. But I know I can do this, and I’ll get it done. Two more weeks.

(This gratuitous post brought to you by peer pressure from the one and only Faith.)

Go Astros Go

xcomp — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:25:43 +0000

New Season

xcomp — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:09:44 +0000

There’s something about a good storm that turns your life upside down and sets you in the right direction. Back in Houston now and picking up where I left off, except that I’m not exactly picking up where I left off … there’s something about the calm after the storm. Putting things together again, not exactly the way they were before I left them. It’s a fresh outlook, a new day altogether. The blistering heat wave has finally left Houston, and suddenly life is better than it ever was. As weird as it may sound, I am thankful for this storm.

Dodged a bullet

xcomp — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:46:22 +0000

So far it looks like Rita is going to turn out to be a non-story for us. Thank God he answered our prayers and spared us from the fury of this storm. So far no casualties reported in the entire affected area, but we have to continue to pray since there are usually a lot more casualties due to the flooding afterwards in situations like this…have to be particularly concerned about Northeast Texas where the storm is expected to stall and dump a lot of rain.

At this time I highly doubt we will be returning to Houston until sometime on Sunday. The gas situation is still a major concern, and right now I-45 is still getting pounded by rain. Hopefully the return will be much less chaotic than the exodus was. I’d certainly like to be able to make it back to Houston in under 10 hours at the most.

And now we watch.

xcomp — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:57:43 +0000

We finally made it to our hotel in the Dallas area this afternoon. That was after a 15-hour trip from Houston – a trip that should normally be 4 hours. We left Spring around 8:30pm last night, and got on the contra-flow lanes on I-45 by making a U-turn on the feeder ramp. A couple of miles south of Woodlands Parkway was where the traffic jam began, and it continued pretty much all the way past Huntsville. I don’t know at what point it broke free, because by then I was fast asleep … had to make my sister take the wheel after nearly 7 hours of continuous driving. I slept for about 3 hours and eventually woke up just south of Corsicana.

We were then greeted shortly afterwards with the news that a bus had exploded just south of Dallas on 45, and we ran into a massive traffic jam as state troopers forced everyone off onto the Highway 287 exit. One of my friends texted me an alternate route, so we climbed onto the feeder and drove on down. In a moment of sheer stupidity, I decided to attempt to continue on I-45 in the hope that the accident would be cleared by the time I got there. I think we had driven at least 15 miles before I heard an update on the radio saying that the accident was still there and that the freeway was still shut down. We immediately exited, and that couldn’t have been any more timely … if we had waited till the next exit we would have been stuck in what was basically a 10-mile long parking lot. So we made the U-turn and drove back down to highway 34, which we took north to 175 and eventually after about another 90 minutes we arrived in Dallas. We would still have to fight through another traffic jam on I-635 before eventually making it to the hotel.

Once we got here, I just got into bed and passed out…between phone calls and text messages from lots and lots of concerned people, sometimes a little irritating as I tried to get my sleep on, I eventually just went out cold.

This stupid hotel, as fancy as it is, has no Wi-fi, and they charge $10/day for internet access. Pffft. Perhaps they might be humane enough to waive the charge for us, but I’m not pinning any hopes on that. So right now we’re here, watching CNN, praying and hoping about the property we’ve left behind in Houston. A massive nuisance it is, indeed.