Monthly Archives: May 2008

A thought on what makes C++ cool.

Ok… I’m definitely starting to get into this C++ stuff. I guess it helps to be challenged but not totally blown away. One thought  that I got out  “Thinking in C++”  is that you get the low level bit twiddling … Continue reading

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C++ Hello World getting started in Ubuntu

I’ve been studying a bunch C++ stuff and now I’m starting to hunker down a really work through this stuff.  I’ve been basically going through Bruce Eckel’s, “Thinking in C++” line by line and I’ve gotten to the point where … Continue reading

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8.04.1 and Opencascade

I was just on the opencascade forum and saw this interesting link on Ubuntu and OCC. I planning on checking this out a little more in detail later on. http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_13494/

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Hunkering down in anticipation of 8.04.1

Ok.. So American Idol is now over and David Cook as won. I wanted Mr. Cook to “win” but thought David A would triumph since I thought he had the better performance in the last competition.  Go figure.. Overall, I … Continue reading

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Configuring Hardy Heron the Hard Way

This is nuts.. I was having some problems getting screen resolution to work with my original box, so I went wound up partitioning my XP box which is slightly more modern and had the same issue.  (I couldn’t get beyond … Continue reading

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First Experience with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ok… In a word no so good. Started out real nice on the install and then when to heck… My PC is what I call state of the art…. Gutsy seemed to load right up no problem… This version so … Continue reading

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