Category Archives: Open source

Steps to learn Ruby on Rails

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Andy Callaghan

I have pretty sucessfully taught myself Ruby on Rails from scratch with no real help from any one resource or book – in this post I will show you in some steps on how to learn the basics of Ruby … Continue reading →

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This will be known as Chatbot day…

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Huzzah! After weeks of coding, bottle upon bottle of IrnBru, and OS re-install, two network outages, lots of loud swearing, countless ganders and cplusplus.com, and some 900 lines of code later, and my C++ chatbot finally works! Boris chatbot working … Continue reading →

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Google’s new iPhone killer

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Many rumours have been spreading the web recently about the new gPhone – just a rumour that Google could create a iPhone style smartphone, with it’s own embedded software and technology. Google have now confirmed that they are to be … Continue reading →

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How to synchronise iPods with Amarok

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

It has always been tricky to find a way to sync ipods in Linux, but I’ve found a way. 1. Get Amarok (version >= 1.4.4) 2. Make sure you have libipod installed – this allows iPod file functions. 3. Initialise … Continue reading →

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Various C++ algorithms

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

All code is released under GPL. If you wish to use, modify, hack it etc, please attribute me. All of the following code is cross-platform certified on Win32 and openSUSE Linux 10.2. Maximum algorithm Unique algorithm Greedy algorithm Composition algorithm … Continue reading →

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C++ project: Battle royale and mind warping avatars

Posted on February 12, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

This is the most recent C++ project that i’ve completed – got 100%! Woot! It involved using classes and OOP to create a kinda mini-game where a set of Avatar (12) are assigned random IQs, then battle and the winner … Continue reading →

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Dual-head nVidia powered displays on openSuse linux: Simple!

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Recently I told you that I was scrapping Windows. Well a few weeks down the line, I had a few problems with my multi-headed setup with my graphics card – the nVidia Geforce 7600 GT. I installed the new version … Continue reading →

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The end of Windows is nigh (for me anyway)

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Hee! look at me using big words like nigh! Well okay, not that big I guess. I have finally decided to scrap Windows forever… kinda. I’m going to use Open Suse Linux 10.2 for all my files, word processing, browsing … Continue reading →

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Chip and pin point hacked to play Tetris

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

A team from the UK have proved that the Chip and Pin terminals that nearly all shops that take credit cards use in the UK, can be hacked. In a video released to YouTube, the team insert a dummy card … Continue reading →

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DVDDecrypter replacement – ImgBurn

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

I’ve been using a little app called ImgBurn, which is an updated version of the DVDDecrypter burn engine, which hasn’t been updated for some time. This new app works seamlessly with DVD Shrink, an app to make a backup of … Continue reading →

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