http://weaponsgradecode.com Notes from the field... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:21:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Install VS2005 Install Cygwin from here: http://www.cygwin.com/ Install Cygwin options devl->make devl->g++ devl->bison devl->gperf devl->flex devl->subversion net->curl interpreters->perl archive->unzip Update Perl: In cygwin run: perl -MCPAN -e shell yes to autoconfigure install Win32API::Registry Set the following environment variables: WEBKITOUTPUTDIR - An absolute Windows-style path pointing to the directory where you want the build products to go. WEBKITLIBRARIESDIR - An absolute Windows-style path pointing to the WebKitLibraries/win folder in ... http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/06/30/how-to-build-webkit-on-windows/ http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/06/17/image-for-the-benefit-of-the-tfs-forums-folks-to-aid-in-diagnosing-my-problem/ My wife's always had good computers, but always got the short end of the stick compared to what I had. If I had a dual 500MHz, she had a single CPU. If I had a 21" monitor, she had the 19". After one of my MythTV projects went south I ... http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/04/20/dell-xps-1330-review/ In a day and age when you go to Frys and all the cases look like this: ...us old timers (mid thirties) yearn for a decent server case that doesn't have neon lights and can hold a substantial number of hard drives. Sure, neon fans were cool when we were 18 ... http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/04/19/antec-titan-650-server-casechassis-review/ The service is going in and out now. I’ve reset the router and problems persist. I’ll go out for 10 minutes then back again. Out for 2 minutes and back… We’ve lost service a couple other times this week too but either I didn’t witness them or waiting a couple ... http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/02/14/broadstripe-service-interuption-log-2132008-845pm/ Very fast response on a Saturday morning from the Broadstripe VPs. They confirmed the Internet outage and are looking into the support outage. http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/02/09/broadstripe-service-interuption-log-292008-120pm/ Called Mark at support and he claims every thing's hunky dory. There were no outages in my area. Made some ‘changes’ to my account and would not tell me what they were. http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/02/09/broadstripe-service-interuption-log-292008-1000am/ 2/8/2008 9:30pm Lost internet for an hour. Called tech support three times and after navigating phone tree got busy signals. http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/02/09/broadstripe-service-interuption-log-282008-930pm/ An eternal challenge with home file servers connected to MythTV systems is disk space. Any new space is typically consumed within months. About eight months ago, while dealing with space issues, I researched all the hardware raid solutions under $1000 on the market. Generally, the reviews tended to lean in the ... http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/02/07/3ware-9650se-review/ Gotta like free. This was a good one which, of course, makes up for all the less than optimal trades found on Craigslist. I haven't booted it up yet but it's got three 2GB drives, one 18GB, a bunch of RAM, two tape drives, dual 75MHz processors, graphics card, a wide ... http://weaponsgradecode.com/2008/01/27/got-a-sun-sparcserver20-for-free-on-craigslist/