http://www.blinnov.com another brilliant mind poisoned by c++ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:57:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some time ago I built myself home media center on MythBuntu 8.04. It works exceptionally well... well, with one exception, if I may be excused. I could not watch my absolutely legally purchased DVDs at all - playback was choppy and jumpy, making watching movies anything but enjoyable. If you found ... http://www.blinnov.com/2009/08/01/ubuntu-linux-no-dma-on-cddvd-drive/en/ Recently I built myself a media center of old HP/Compaq computer and MythBuntu. It all worked as a top and I spent weeks learning about great features it has. This week I was hoping to put some finishing touches on it. The last missing piece arrived - so-called "Vista Rock Remote". According ... http://www.blinnov.com/2009/06/12/muthtv-sluggish-when-buttons-pressed-on-remote/en/ It seems ViewSonic wants to grab some of the pie already shared by Asus, Acer and MSI. They just announced a new netbook I bet this computer will not leave any chances to competitiors in Russia. Its name "VieBook" sounds somewhat between "I will rock you book" and funny statement of ... http://www.blinnov.com/2009/01/14/a-coolest-gadget-i-ever-heard-of/en/ A few years ago we became proud owners of a book called "Sydney Region Outline Plan". The book, printed in 1968 is nothing else but a large 111-page report about what Sydney and surroundings looked like back then and how they were expected to look today. Surprisingly enough, that was ... http://www.blinnov.com/2009/01/14/new-airport-for-sydney-in-somersby-is-it-for-real/en/ In C++, often there is a need to provide and support single instance of certain class, accessible on demand from anywhere in the program. That is encyclopedic example given in many books promoting singleton pattern. For instance, if your program has a log file, it is strongly recommended that you ... http://www.blinnov.com/2009/01/06/useful-template-magic-hiding-nasty-global-statics/en/ Everyone who ever tried to automate routine tasks in windows knows that there is no sleep() program or its analogue. At least in default windows installation. But there is quite an unexpected workaround: ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul will stop batch execution for 2 seconds. (Replace 2 with your number for longer ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/12/23/pause-for-x-seconds-in-batch-file/en/ I feel like it is the time to start collecting the list of politicians who obviously don't want to retain their seats after next elections. I mean mostly those incompetent professors of blah-blah-blah science who back internet censorship project. As an IT professional I do not need any explanations why it ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/11/12/internet-censorship-in-australia/en/ -Why did they build the Great Wall of China? -To keep rabbits away! Ok, that does not seem a joke anymore. Even news.com.au finally popped a little note about it - Australian government is really pushing forward its plan to implement compulsory content filtering in internet. In press releases available they mention that ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/10/29/krudd-to-filter-internet-are-they-serious-or-just-want-to-saw-the-budget/en/ Just came back from insanely short holiday back in Saint-Petersburg. Haven't been there for more than 2 years, but found it almost the same as it was when we left it. Took some pictures, very little indeed (we noticed a correlation between number of of pictures taken and holiday quality - ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/10/21/autumn-on-the-other-side/en/ Another exciting news for anyone hoping Woy Woy road will be finally fixed some time soon. It looks like there is another "little crack" in the road. And it looks like the crack has been known since April this year but still nothing has been done. And it looks like the ... http://www.blinnov.com/2008/06/26/why-woy-woy-road-is-falling-apart/en/