Author Archives: Dennis

Switching to VOIP saves me $400/year.

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Dennis

T-Mobile came out with a new @Home service at the start of July that integrates VOIP and Wi-Fi calling w/ supported phones. Here’s how it works: If you carry a plan that is $39/month or more, then you qualify to … Continue reading →

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Formatting Source Code with WordPress

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Dennis

Sometimes you get used to doing things one way and you forget to take a step back now and then and see if there isn’t something you’re missing. In my case, I was formatting source code on this blog by … Continue reading →

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A Good Site To Buy Desktop Computer Memory

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Dennis

A while back, I decided to add extra RAM to my iMac. I had heard from a friend that found a deal for 1G of PC5300 SODIMM for the iMac for as low as $25.00. At the time, I got … Continue reading →

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Timing C/C++ Code on Linux

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Dennis

For my last post, I played around with C++ and a little programming competition. While on the topic, I decided I’d get slightly more serious and enter the next challenge. One of the things that slightly annoyed me during the … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between Dijkstra’s Algorithm and A*

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Dennis

Over the last couple weeks, I’ve had an interest in brushing up my C++ skills. Friday, I came across a programming challenge that looked somewhat interesting and I thought I’d give it a shot. The object was to find the … Continue reading →

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GTK+ programs with GtkBuilder and dynamic signal handlers.

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Dennis

Well, I decided to review some GTK+ and Gnome development lately. With GTK+, a nice way to create a user interface is with the Glade Interface Designer. Glade produces an xml file with a glade-interface element that can be loaded … Continue reading →

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