Welcome, fellow adventurer, to the exciting world of Rust programming! If you’re looking to embark on a journey into the realm of systems programming, Rust is your trusty steed, and Cargo is your map and compass. Fear not, for I shall be your guide through this wild terrain, filled with Read more…
I’ve always wanted to build a game cabinet from scratch. In this build, I create a bartop arcade game cabinet using some pre-cut CNC templates, Happ and Seimitsu controls and an HP all in one monitor. Build Components The following is a breakdown of all the parts used in my Read more…
Windows 10 is chalked full of very helpful keyboard shortcuts, seemingly more so than any of its predecessors. The following is a list of keyboard shortcuts and combinations that can really help to accelerate your speed and use of applications and features. Window Commands Minimize All: Win + MToggle Desktop: Read more…
Hey everyone, I’ve figured out how to get tv.xfinity.com working on Arch Linux today. Here’s what I did in case anyone else needs help: First install pipelight: Next, if you don’t already have it install firefox: Next, update and configure pipelight: Next, enable the flash plugin: Next, add the plugins Read more…
Introduction If you’re a solid user of jQuery or just a tinkerer you may have thought to yourself “I have a great idea for a jQuery plugin”. Your next steps of course would probably be to look at the jQuery documentation and eventually to have a look at someone else’s Read more…
Introduction You may or may not have heard the new buzz about promises being introduced into JavaScript and if you don’t know what they are, you’re not alone. I’ll attempt to explain what they are and why you should or maybe shouldn’t care about them. First let’s understand what promises Read more…
Introduction Ever find yourself needing to do some number crunching, or create an off time rendering hook or perhaps just needing to create a separate thread for some other purpose, this is how you do it. Getting Started First things first, we need to create a separate javascript file Read more…
Introduction Lua is a pretty straight forward simple scripting language that can be implemented in a number of languages. Today I’m going to show you how easy it is to embed Lua in C++. First thing you’re going to need to do is create a sane build environment by installing Read more…
Introduction I use svn quite frequently however, the standard diff tool built in with svn leaves a lot to be desired. Its output reminiscent of a command line patch. Personally, I love vimdiff (or vim -d if you prefer) when it comes to comparing files. Recently I hooked vimdiff into Read more…
Most PHP developers utilizing MVC frameworks would argue that the best approach for models are classes with a varied number of getters and setters. After a long time working with PHP and especially MVC frameworks and data mining/retrieval, I am of a completely different opinion and I will discuss why.