CJB Imageboard Mk.II

I’d bought a full body ZAGG “Invisible Shield” to go with the OpenMoko Neo… and got something that wasn’t usable. Besides from all the small parts that need to be held in place with the palm of your hand while they set, the show-stopper is the larger parts were unusably distorted when the manufacturer placed them on the backing paper.

Would not buy again. You probably shouldn’t as well. :/

The last photo… is naughty.

Ugh. Ever since I got the Neo, I’ve been spending my spare spare time trying to write software for it in Python, as its been the best option for knocking-up quick&dirty concepts with the numerous frameworks/modules provided. While still a novice with the programming language, I’ve written less-than-trivial useful code in it.

Unfortunately, when it gets to supporting GUIs… obfuscation doesn’t even being to describe what they’ve done. Sure, it might only need 30 lines of code to get a basic app going… but anything non-trivial? Be prepared to blow 800+ hours of reading ‘tutorials’ written by rank amateur non-educators. It’s really fscking frustrating for a Sunday Programmer like me. :-/

A bit over a year ago, I ported the (NetBSD, but cross-platform) pkgsrc software packaging and installation system to the GNU Hurd. I couldn’t find anyone upstream @ pkgsrc who would give it the time of day, so I might was well mention it here for the sake of Google…

The work and notes can be downloaded from http://hunter.apana.org.au/~cjb/Code/Hurd/