Category Archives: Coding

Overlay additions: games-action/pink-pony and media-libs/audiere

Posted on Thursday, July 9, 2009 by micolous

OMG PONIES!?!??!!!!!1111one. It’s a tron-like game with them. Audiere pulled in as a dependancy. More details at at the overlay page.

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net-misc/xrdp updated

Posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 by micolous

xrdp-9999-004-ignore-client-auth-on-preset.patch is no longer required as the functionality has been merged into xrdp CVS HEAD in xrdp/xrdp/xrdp_wm.c r1.63. Ebuild has been updated accordingly to no longer use this patch.

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Starting a Gentoo overlay

Posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 by micolous

I’ve been playing with Gentoo (yet again), and so I thought I’d put up a repository of ebuilds I’ve either changed or written myself. We start off this project with an ebuild for xrdp, as well as a number of … Continue reading →

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python-fu Make Steam Achievement

Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 by micolous

This is some python-fu script for The GIMP to make graphics that imitate the style of Steam’s Achievement system. With it, you can create your own fake achievements. This is similar to [Deleted's Achievement Generator][ach], only it works offline. To … Continue reading →

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ADO.NET vs. ODBC vs. Parameters

Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 by micolous

Doing some coding this evening, I noticed there is a slight weirdness with how ODBC in ADO.NET handles parameters. Apparently, you can’t use named parameters when using generic ADO.NET code. So, DbCommand cmd = _conn.CreateCommand(); cmd.CommandText = “SELECT id, name … Continue reading →

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