Updated 2023: sadly nawcom is no more, I've removed dead links It all started with my work assignment of installing MacOSX Server 10.6 on the XServe rack. Briefly speaking, after debugging some hardware problem with the CPU temperature meter, I man ... read more →
Today's post is definitely not a tech one. Or maybe just a bit. It's about blogging, from the other side of the keyboard. PEBKAC-style. Fun-fact: Did you know that 'kac' in Polish means 'hangover' ? To the point. I realised that I have dozens of post ... read more →
I am a lazy person. I do like things to just work, run out of the box, name it. I like Ubuntu for it's packaging system and ease of installation of various software. However using Netbeans from the default repo could cause you a headache when develop ... read more →
For years I've been involved in the open source community. I encouraged company managers to use open source solutions, I reported bugs, I did tests. Since this Monday I am officially a part of Sharpdevelop team, pursuing the goal of better F# support ... read more →
Update 2023: the landscape has changed considerably over the last 13 years, a lot of the companies mentioned in this post have died, I've removed dead links After some not so pleasurable experiences with the previous VPS hosting provider I started ... read more →
As every person in the software industry I need ways to promote my humble self. A decent web page and online resume plus a blog maybe are a must these days. The question remains where to put them. Previously I had my site published within one of the ... read more →
I have always been fascinated by works of Adrian Chmielarz, from the times of Metropolis Software on. Naturally then, I am following really closely on the development of Bulletstorm. Damn, I even hoped to talk to The Guy or Mieszko Zielinski at the g ... read more →
Update 2023: things fall off the face of the internet after a while; removed dead links It seems that being so much into other programming things I missed the Google AI Contest announcement. It's supercool that they sponsor such challenges but also ... read more →