Building wxWidgets 2.8.0 as a DLL with MingW/GCC

Author: Bayo Oyekole
Posted in Programming on February 28th, 2007 
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I have been using the wxWidgets Cross-platform library for my C++ projects for about 3 years now, and I must say it rocks. A stable version 2.8.0 of the library has just been released, which deprecates some of the classes and functions in 2.6 so I had to upgrade. I had some problems initially with setting up my development environment to use the library, because it is distributed as source and thus it is the user’s responsibility to compile it. The authors supply a variety of makefiles for different compilers, but some work without hassles and the others you have to tweak.

Using PHP-CLI : Automatic Incrementing of .NET Assembly Build Numbers

Author: Bayo Oyekole
Posted in Code Snippets on February 28th, 2007 
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This is a PHP script to automatically bump up the build number of a .NET assembly on each build, designed to run from the command line (PHP Cli). I was done in PHP because I needed to use Regular Expressions. The code can be extended to take command line options, OR implemented as a DLL in C# or something.

How to Use:
Add a line to your .NET IDE’s Project Options (I use SharpDevelop 2.0) to run this script as a pre-build command, e.g.

[”C:\wamp\php\php.exe” -f “D:\projects\RentDesk\bump-version.php”]

The MSBuild engine uses relative paths to the comilation directory, so you have to specify the full paths to php.exe and the script file.

Upgrade to WordPress 2.1 - My Experience

Author: Bayo Oyekole
Posted in Software Reviews on February 27th, 2007 
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It’s Cleaner and Faster

The Wordpress Dasboard has been screaming “Ella is out, 11 days ago” since God knows when. I’m not really a fave of the “upgrade as soon as a new version is out” thing, because when you get used to a programming tool, and the software company says they have a new version which may change the way you work, it gets to me. For instance it took me a long time to accept VB.NET. Even now I use C# more, cos it’s a new thing instead of a modified tool. I was skeptical about upgrading, because the version numbers werent so different. Ok, so I just upgraded to wordpress 2.1.

WordPress Plugins to Have

Author: Bayo Oyekole
Posted in Software Reviews on February 24th, 2007 
Visited 691 Times

It’s been over seven months now since I got acquainted with the simplicity of Wordpress. I have seen sites that did not have the default theme or 2-column layout, had well-organised pages and other funny tricks that made me wonder if I could get more out of my installation. I got introduced to the wordpress plugins much later, after moving my blog from wordpress.com to a paid webhost.

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The Packard Bell EasyNote R0422

Author: Bayo Oyekole
Posted in Laptops and Notebooks, Hardware Reviews on February 24th, 2007 
Visited 1093 Times

My new laptop arrived on Wednesday last week, but I only got to start using it on Friday. It’s a spanking new Packard Bell EasyNote R0422, and I’m almost dancing around the thing with joy.

Packard Bell EasyNote R0422
Packard Bell EasyNote R0422

Hello portable computing! I have treated the laptop to the welcome ritual I perform on every single new gadget I get: download the manuals and documentation, read online reviews, open it up to look inside, overcustomise.

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Ubuntu Linux 5 tryout

Author: Bayo Oyekole
Posted in Software Reviews, GNU/Linux on February 20th, 2007 
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After I lost my Fedora Core 3 CDs due to poor storage, I started hunting for places to get a replacement. Somehow, nobody in my immediate vicinity even knew anything about linux. I had a few LiveCD ISO’s on hard disk (SuSE 9.2 Live, DSL, SLAX 5.0, Mandrake Live, Tomsrtbt, etc), but using them made me feel somehow crippled. I needed a fully fledged distro i could install, with GCC, Wine, KDE, XMMS, video codecs, full suite of network tools, and drivers for my Wireless LAN Card (i hate having to compile drivers if i can avoid it). Asking around was fruitless - people were like “Linux? huh? what’s that?” And my poor shared 64Kbps connection could not download the 5 FC3 ISO’s. What a shame. I was strolling the corridors of Nairaland When i noticed that someone mentioned that there was a company, www.canonical.com, that was shipping Linux CDs for free, to anywhere in the world. The distro name? Ubuntu Linux.

Vista vs Viruses

Author: Bobola Akinola
Posted in Software Reviews on February 15th, 2007 
Visited 337 Times

Anything that is too good may not be all that you expect - Bobola Akinola
Windows Vista (codename Longhorn) is Microsoft’s new operating system. There are currently 7 versions of Vista.
In this article , i want to illustrate the new features in vista and why they are there.

Blogging Directly From Your Desktop

Author: Bayo Oyekole
Posted in Software on February 8th, 2007 
Visited 157 Times

I have found another way of making posts and monitoring changes to other blogs, too, without visiting my website. I have been spending too much time playing around with WordPress and I am afraid it’s starting to affect my work. I try to post in my blog and then I notice something on the web page, and I start tinkering with the templates again - such compulsive behaviour! Besides, my colleagues at work are beginning to notice that I always have that website open in front of me and wonder if I am in any way associated with the madness on these pages (they think I am quiet, prim and proper, lol).