Do you have an application that uses JNI to provide a C/C++ interface to a Java library? Are you experiencing random crashes and segmentation faults in seemingly unrelated parts of said application? Have you pulled out all your hair while trying to figure out what the problem is?
The good news is that I may have [...]

I keep hearing about how cool Git is, and how much better it is than Subversion, so much more powerful and flexible. I must admit that every time I look at Git I tend to notice something new interesting that I feel I could use in my day-to-day development life. Sadly, every time I try [...]

For those of you who are not already aware, I have just returned from a week in Sydney, much of which was spent attending linux.conf.au.
As we all know, a laundry list of the weeks itinerary would make for a crappy read, and given the number of cool things I saw and interesting stuff I learnt [...]

In the lead up to nerd camp next month I have been reading Robert Love’s Linux Kernel Development. While my C-foo isn’t really up to scratch, getting an insight into the different world that exists in the kernel has been fun and exciting. It has certainly fulfilled its purpose in helping me to get my [...]

After much pain, I’ve finally managed to get Ubuntu Edgy installed on my laptop under Parallels. However, despite making it this far, I am as yet able to get it to run in the native resolution of 1440×900. It seems no matter what I try, Xorg always falls back to a 4:3 resolution. If anyone [...]