Digital DawgPound

I have been doing some development recently on the GM862-GPS embedded Python module from Telit.
I had the need to upload multiple files to it over the serial port, so I coded up a quick C# .NET application.
It supports setting the hidden file flag also.
It has an issue if you try to upload files over 7000 [...]

i just have a quick idea that i want to put out there into the ether. if you dont know about OpenID, then you should really check it out. it is basically a decentralized authentication system. it lets you create an account somewhere once, and then it will let you log into anywhere else that [...]

i just got this dell optiplex and it came with this video out. it is clearly a video card (the s-video next to it). i didnt unpack it, so maybe the people that did lost some cable? it looks almost like DVI but if you notice, its missing the cross on the rigth side. there [...]

When working with electronics / microcontrollers / embedded hardware you need some basic tool. One of these is frequently a reliable serial port for programming / debugging purposes. The serial port however that used to be standard on pretty much any PC (in 9 pin and 25 pin combinations) now seems to be [...]

there seems to be a shift in coding mentality of late. before i go any further, i would like to say that i am not counting all software companies. they are making products and they are doing their own thing. i’m talking about people who code for life. back in the day, people thought about [...]

this is my first DDP blawg post! go me.
anyway, as i have spammed on the forums, i am starting a blog again. the topic of this blog will be the loosely framed “why software development is hard”. i will double post the more technical and hackerish posts here and leave the whiny bits over there.