http://jhcore.com Tech, Privacy, Science Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:28:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I always forget how to build Python packages, such as psyco and simplejson that require C/C++ code to be compiled. The usual error I get from running "python setup.py install" is: error: Python was built with Visual Studio 2003; extensions must be built with a compiler than can generate compatible binaries. ... http://jhcore.com/2008/02/03/building-python-packages-from-source-on-windows/ To use Perl's CPAN on Windows with cygwin, you need to install some additional programs in cygwin. Run cygwin's setup.exe (I like clicking the "View" button to change the listing to Full, so I get an alphabetical list of the packages). Make sure that you install the ... http://jhcore.com/2008/02/02/cpan-on-windows/ I have eagerly been waiting to try out CouchDB. I find the concept of document storage, instead of strict relational storage, to be very interesting. Plus, Erlang seems to be gaining mindshare. I documented the process that I took to install CouchDB 0.7.2 on Ubuntu 7.10 (it is basically ... http://jhcore.com/2007/12/24/couchdb-on-ubuntu/ After reading a post on Planet Ubuntu Users, I grew envious that I didn't have the latest and greatest of Ubuntu--so I decide to take the plunge. First I tried the sudo update-manager -c -d, which error'ed out. So I hacked away at the /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/DistUpgradeFetcher.py file by adding ... http://jhcore.com/2007/06/29/just-upgraded-to-gutsy-gibbon-tribe-2/ I like looking at numbers. So when I saw an interesting gif on a friend's webpage saying that a certain piece of software had so many thousands of lines of code and cost so much money, I was naturally intrigued. After clicking on the link, I was directed ... http://jhcore.com/2007/06/26/code-statistics/ Since I first owned a PDA, I have been looking for an elegant solution to syncing my data with the PDA and 'nonstandard' applications (Thunderbird / Sunbird / anything in Linux) ... as apparently many people are. Outlook I tried switching over to Outlook as my primary email/calendar program, my ... http://jhcore.com/2007/06/10/sync-outlook-thunderbird-a-pda-and-your-smartphone/ VirtualBox 1.4.0 was released yesterday, so I thought I would write a very quick guide to installing it in Ubuntu Feisty. My previous post detailed downloading the file directly and several troubleshooting steps. If you run into a problem, check that post out. Add VirtualBox Repository Open up /etc/apt/sources.list (with ... http://jhcore.com/2007/06/06/upgrade-to-virtualbox-140/ My history with Linux started off with RedHat 9 then moved through Mandrake, Mandriva, openSUSE, and most recently, Ubuntu. I must admit that Ubuntu is by far the most polished/easy to use/accessible distribution yet. I am excited by the progress of the project and the community. Therefore, ... http://jhcore.com/2007/06/05/getting-involved-with-ubuntu/ Sure, there are some posts on the Ubuntu Forums with links on how to install a deb package of Pidgin from some untrusted repository. Personally, I'm not too thrilled about using a package that hasn't gone through the community process of being added to Ubuntu. So I have ... http://jhcore.com/2007/06/04/install-pidgin-in-ubuntu/ I finally got a chance today to release part of a project that I have been working on for the past year: RadLex. RadLex is a medical terminology, specifically designed for radiology. I created the servlet and a set of plugins for Protege that aid in the development ... http://jhcore.com/2007/05/10/open-sourcing-radlex/