Tim's Programming Blog

This release which was originally to be version 1.5 is hosted on Sourceforge. I changed the version because I felt that this was the first officially usable version. Features include:
Syntax Highlighting for
-Html/Xhtml
-CSS
-C++
-Blitz Basic
-Python
-Bash scripts
-Batch scripts
-Fortran
-Java
-Javascript
-Makefiles
-Pascal
-Perl
-Ruby
-SQL
-TCL

Toggleable:
-Line Number Display
-Indent Guides
-Word Wrap

Codefolding

Basic edit functions:
-Undo
-Redo
-Cut
-Copy
-Paste
-Select All

Printing is not included due to wanting to finally release a version for Sourceforge.

-TIm

I'm really getting far with CWebGUI, so I plan on releasing version 1.5 soon.

New features will include:
-Support for syntax-highlighting in html, css, c++, python, and more.
-Printing support.
-Code folding in the languages supported by syntax-highlighting.
-More?


-Tim

Lately, the internet — well, at least the stumbleupon internet — has been talking a lot about Everex's gPC. For $198 you get a computer with a 1.5 GHz Via C7-D x86 compatible processor, 512MB of memory, expandable to up to 2GB, an 80GB Hard Disk, a DVD-ROM/CD Burner, a mouse, a keyboard, and USB-powered speakers. You also get gOS.

gOS is a modified Ubuntu linux distribution. It has some of the most popular web applications in the dock, with other programs hidden in the main menu. You can learn more about gOS here.

As for the computer itself, I found it an extremely good deal for the money. Because it doesn't have Microsoft's lousy Windows OS, you don't have to tack on an additional $100-200. Since I figured I could use a better computer, I bought one.

One word of warning though, for those who aren't content with gOS, and just the basic gPC hardware:
The Via graphics chipset is not very well supported by other linux distrobutions, namely, Fedora. Also, for those upgrade junkies, the computer only contains two PCI slots for expansion, one of which is filled, at the moment of purchase, with a useless — at least until a developer is ambitious enough to program a driver for it — 56K modem. My biggest disappointment is that it is lacking an AGP slot or PCI express to upgrade from the poorly-supported built-in video card.

The machine is EXTREMELY quiet, especially compared to computers that need a decent fan to cool down the processor. The C7-D processor is capable, and quite useable for multimedia, without generating the extreme heat of an equivalent AMD or Intel processor. The case, although cheap, is decently sound-proof for the whisper-quiet power-supply, SeaGate HardDisk, and hard-to-tell-it-exists Cpu fan.

Although the machine isn't perfect, I find it a well-balanced computer for general tasks, at a great price...if you can use Linux.

Personally, I had to change the hardware and software configuration the moment I got it. I installed a DVD burner, replaced the 80GB Hard Disk with my 250GB with Fedora 7 Linux, installed a better video card, added a cooler to my hard disk...which took some doing...installed my TV tuner card, and called it my own.

-Tim

Apparently, due to some quirk of the server than my site is posted on, one of the important server files, that controled domains and subdomains had to be replaced. I think I've got all the bugs worked out now...


-Tim

I've been in the process of finding a new website host recently...I found the right host now, I think. It may take a few days until everything is up and working correctly again. Let me know if there are any problems by replying in the forums.

-Tim

I moved the forums from http://forum.timw4mail.nytka.org/ to http://timshomepage.net/forum so the url is more recognisable. Please tell me if there are any problems...

-Tim

Just for a change of pace, I re-did the homepage layout. Tell me what you think.

-Tim

I now have a job!

This next week is band camp...my final high school band camp.

I hope it will be enjoyable...

-Tim

Tim's Home Page now has an official top-level domain name!

http://timshomepage.net/

-Tim

I ditched Windows a week or two ago because I was tired of Microsoft's absurd business practices.
Not the least of which involving Internet Explorer! I also don't want to have to deal with Vista. I shouldn't have to have an 80GB hard disk just to have the operating system! Anything I would otherwise do in Windows I am now either virtualizing in Linux, or running a similar program in Linux or Mac OS.

-Tim

Amazingly, this is the third year in which this website has existed! So how do you think it's coming along?

-Tim

I know I haven't updated here in a while...^^;

I customized the default theme of the Forum to better match the rest of the site.

Tell me what you think.

I added to the site some Forums. I would really like to see these forums active with a good number of members.
I also moved most of the site to Cybertoad, because of the large amount of space and bandwidth.

-Tim

I'm surprised I didn't mention this earlier, but I got a new hard disk, so I might do some updates of GUI soon, but I wouldn't guarantee it.

I'm gradually making the site more seamless...My programming site will eventually be hosted on the same server as the rest of the website, and look like the rest of the website.

-Tim