Pawns can be scary things. They can en passant, they can form chains and islands, they can promote to the all powerful queen. Not to mention they can checkmate you. […]
Ubuntu Touch: Make your own Jabber/XMPP app in 10 minutes…
You probably think that I’m joking, but I’m not. You can actually build a jabber/xmpp app in less than 10 minutes if you have a good internet connection, and have […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: 8 minute moves….
They say that the first complete chess playing program was written by Alex Bernstein in 1957. There were earlier renditions that could not play a complete game, but could solve […]
Ubuntu Touch: Making a new app
Realizing that there are a few apps missing from the Ubuntu Touch OpenStore, and being an Android app developer, I thought I would try to bridge the gap. Rolling up […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: One Player or Two?
It was interesting to me that white did not always move first in chess. Apparently, in 1857, a master of chess, Mr. Lowenthal made a recommendation to the First American […]
Chromium: ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(121)
Today I had a strange occurrence. I couldn’t launch Chromium-browser on my Ubuntu desktop machine. The error I got was this: ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(121) And something about the profile was already open, […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: UT and Chess.com
As I mentioned earlier. I jumped off the deep end and dove into the world of Ubuntu Touch. One of the principle hangups I found was that there was not […]
Ubuntu Touch: Making the plunge.
I recently took the plunge, and jumped in on a used Oneplus One phone, converting it to UBPorts community maintained Ubuntu Touch distro. Yes, I now have a true Linux […]