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 […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: Pawn Promotion Possibilities!
Back in the middle ages, there were several different renditions of pawn promotion. Originally, the pawn would promote to the queen piece, but back then the queen could only move […]
My take on the CompTIA A+ exam
Recently, my work “strongly recommended” that I go back and get the CompTIA A+ certification. Interestingly, CompTIA uses a pyramid style of certification, where the higher certifications on the pyramid […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: Castle, anyone?
From the git-go, one of the hardest parts of making this chess engine and the following gui system has always been the pawns and the king. Both of these pieces […]
More “Stack-able” Certificates from CompTIA!
Some changes at my work are driving me to renew and gain new CompTIA certificates. What is a bit odd about the system, however, is the “stack-able” feature. Now you […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: Now with moving pieces!
According to the Guinness World Records, the biggest playable chess set was made in Canada in 2009, with a king that was about 4 feet tall! Try moving that chunk […]
Updated KPPD Control app for Android Oreo!
Now that Oreo is out, I needed to go through my apps and make adjustments and updates for the new platform. One of the biggest problems I found was that […]