Archives January 2014

I finally have a working demo using EGL and GLES under X11/Mesa (Kubuntu 12.04). I can run the most basic of ES1 and ES2 (as well as GL) tests under an EGL-provided context hosted by python-xlib (i.e. a raw X11 window). There's no guarantee that actual useful work could be done with it, but clearing ...

So the AMD Proprietary driver (fglrx) for Linux supports "Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.04" (Note: not the current Ubuntu 13.10), and so far every attempt I've made to use them on 13.10 has supported the "not supported" hypothesis (kernel module compilation failures in the latest iteration).  But drat-it-all my machine meets the declared software requirements (kernel, ...

Apparently I'm blessed with a Voice Dictation friendly accent and tone. I can pretty much use most Voice Dictation systems, including the ones on Android, Dragon Naturally Speaking, and PocketSphinx. The results aren't mind-blowing-ly good, but if it's quiet and I speak clearly and train anything that gets missed, I get reasonable results.

Watching a ...