The Police States of America are at it again. This time in Oregon. They’re prosecuting Gary Harrington for storing rain water and snow runoff. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater.… Continue reading Police State Bullying Man for Storing Water
Month: July 2012
Frackin’ Reserve! for Linux and Mac OS X
The first version of Frackin’ Reserve! was only for Windows, and the second version was a web version, but suffered from some typical web limitations. This version is cross platform for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It requires Mono, which is a free download that you can get here. Frackin’ Reserve! is a fractional… Continue reading Frackin’ Reserve! for Linux and Mac OS X
Using GitHub in MonoDevelop
So I just started to use GitHub for a tiny project, and wanted to use it from inside of MonoDevelop. After 2 days of looking on and off for the “easy” answer, I never found it. Yes – I’ll do just about anything to avoid dropping down to the command line if possible. Finally I… Continue reading Using GitHub in MonoDevelop
Code Completion Quirk with Stetic and GTK# in MonoDevelop
I just noticed in MonoDevelop an odd quirk with code completion and Stetic. If you add a widget then go and try to refer to it in code, it doesn’t show up in code completion until you build the project. So, simply add the widget, build the project, then go into the code and you’ll… Continue reading Code Completion Quirk with Stetic and GTK# in MonoDevelop
Spanning Columns in a GTK# Table
Coming from working on WinForms, GTK# is a very, very different paradigm for layout. I struggled to figure out just how to span columns in a table as searching for information didn’t really work out very well. Instead of setting properties on the table, you set the properties on the widget as it inherits a… Continue reading Spanning Columns in a GTK# Table