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Lesley's Tech Blog · 10M ago

Blender for Game Developers

It’s been a busy couple of months for me.  Gamescom is just a couple of weeks away, and I’ve had a lot of work with my new weight training book, as well as a new pet project of mine. I’ve been … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 1Y ago

The Hacker Manifesto

I was looking at the hard drive of an old computer and found some interesting text files, including this – the Hacker Manifesto.  It was written by Loyd Blankenship, AKA “The Mentor” back in 1986 – just after he got … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 1Y ago

Solution for Android Emulator Starts But App Doesn’t Run

I recently got started with Android app development.  My motivation for this, is that I decided to add tabata to my training regime.  This is something I’ve wanted to do for ages, but has only recently become possible (yay for January … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 1Y ago

TortoiseSVN 1.7 Beginner’s Guide Due This Month!

OK, it’s time for a little shameless self promotion!  My second book, the TortoiseSVN 1.7 Beginner’s Guide, is due out this month! It’s been a great experience working with Packt again.  This book was tech reviewed by TortoiseSVN‘s lead developer … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 1Y ago

How was your 2010?

The new year is fast approaching, so I thought I’d join the rest of the blogging universe in a quick reflective post. This year was a decent year for me.  Some good new clients, a second book deal, and a … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 1Y ago

Subversion Keywords and TortoiseSVN

If you’re a SVN user, you may have wondered how to take advantage of SVN keywords when building reports or documentation. This post, passed on to me by Stefan Kung when he was tech reviewing my forthcoming book on TortoiseSVN, … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 1Y ago

Multiverse Server Running Slowly?

If you’re wondering why I vanished for a while, I suffered several hardware failures within a short space of time, which eventually led to a trashed hard drive, and a reinstall of Windows, and painful scrambling to find backups (yes, … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 2Y ago

Competition: Does Your Daughter Love Ubuntu?

Are you the parent of a young girl that likes to play with technology? If so, this competition from the Ubuntu Women project is ideal for you. To celebrate World Play Day, the Ubuntu Women project is running a photography … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 2Y ago

Funambol Open Source from Packt Publishing

Packt Publishing have released a book on the Funambol Mobile Open Source system. I’m not going to write a review of the title, because I worked on it, so I can’t be completely impartial. However, I will say this – … Continue reading →
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Lesley's Tech Blog · 2Y ago

Review: Blender 3D – Architecture, Buildings and Scenery

Packt Publishing sent me a copy of Blender 3D: Architecture, Buildings and Scenery to review. This came at a great time for me because I’m working on a game in Multiverse, and I’m spending a lot of time tweaking assets … Continue reading →
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