Author Archives: Bob Somers
Include dependencies
Generally when I write software, I try to keep things relatively well organized. Inevitably, however, things are going to get a bit messy, especially if you’re working on a large, disorganized codebase that you didn’t write to begin with… say, oh… something like the Source SDK.
Frequently you have some class which is composed inside another [...]
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Removing entities in the Source SDK
I haven’t written for a while, mainly because I’ve been busy with classes and studying for the GRE for my grad school applications, but here’s a quick tip for those of you meddling around with the Source SDK.
It’s well documented on how you go about spawning entities, but I couldn’t find a good place explaining [...]
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Dual videocards without SLI
I just recently upgraded my workstation to a quad monitor setup, because you can never have enough screen real estate. I originally had a dual-monitor setup on a single videocard, an nVidia GeForce 8800 GT.
A friend of mine sold me 2 older 19″ flat panels for just $50, but I needed a second videocard to [...]
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Awesome regex test tool
So I’m working with a friend to develop a regex that matches something out of an API response, when we really wish we could quickly prototype a regex. Now, there are plenty of tools to do this, some are even freeware, but all them need to be downloaded and installed. I realize it sounds pathetic [...]
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Fixing the Fedora 12 VirtualBox Guest Additions problem