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The blog of Marcus Ramsden, a software developer.
Android development on OS X without Eclipse
I finally got started with playing around on Android. In this post I share the process I used to getting set up with Android development using Apache Maven and the Android Maven Plugin rather than Eclipse.
Posted in: Mobile
HubKit – Creating a new Objective-C iOS Library
January 6, 2011
My work has taken an interesting turn in the last few months. I have been busy settling into my new job where I have been cast from a web developer, dabbling in php, ruby, java to varying degrees, to an iOS developer. This has been an exciting period for me and I think that I […]
Posted in: Apple Programming, Mobile
VirtualBox SDK Machine Status
April 22, 2010
In this post I share the small results of my first play with the Virtualbox Python SDK to create a useful little status script which can then in turn be used in Conky.
Posted in: virtualbox
Installing RVM on Debian Lenny
April 6, 2010
My work has seen me doing a lot of work in ruby recently and more specifically in rails. I recently have been making a lot of use of Ruby Version Manager (RVM). This is a little gem (pun intended) and allows you to easily install multiple versions of ruby, and manage multiple sets of gems […]
Posted in: ruby
Zend Framework and Twig
October 13, 2009
Update It looks like I should keep a closer eye on the mailing lists for new projects. Some people have already started to look into integrating Twig with the Zend Framework. The thread can be found in the group here. I have a small confession to make. Whilst I do love the Zend Framework I […]
Posted in: PHP
PEAR Update Issues On Snow Leopard
October 9, 2009
So I just came across some weirdness on my default install of PHP on Snow Leopard. I wanted to install the latest version of PHPUnit in order to carry out some testing, but it was asking me to update PEAR. So I ran the usual PEAR update command; This appeared to run without any issues. […]
Posted in: PHP
Pretty URLs with EPrints
September 21, 2009
Recently I have been working on a project which was focused on adding Homepages and Profiles for users to EPrints repositories called MicroViews. Currently when a user logs into an EPrints repository all you are presented with is your Manage Deposits page. With MicroViews the user will be presented with a Homepage which provides them […]
Prototype Element Update Confusion
August 5, 2009
At work we are currently working on reimplementing a piece of software called SNEEP. SNEEP is a plugin for repository software called EPrints which is developed at the University of Southampton. According to the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) EPrints currently has 333 installations around the world as of 6th August 2009. As part […]
Posted in: eprints, javascript
Beyond The Corner 
January 15, 2011
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