A few years ago, I was setting up a backup plan for my home computer, when I encountered the lovely 4K sector incompatibility issue in Windows 7. It caught me entirely off guard, as I thought my OS was recent enough for MS to support something so critical. Think again! I solved this at home, …
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Debugging a Chrome and jQuery Performance Issue
At work, we have a web application based on some common technologies: ASP.NET, MVC, and jQuery. One of the functions of the software is to provide data reports to clients in the form of charts, tables, and exportable documents. Recently, it was noted that under some conditions (long reports), a report dialog would appear to …
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Debugging GLSL shaders in 0A.D.
Today I want to discuss a graphics glitch that long plagued a project I work on, called 0 A.D. The glitch was first noticed years ago, when major changes were made to the renderer system. Until recently, the cause was unknown and not a focus of our efforts. I will present the debugging techniques used …
A Practical Backup Solution
Computer backups are one of those things that everyone knows they need but nobody actually bothers to do on a regular basis. They are time-consuming and expensive, right? But how often do you rely on your computer, and how much is your data worth to you? People grudgingly pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to …