Bitcoin and litecoin wallet

I have started an effort to port Litecoin and Bitcoin QT wallet to Haiku. I think it is possible. I just have to first compile the perquisites, as some of them don't have Haiku patches or the versions that exist are outdated.

For now I have found that Boost library, Miniupnpc and db-4.8 are compiling but I have to write patches for some of them. Next step should be the QT interface.

This is really exciting, since my c++ is really rusty, so I am refreshing my memory and learning a few new things in the process.

If this works out and I have some free time during June, I will try to help with the port of QTWebKit 2.3

Installed and ready...

Finally I got arround to installing Haiku. I had a few hardware problems, since my test machine was not exactly standard hardware, but I managed to install it and it runs fast, has network connection and seems to be stable enough for daily use.

Now I am going to setup a backup mechanism, so I don't loose work I do on the alpha state system and then I am going to start tinkering with it...

I will soon have the new haikumax.org site up and running too. Any suggestions as to what type of content you would like to see would be appreciated.

Haiku Alpha now very close

As you might have read on OSNews, the alpha version of Haiku is closer than ever. Only two bugs remain to be fixed and we will have the first stable version of our beloved operating system.

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am. Although I have not been really active in the community for more than 3 years, I have always kept in touch with the latest developments. And this one gives me hope that soon, I can get back on the BeOS/Haiku wagon.

The Haiku community has my congratulations and my gratitude for their work.

I know I am going to get bashed, but..

I know it has been four months since I had anything to report, and I still don't have anything to report. I haven't had time to check even one line of code for CUPS or an update for Max since my real life (tm) work is keeping me busy with quite a few 12 hour work days.

Thinks aren't looking good either. I am going to try to find some time to get the work I have done on the Internet, so anyone interested can go on from there, since I don't know if I am going to have time in a month or in a year from now.

I am not giving up, I just don't know when I can get back to everything.

I will try to keep you updated. Thanks for being patient.

no progress yet

Tomorrow is my last day at work for this month, so I have a lot to do and I couldn't get any work done on BeOS. However, this weekend will be spend mostly working on CUPS, so I expect to have something to report on Monday. If not, then that means I have a new girlfriend... (working on it) and threading priority has changed!!!

and in comes the usual... "I wouldn't do it like this. It is the wrong way."

Well, I am trying to do it like this just to see if it can be done. I don't even know if I can do it. So please, either help with real suggestions or work, or get out of the way...

This is a general response for the people that would like it done in another way. Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I would prefer if they stated it as their opinion and not as the teachings of the holy bible...!!!

stop the presses

I here by stop every activity related to BeOS. My reasons are explained here. Thank you.

out of order...

I have been sick (came down with the flu) these past few days, and I couldn't get much work done. Hopefully this week will be more productive. Not sure yet what I will do first, but I have a couple of things planned so that next Sunday I should have something interesting to post.

Slow week

Actually I didn't have time to work on BeOS Max, because work at real life (tm) has been quite demanding.

It might go on for a few weeks, because just today a change in our property tax system has been announced that requires me to update my company's GIS driven property taxation software, but I think I can manage to do some work on Max too.

Taking a break and DMing...

Yesterday I took a break and played a small Dungeon and Dragons game.

Before playing I did a little search to see if there are any programs on BeOS that can help Dungeon Masters (yeap, I am a DM... geeky heh?) and I found there is none. So today I decided to start a series of small programs. Don't worry, MaxUpdater and Max V4 are proceeding as scheduled. I just had a little more time off work....

So here we are. Introducing the BeOS DM Dice Roller

I will upload the program with the code as soon as one more feature is implemented.

Not much to report...

but I thought I'll let you know I am alive :-)

Happy New Year. May this year bring an R1 release of our favorite OS, Haiku.

Although not much work has been done on YaGui or anything else on Haiku by me, I am here and I am planning a few things. I will post some news of my plans soon I hope.