How to convert litecoins to bitcoins

By | August 3, 2015

First of all create an account at: https://btc-e.com. Then click on finances -> deposits. You will then be given an address to send your litecoins to. Copy this address into your litecoin wallet. I use Electrum. There is a 0.001 LTC fee and you will be asked to authenticate the transaction.   Your transaction will… Read More »

Simple multi threading in C

By | July 22, 2015

Looking for a simple and easy to understand explanation of multi threading in C using pthread? Here is a great article with examples and a step by step break down. https://vcansimplify.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/pthread-tutorial-simplified/

argp basic tutorial – step by step

By | July 21, 2015

This document is by far the best out there on the net explaining step by step how argp works! http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/nongnu/argpbook/step-by-step-into-argp.pdf Download actual file here If you have ever wondered where to find the text “Give this help list”, it is contained in the file argp_parse.c This file is in the argp folder in the package… Read More »

./bitcoin-qt permission denied

By | July 15, 2015

Are you getting these errors on Ubuntu? >./bitcoin-qt > permission denied > sudo ./bitcoin-qt > command not found or the same with litecoin? >./litecoin-qt > permission denied > sudo ./litecoin-qt > command not found First of all, let’s back track a bit. You have probably gone to https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet or https://litecoin.org/ and chosen to download the… Read More »

Ubuntu Eclipse JVM terminated. Exit code=8

By | July 6, 2015

Getting this error message here? JVM terminated. Exit code=8 /usr/bin/java -Xms40m -Xmx384m -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=/usr/share/eclipse/dropins -jar /usr/lib/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.dist.jar -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 -showsplash /usr/lib/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.platform_3.8.1.dist/splash.bmp -launcher /usr/lib/eclipse/eclipse -name Eclipse –launcher.library /usr/lib/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.dist/eclipse_1503.so -startup /usr/lib/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.dist.jar –launcher.overrideVmargs -exitdata 31000a -vm /usr/bin/java -vmargs -Xms40m -Xmx384m -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=/usr/share/eclipse/dropins -jar /usr/lib/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.dist.jar It is probably because you are using incompatible JVMs. You probably ran an… Read More »

Finally got my network sorted

By | June 20, 2015

With the internet being the life blood of IT, after upgrading to fibre, I spent an afternoon crawling beneath the house pulling cables putting RJ45 sockets in every room in the house. This way my internet speed is guaranteed to be much faster than wireless. I could have upgraded my router to a more enterprise… Read More »

Minimum Viable Product in Reality

By | June 19, 2015

Everyone has a slightly different take on what constitutes a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) but one thing is for certain, if you are selling an MVP product, you have to create a baseline that everyone can agree upon. Otherwise, you’ll end up with different expectations.