Boosting your C++ tools

Posted on 26.10.2005 by Anteru (Updated on 3.11.2010)

Here at the university surprisingly few people know about Boost, one of the probably most useful C++ libraries ever written (actually, it’s a collection of libraries). If you never used it, give it a try. And if you’re to lazy to read the “Getting started” document or you want a really brief start document, read on. (Or if Boost.Build refuses to build after you installed the latest DirectX SDK)
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OpenOffice 2.0 is out

Posted on 20.10.2005 by Anteru (Updated on 3.11.2010)

Back in the web, and some great news right away: OpenOffice 2.0 is out. I’ve downloaded it maybe 2 hours after the release with no problems and excellent speed, seems their mirrors are more than up to the task (>500kb/s download speed). Well done guys!

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nLite – Pimping up your Windows Installation

Posted on 1.10.2005 by Anteru (Updated on 3.11.2010)

Today, I found a great tool: nLite. I wanted to slipstream the SP2 into my Windows Installation and I was searching for a tool that would do it for me when I discovered nLite. Continue reading →

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Windows Media Player madness

Posted on 11.9.2005 by Anteru (Updated on 5.11.2010)

Recently, I tried to write a simple tool using C#/.NET Framework that would allow me to gather information about movie files. As I wanted to be able to get the size, format and length of every movie file that WMP can open, I decided to use its SDK. Read on to see why this is not as easy as it sounds.
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