Linux

Well, I have finally made the transition. After, several years of messing around with various Linux distros right back to Redhat 4. I have dumped Windows XP. I did dual-boot for a couple of months. Now I am running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. So far, no major problems.

Software Development

I have a couple of projects on the go:

• OpenCV using Delphi
• Robot simulator using Delphi

OpenCV is a set of computer vision tools developed by Intel using C and C++. Details of OpenCV can be found on the OpenCV Wiki and Wikipeida. The C/C++ code base can be found on Sourceforge.

A partial translation of the OpenCV headers and examples can be found at Giandomenico's webpage. Using this as my starting point, I am slowly learning how to track objects. I will post the code at a later date.

In a similar vain I am also working on a 2D robot simulator again using Delphi as my programming language. I was inspired by the book Robot Programmer's Bonanza by John Blankenship and Samuel Mishal. The open source robot simulator Rossum's Playhouse has also furnished me with a convenient starting point. Again I will post code as I develop it.

My First Blog

I have finally got my first blog up and running!