The Raving Rick

Yesterday I blogged about how psyched I was to have cellular data on my phone. Then I listed some things that the Ubuntu Touch needed to ...

Last week I was in Washington DC house hunting (successfully, I might add ;) ). Since I abandoned my Android phone for full time Ubuntu To...

Yesterday I walked to my local t-mobile store and had them cut my SIM down to "micro" size. I did this so I could fit it into ...

At the end of April, we set the goal to have Ubuntu Touch be dogfoodable on the Nexus and Nexus 4 phones. By that we mean, the goal is t...

It feels like Friday! Why? I think it's because I am tired. I am tired because Virtual UDS turns out to be surprisingly intense. P...

Want a button for Ubuntu Components that plays a sound when pressed, and stops when released? Here's SoundButton . Perfect for your typi...

Last week I fell into a discussion with Mark, Pat, and others about the importance of being able to really use a piece of software to ...

Last week I snatched an hour here and there to work on my Feedzilla app. I like Feedzilla because it has an api that is free for me to use...

Here's a quick demo of using InkCanvas. First I create a rectangle to fill the window to make everything white. Then I made an InkCa...

So, I drew a beard on Tard today!  Furthermore, I did it with just a few lines of QML. Here's the whole program for drawing on Tard .....

Thanks to an update to the documentation for Ubuntu Components , I discovered that I was using PageStack all wrong. I've gone ahead and...

First, I want to extend my deepest apologies for how ugly this app is at the moment. It's embarrassing. Sorry. I will put lipstick on i...

I am so very able to amuse myself with all these funny pictures, but there are other amusing subreddits other than funny. So today I add...

After my post yesterday about browsing 9gag.com, I decided I should make an even more efficient time waster. Way back in the day, I made ...

Every morning I update to the new Ubuntu Touch Image [ change log ] on my Nexus 7. Then at lunch, I  "use" it to check Facebook ...

I spent a bit of today using the Ubuntu Device integration features in Qt. It's fresh software, but it's really easy and fun. Here ...

Following up from my post about how I think about inheritance yesterday, I thought I'd do a quick post about a refactoring feature buil...

Gotta love the "developer art" ... those placeholder images should be replaced by sweet Zombie artwork as the game nears comple...