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Equations for doing a 3D rotation about an arbitrary axis

Using the external tools function in QtCreator to enable customised printing.

I created a physical version of the Hard Choices board game designed to teach the effects of technical debt in software development.

Building a external monitor for Cruise Control to indicate when the build is broken.

How to get the 3D Connexion space mouse to work with Qt. It is necessary to compile Qt for at least Windows XP so that the required messages are received.

A helper python script for adding a CppUnit test to the header and source file of a test case. Quickly add the boiler plate code for a test.

Using a plugin to QtCreator to monitor CruiseControl builds from within the IDE.

First impressions of the QtCreator IDE for C++ development.

In which I start using QtCreator, an IDE for C++ development after years of avoiding IDEs and using custom scripts and a good text editor.

Gardening seems like a more apt analogy for how software evolves over time than some of the more formal engineering metaphors.