This is a tutorial on how to setup a Subversion (SVN) repository on Windows that allows secure connections over SSH. The tutorial also goes through setting up an SVN client and connecting to the repository. Some basic knowledge of a UNIX based command line will help, but you might be able to muddle through without it. Read the rest of this entry »

Show off your inner geek with these t-shirts from CafePress. There are quite a few classic geek shirts here: Space Invaders, Ubuntu, Whisky Tango Foxtrot (WTF!), Office Space, the regular expression version of “To be or not to be”, Lisp, and more. Click on any shirt for purchase details. Read the rest of this entry »

GrokCode is giving away some free schwag to thank our readers this month. Up for grabs is a free T-shirt, golf shirt, or tanktop that will announce to the world that you grok code. Entering is as easy as subscribing to GrokCode via email or RSS feed, then confirming that you are an active subscriber. Read the rest of this entry »

Open source projects can be a good way to geek out and do what you love, and having a side project can help improve overall job satisfaction, keep you at the top of your hacking game, and can often lead to other opportunities. The problem is a lot of people have trouble making that first step because they don’t really know where to start. Here are 6 easy tips for getting started with F/OSS. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the first interview in an ongoing series of mini-interviews with famous developers and programming authors. Rebecca Heineman has kindly agreed to be the first interviewee. She has been a games programmer for almost 30 years - she has written and designed many titles over the course of her career including a Bards Tale III: Thief of Fate, Battle Chess, Wasteland, and Tass Times in Tonetown. Rebecca was also a founding member of Interplay, Logicware, and Contraband Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a collection of 4 programming brain teasers in C and Java.  Some require a sudden flash of insight or knowledge of good coding style to solve, others demand intimate knowledge of the compilation process. The problems range from easy to insanely tricky.  The C brain teasers come from The C Puzzle Book and the Obfuscated C Contest.  The Java problems are from the Java Puzzlers book.  Answers to all problems are at the bottom of the page. Read the rest of this entry »