Long time since last update. Not much has happened, I’ve been resting most of the time. No work at all which is good I guess. Instead I’ve been focusing on filming and making music. I build a new studio for that purpose. I also bought a new computer to handle HD video editing. That had a ripple effect to my office which now has more powerful work machine (the old studio heart, powered by Windows 7).
Even though I haven’t done any coding, I have done some research for CE 2.0. I was planning to start working with it few weeks ago but we’ve had a nasty heat wave here in Finland for the past 3 weeks, so I need to wait until it passes. Even though I love sauna, I can’t stand hot weather. Can’t really do anything intelligent in temperature like this (30-35°C). Once the office stops boiling, I’ll start to work with CE 2.0. I’m bored out of my gourd and look forward to start work again.
So far it looks like I’ll be using FreePascal compiler for CE 2.0. I was thinking about C/C++ compilers but didn’t see any valid reason to use them. CE 2.0 will be targeted to Windows, Linux and Mac. I’m not yet sure about the license scheme though. CubicExplorer will be open source but not sure about CubicCore which is the technology CE will be build upon.
Anyway, at the moment I’m glued to a fan and hoping that the weather will cool down. Here’s a little video of what I’ve been filming:
It’s great to hear from you.
I live in germany and it was very hot here over the past weeks to. going to work wasn’t easy in this heat.
Your music room looks very nice and clean – I like it.
What kind of music are you producing?
Have a good weekend.
Currently I’m mostly making jazz and classical. I did lot of trance and dnb when I was younger. Also metal was big thing back then. I guess I’m getting old
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Marko, how great to hear from you again
Oh, I understand well what you say about the heat wave. We’ve had the same here, and it is impossible to be any creative when all you want is to find a cold beer and sit in front of the fan
I came across Cubic Explorer about 8-9 months back while I was with my previous employer. Things changed, I moved on and didn’t use CE for a while. Today, when I wanted to use it again and visited the site, I was shocked to read about all the problems you have been having lately. Was taken aback really.
I am glad you have chosen to take a break and go live some more life. It really helps. And I fully understand what you mean when you say “rebooting the brain”. My best wishes are always with you.
welcome back!!!
@Stein
Yeah, it’s been hot all over Europe. Russia is boiling also, in fact that’s the same hot air mass we have been sharing here in Finland.
Today we had hottest day ever measured, 37,2°C. Last record was from year 1914 (35,9°C). Now there’s thunderstorms coming so it should cool down, at least for few days
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be careful Marko, don’t melt down!!!
I just got back from vacation of the East coast of the US. It was 41,1C for a few days with high humidity. Worst part, because of the storms, the ocean was only 14,5C. You either roasted or froze.
Good to hear from you!
Nice looking keyboard. What is it?
I just bought a Yamaha PSR E423 myself and hooked it up to PianoTeq via Mixcraft (kind of like a PC Garage Band). Sounds beautiful.
@Ted Lilley
It’s Yamaha YPG-225. Being used to normal piano, I would like to have weighted keys though. Maybe someday I’ll upgrade to DGX-630 or similar.
I’m using TruePianos via Ableton Live. Been meaning to check out PianoTeq. I’ve heard it has a good sound.
any chance to see a new snapshot in september?
Marko, you mention that you installed Windows 7.
Is this Explorer bug irritating you too?
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/29d69da6-0f15-427b-9b07-7360910fc871
I’d love a new snapshot to put on my Windows 7 machine, especially if it addressed FS#346
Waiting for new version!
Six months without a new version
Don’t rest too much; it is bad as to rest too few…
Probably the performance that you could get using C++ and a toolkit such as Qt, will be fairly higher that Freepascal.
nice to hear. Freepascal work is good. Interesting how CE will
look like in FP. What component ‘ll you use? Not Jim’s. What?
Marko, please, give us a sign on life…
@Guti
I have considered C++ and QT. I came to the conclusion that QT is just too bloated for my taste.
@Alex
I’ll will write my own components. I’ll be using only few FCL units for things like XML and SQLite support, everything else will be written from scratch.
@Tommy
. Feeling good and I’ve already started to work with CE 2.0 a bit. I’ll write some notes once I’m back in the office.
Still alive
Great to hear from you Marko! And great to hear that you are working on CE2. I think it is still a lot of people waiting eagerly for the next version
I still open this blog at least 2 times a week. I’m so desperate Marko!
We are waiting to upgrade
Has a lot to improve the software
Although she was best in her field
hey Marko,
r we going to see a new blog post by the end of november?
i hope so
ok marko see ya in 2011
hi marko
wish you and CE all the best for the new year.
hope you get soon back to office
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come on Marko, such a wonderful piece of code such as CE cannot be abandoned!!!
@Tommy
I’m not abandoning CE. In fact, for the past two weeks I’ve been in the office, working. It’s still a slow start and I’m only working about 4 hours per day. There’s no plans regarding CE yet. At the moment I’m just getting used to spending some time in the office.
nice to know you are warming up the engine!!!
hi marko
nice to see you back. and even in the forum!
FIY: CE has just been published on portableapps.com (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-02-05_-_cubicexplorer_portable_0.90_released)
/g..
nice to see that you started working again on the developers log
http://code.google.com/p/cubicexplorer/source/list