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January 2021: It hasn't gotten better, yet

January 2021: It hasn’t gotten better, yet

OK, it was, after all, pretty unrealistic to expect that things would immediately get better at the stroke of midnight on January 1 of the new year. It would take weeks, even months, to repair whatever damage was done in 2020 and, if this month was anything to go by, it won’t be an easy task. Then again, it is also unrealistic to expect it to be a snap (no, not the Thanos kind). If anything,…

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2020 in Review: We survived

2020 in Review: We survived

Remembering where we were exactly a year ago has been rather painful, not because I’m missing the luxury but because of how none of us foresaw what would be happening in the next 12 months. I was ready and eager to spend the year being productive and improving myself but, like everything else this year, those were thrown out the window the moment COVID-19 struck. And it wasn’t the only disaster…

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I'm going to Akademy 2020 and I don't have a fancy banner

I’m going to Akademy 2020 and I don’t have a fancy banner

Just a quick post to tell the world that, after more than a decade of dreaming, I’m finally going to Akademy 2020, the KDE community’s annual gathering of developers, contributors, fans, and everyone in between. Of course, it will all be virtual, which is really the only reason I’m able to attend in the first place.

It’s honestly a bittersweet thing, to be able to finally be among the formal…

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age++, life--;

age++, life–;

The past months have been … eventful, to put it very mildly. The world is definitely no longer the same, no matter which side you stand on. Things are probably never going back to normal, at least not for a few more years. About the same timeframe that the world’s surviving population had to adjust when influenza first hit recorded history. One thing that hasn’t change is, of course, the passage…

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More (mis-)adventures in Qt Quick land

More (mis-)adventures in Qt Quick land

There’s no escaping that Qt Quick, sometimes also referred to by its language QML, has become the major focus of the framework. At least until the company decides to drastically change course in Qt 7. There will always be a place for QWidgets-based UI and C++ (everything compiles to C++ anyway, more or less), Qt Quick is really being pushed as the future of building user interfaces, especially…

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March to May 2020: The $#@*^%! has Hit the Fan

March to May 2020: The $#@*^%! has Hit the Fan

The last blog post I wrote for February was full of depressing stuff. Little did I know that things would only get worse from there. We already had some inkling of the dangers that awaited us at the beginning of the year but many presumed it would be limited only small portions of the world. Almost half a year into 2020 and the world has reluctantly said goodbye to nearly 370,000 of its…

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February, the month of broken hearts

The year definitely started in a very wrong way and 31 days just isn’t enough to push that all away. Especially when problems continue to persist to this day. Especially when some things go terribly wrong. February is often cited as the month of hearts, but on the very day of hearts, ours was broken.

It’s a fact of life that people come and go. It doesn’t make it easier to accept when they go…

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Starting the year with a bang (and not in a good way)

Starting the year with a bang (and not in a good way)

January, especially the first few days of the month, is often celebrated and highly-prized. In addition to marking the start of a new year, people often take it as an opportunity to kick off a new life. January 2020 is even more significant because marks the end of a decade. But as the clock struck 12, little did we know that, in the middle of the cheers and well-wishes, January 2020 would…

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My KDE in 2019: Developer Documentation Update

My KDE in 2019: Developer Documentation Update

Late 2019 year-end post, I know. It’s been a rather busy start to the new year even when I tried to hit the ground running. Unfortunately, some things like blog posts have taken a backseat. Hopefully not for long.

2019 was a wild year for me personally and I don’t mean that in the completely good sense. One of the highlights, though, was being hired to do contractual workfor KDE as a technical…

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2019 in Review: Reaching My Limits

2019 in Review: Reaching My Limits

I’ll be honest, I’m glad 2019 is over. It’s not that I can close it like a book and shelve it, pretending it never existed. While marking years and days is mostly a human convention, the changing of the calendar year often gives one the opportunity to start anew, often with renewed vigor and determination that lasts at least until the first two months of the year. Of course, no New Year’s…

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The retrospective I didn't want to write

The retrospective I didn't want to write. Time to go back to reality and move forward.

This year was a pretty odd one, and that’s putting it very mildly. Aside from a short scare back in April, things seemed to be looking up for the rest of the year. And then June came to undo the months that came before it. It has been one hell of a ride and, while the journey is far from over, things seem to be settling down a bit. Enough for me to finally sit down and reluctantly look back at…

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Half a year has gone by: what happened the past 6 months

Half a year has gone by: what happened the past 6 months

I can’t believe that six months have already gone by. At the same time, I bid those six months good riddance! It would be unfair for me to say that the first half of 2019 was filled with nothing but bad things but since it’s impossible to turn back time, I’d rather just turn by back and move on instead.

There were definitely highlights, with an emphasis on “high”. In March I got officially…

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April's no Fool: Almost The Big One

April's no Fool: Almost The Big One. Super late post ...

Yep, another late blog post. It would be nice if all months ended on a weekend but, c’est la vie! The month started with very little incident. It was almost boring. For better or worse, it was apparently just the calm before the storm. 

If I were to describe April, it would be earth-shattering, both literally and figuratively. The literal part came on April 22 when the earth shook our little…

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Avengers Assemble!

Countdown to the End Finale. Re-imagining some Marvel supes with a slight sci-fi spin. Fully done in Krita. Been busy, will be busy so sadly it ends here.

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Tekken (Iron Fist)

Avenger *and* Defender. Countdown to the End #8. Re-imagining some Marvel supes with a slight sci-fi spin. Fully done in Krita.

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Binary (Captain Marvel)

Countdown to the End #7. Re-imagining some Marvel supes with a slight sci-fi spin. Fully done in Krita.

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Puma (Black Panther)

Countdown to the End #6. Re-imagining some Marvel supes with a slight sci-fi spin. Fully done in Krita.