Nasir's Blog

It is been a awhile since I wrote something technical. At some point I wanted to build Linux distribution from scratch. After a short research I found Linux From Scratch project. I learned a lot from it.

I’m now more involved with embedded development and I wanted to do the same, but for embedded environment. My idea is to use just Linux Kernel, BusyBox and initramfs. Turns out I’m not the only one who wanted to do that. There is tons of information about that. The one I found where a bit outdated, as this one will be too, in fairly short time. I want to use the latest stable Linux Kernel and BusyBox. I spend almost five hours, spread on couple days to get it to work. Linux Kernel 2.6.27.4 and BusyBox 1.12.1 is what I used.
[Read More…]

Thunderbird, Lightning and Provider for Google Calendar is a great way to manage your GMail and Google Calendar. But there is one thing that is missing for me, my favorite feature in Google Calendar, SMS notifications. The Provider for Google Calendar add-on, unfortunately don’t support that.
[Read More…]

I really want to write more, but for that I need to find some time. I will try to be faster the next time.

Everyone has some ways to write things. I use a list. Sometimes I have difficulties to remember things. That is why before starting to write I compose a list of subjects that I would like to write about. For this blog entry I have the following list:
[Read More…]

I arrived at the Porto airport on September first. After exploring a while found the metro. Buying a metro ticket for the first time can be very tricky, but fear not there is always someone who will help you with it.

Once arrived at Porto’s train station it was a matter of buying new tickets and aboard the train. I reached Coimbra after approximate one hour and the taxi drove for about ten minutes and there was I, at the front gate of Critical Software building.
[Read More…]

First of all I missed writing. That is actually very weird, because usually I don’t like to write. I have reserved one hour of my time just for writing this blog entry.

It is bean a while since the last time that I wrote something here. That is why this entry will be about what I have been doing the past couple weeks. That is not the only reason for such topic. Some friends are also asking me to write something not technical so they can understand for the change what I am writing about.
[Read More…]