Building libpq on MSYS2 MinGW 64 bit for libpqxx

For Windows, although there is a PostgreSQL installer provided, the libpq in the installation directory cannot be used to link libpqxx on MSYS2. This post shows how to build libpq from source on MSYS2.

Building libpqxx on MSYS2 MinGW 64 bit

This walkthrough explains how to build the shared library (dll) for libpqxx on MSYS2.

Identifying colours using GIMP

Often we find a need to identify colours on the screen. There are lots of utilities and fancy tools out there, even web based ones, but I tend to use GIMP as I have it installed already. It's a general purpose image editing tool along the lines of Adobe Photoshop, plus it's open source, so head over and get it now.

One more turn syndrome

For the past two days I have been playing Freeciv.

So you want to be a transport tycoon

Recently I've been playing Simutrans.

Simutrans is a sandbox game where you build a transportation network to deliver goods and passengers to their destinations.