The codeblocks folder is just to edit the code, it's not possible to compile the proyect directly from codeblocks.
Troubles: libopencv compile problems: http://answers.ros.org/question/11916/about-compiling-opencv-programs-outside-ros paralell_quickstep.so problems: you should comment the paralle_quickstep dependence from the gazebo manifest.xml. SKYPE logging problems: Remember that the keypair expires every two months.