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April 27, 2006
My copy of Programming Language Pragmatics just arrived today. It's big, heavy, and features small print.
Perfect bedtime reading.
Perfect bedtime reading.
April 26, 2006
I've had a sort of recurring idea several times over the last few years. It involves a way to avoid stagnation of knowledge and skills, and identifying gaps and holes in important knowledge.
My idea is to periodically patrol the technical forums (and maybe some other ones too, like Business of Game …
My idea is to periodically patrol the technical forums (and maybe some other ones too, like Business of Game …
April 24, 2006
At the recommendation of a commenter on one of my previous entries (thanks, btw, even though I'm too lazy to find out who you were [wink]) I've been watching the video lectures from Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs.
It's very entertaining, because the poor HP employees are clearly g…
It's very entertaining, because the poor HP employees are clearly g…
April 22, 2006
Alright, fine, I just can't do it. I can't post a short journal entry [grin]
Actually, this is really just a half post-script. I have a feeling it won't make for anything long, but usually, the stronger I get that feeling, the more wrong I am - and the longer my posts get. Oh well.
Anyways, I just re…
Actually, this is really just a half post-script. I have a feeling it won't make for anything long, but usually, the stronger I get that feeling, the more wrong I am - and the longer my posts get. Oh well.
Anyways, I just re…
April 21, 2006
I'm looking for a book. (For those not inclined to suffer through my tomes, you may skip to the end [smile])
In today's society, that's not really a remarkable thing. Just pop down to your local Borders, grab a double caramel latte with whipped cream and cinnamon, and bum around scanning shelves for…
In today's society, that's not really a remarkable thing. Just pop down to your local Borders, grab a double caramel latte with whipped cream and cinnamon, and bum around scanning shelves for…
April 20, 2006
During my usual bouts of procrastination, I dug back up Paul Graham's essays, thinking that I might find some useful stuff in there since my Lisp conversion. Specifically, I started reading Why Arc Isn't Especially Object Oriented, looking to compare notes with Paul's work on the Arc language (a Li…
April 19, 2006
I just joined LinkedIn. I don't know why, as usually I avoid those kinds of things as a rule, but for some reason it sounded good. Or maybe I was just bored. Maybe I thought I'd get on this bandwagon "early" while there's still leg room. I dunno.
In any case, if you add me, make sure you get the Mik…
In any case, if you add me, make sure you get the Mik…
April 18, 2006
Bill Amend is the smartest person in the universe.
Hang on... maybe I need to back up a bit and explain this properly.
So I was sitting around doing whatever, and suddenly, unbidden, something came to mind: an old Foxtrot comic strip where Jason writes a multimedia book report for school. At one poin…
Hang on... maybe I need to back up a bit and explain this properly.
So I was sitting around doing whatever, and suddenly, unbidden, something came to mind: an old Foxtrot comic strip where Jason writes a multimedia book report for school. At one poin…
April 17, 2006
Well, it seems I've finally found my productivity gland again (after a three hour nap this afternoon, of course).
Stuff is flowing nicely and I should be able to get the plans for this cutscene system totally done here soon. I ran into a fun challenge today with controlling fine-grained timings for …
Stuff is flowing nicely and I should be able to get the plans for this cutscene system totally done here soon. I ran into a fun challenge today with controlling fine-grained timings for …
April 16, 2006
Well, if there's one thing every new Spiritual Convert needs, it's a good Crusade to fight for.
As a Newly Reformed Smug Lisp Weenie, I feel it is my deep responsibility to the Faith to join a Crusade. The thing is, I'm too lazy to see what Crusades are currently being fought, and I justify my lazin…
As a Newly Reformed Smug Lisp Weenie, I feel it is my deep responsibility to the Faith to join a Crusade. The thing is, I'm too lazy to see what Crusades are currently being fought, and I justify my lazin…
April 15, 2006
A funny thing happened today.
Actually, it happened a couple of days ago, but the effects have taken a bit of time to fully hit home. I was reading around in Steve Yegge's blog archives, Lambda the Ultimate, and a few other places that I forget at the moment. The other important bit of background wa…
Actually, it happened a couple of days ago, but the effects have taken a bit of time to fully hit home. I was reading around in Steve Yegge's blog archives, Lambda the Ultimate, and a few other places that I forget at the moment. The other important bit of background wa…
April 14, 2006
Well, I ended up falling asleep last night instead of working. Story of my life. I'm going to make a quick effort at making up for it today, but I have four challenges that will defy that:
My parents left Florida today and will by stopping by in the area on their way to Indiana. So my weekend will …
April 13, 2006
Ever since I got back from Florida I've been dragging my feet. (Heck, I've been dragging my feet for quite a while now.) I finally got fed up with it and decided to sit down and try to figure out what the heck is going on. I've tried before to attack the problem analytically, with no real results; …
April 13, 2006
Being in a slap-happy, hyperactive, party-like-a-hamster-on-crack mood at 2:40 AM on a Thursday really sucks.
That is all.
That is all.
April 12, 2006
Today we got the first really official roadmap for the Next Project. I can't really give much detail due to NDA restrictions, unfortunately. The bottom line though is that we basically have about twice as much time as I was expecting to get certain major features to an alpha-complete phase.
I alread…
I alread…
April 10, 2006
Well, I more or less just got home. I've stuffed a few things away and cleared out the spam that showed up in my mailbox since 2 AM last night (when I last checked it), but for the most part haven't had the energy at all to unpack or anything. Being trapped in a minivan with a hyperactive five year…
April 08, 2006
Moving furniture into a storage unit officially sucks.
My line of work is not, shall we say, physically demanding. I don't exactly haul around large heavy objects all day as a matter of course. No, see, my lazy pasty white butt likes to sit around on soft surfaces. The most action my arms see in an …
My line of work is not, shall we say, physically demanding. I don't exactly haul around large heavy objects all day as a matter of course. No, see, my lazy pasty white butt likes to sit around on soft surfaces. The most action my arms see in an …
April 07, 2006
The last two days feel like about a month. I've been running around fixing odd computer problems for all the friends-of-the-family in the area, which is always... interesting, if not actually fun. Today we took my five year old nephew and his four month old brother to the beach and hung out for a c…
April 05, 2006
So yeah, we're supposed to leave in two hours. I haven't even had a chance to look wistfully in the general direction of bed yet; still cramming together last-minute notes and code blobs.
This is going to be "fun." Thankfully, I don't have to drive.
This is going to be "fun." Thankfully, I don't have to drive.
April 04, 2006
So tonight I have to shut down all my equipment and pack up for my trip down to Florida tomorrow. I'm actually already packed except for all the last-minute stuff like toothbrush and such. That, and I have to get my laptop set up with VPN connections and such so I can work on the road.
For the next …
For the next …
April 03, 2006
So today I dragged my sorry butt out of bed at the unholy hour of 8:45 AM. At 9, our meeting started, and it ran for over 3 hours. Virtually all of the issues that directly concern me (at least for the immediate future) were hammered out, which is good.
The topic of discussion today is a very hefty …
The topic of discussion today is a very hefty …
April 02, 2006
There's too much stuff in my brain. I want to get some of it out. Sadly, I am not aware of a way to separate brain-stuff from actual brains; this means that, should I want to get brain-stuff out of my head, I would be required to also remove brains themselves. I am not particularly attracted to the…
March 29, 2006
Just a quick dump of thoughts here before I stumble off.
- If you haven't already, check out the Pragmatic Programming Language for the Future discussion going on in the Software Engineering forum. There's some absolutely excellent feedback coming together from this thing, and I think that with some r…
March 27, 2006
Wow, that generated substantially more (and more positive) response than I had expected. I guess it shouldn't come as much of a shock to me that others are feeling the need for a better toolkit, but I would have expected at least some backlash against the heavy-handed pragmatism [grin]
Yes, there's …
Yes, there's …
March 27, 2006
I'm really starting to get interested in the notion of building a new programming language. Every language I've ever used has had some really glaring shortcomings and problems, even aside from the normal quirks and personality flakiness that any language is going to have as a matter of course.
Now, …
Now, …
March 24, 2006
I've been wanting to do this for quite some time, but just never really got to it. My last attempt didn't turn out so well as a journal entry, but did very nicely at helping me track my own work habits. So I'm going to give it another shot.
9:45 AM
I stumble over to my cell phone and turn off the ex…
9:45 AM
I stumble over to my cell phone and turn off the ex…
March 24, 2006
It's difficult to admit, but at the moment, the thought that weighs most heavily on my mind is that johnhattan needs to hurry the hell up and release a full version of ConFusebox. I am sickeningly, utterly addicted to that game, in a way that I've never felt drawn to a spin-the-pipes puzzle before.…
March 21, 2006
Apparently, I've touched on a rather controversial nerve. Not unexpected, really - piracy and anti-piracy is a very hot debate, and will likely continue to be so for quite some time.
Given a few days to re-gather my own thoughts, and consider some of the great comments from my last rant, I've decide…
Given a few days to re-gather my own thoughts, and consider some of the great comments from my last rant, I've decide…
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