October 06, 2006
I've been at this journalling business for just about a year now, my first post coming on October 8, 2005. I was going to do this on the "proper" one-year anniversary, but that's going to fall on a Sunday, and I plan on being thoroughly asleep all day that day.
Although it seems painfully like ego-w…
Although it seems painfully like ego-w…
October 04, 2006
A few years ago, I routinely described myself with a certain ha-ha-only-serious quip that rarely failed to draw a wry chuckle. I would inform people with a perfectly straight face that "I'm not antisocial... I simply hate everyone."
Being reclusive seems to be no small part of working in intellectua…
Being reclusive seems to be no small part of working in intellectua…
October 02, 2006
I have a headache, a bunch of old classic Simpsons episodes to watch, and a nice glass of Jameson. I am hoping that the latter two will unite and launch an epic struggle to overthrow the dark tyrrany of the former.
After that, if I can still think straight, I'm going to work all night... 'cuz White …
After that, if I can still think straight, I'm going to work all night... 'cuz White …
September 28, 2006
Call me psychotically morbid, but there's one sort of literature that's pretty much guaranteed to pique my fascination: the last thoughts of people in desperate situations, as they resign themselves to their fate and record their final moments on paper in the hope that someone will discover them an…
September 26, 2006
I had a weird experience this afternoon.
First of all, some context - my sleep schedule has gotten totally out of whack lately and I don't know why. So I was asleep this afternoon, pretty much from 1 PM to around 10:30 PM.
At one point, I woke up - not just the sort of idle "mmmmfh, Imwake, goway" so…
First of all, some context - my sleep schedule has gotten totally out of whack lately and I don't know why. So I was asleep this afternoon, pretty much from 1 PM to around 10:30 PM.
At one point, I woke up - not just the sort of idle "mmmmfh, Imwake, goway" so…
September 23, 2006
Batchin' It!
Life tips for stingy, lazy singles
Volume 1
Tip of the Day: Surviving With No Electric Mixer
If you're like me, you're lazy, tight-fisted, and tend to lack some "common" kitchen equipment. Today's item of choice is the electric mixer. Most people would survive sans-mixer by keeping a whisk…
Life tips for stingy, lazy singles
Volume 1
Tip of the Day: Surviving With No Electric Mixer
If you're like me, you're lazy, tight-fisted, and tend to lack some "common" kitchen equipment. Today's item of choice is the electric mixer. Most people would survive sans-mixer by keeping a whisk…
September 23, 2006
The other day our very own Corman dropped me a link to a great deal from NEC on an eval kit for one of their 32-bit microcontrollers. It comes with a USB-based flash programmer, some emulation and debugging software, and of course the MCU itself - for a grand total of around $60. Quite a good barga…
September 21, 2006
The AMD/ATi merger is starting to produce some interesting stuff... most notably, AMD's new open coprocessor socket. This is a fantastic first step towards the kind of architecture I've been envisioning for the future; in fact, it's basically already there, just on a small scale. Picture this same …
September 18, 2006
Floyd Marinescu has posted a great summary of the debate over domain-specific languages. I find the points particularly interesting in light of some of my own rantings here - and moreso in light of personal experience.
I'm going to make some lofty promises: herein I will both espouse and bash Lisp, …
I'm going to make some lofty promises: herein I will both espouse and bash Lisp, …
September 18, 2006
My box finally showed up today. Turns out there's also an Acworth in New Hampshire, of all places, and they decided to send it to that one instead of the one in Georgia. This is made only slightly less astounding when we consider that my ZIP code is of the form 3nnnn, and the counterpart in the nor…
September 18, 2006
Well, I have to say with some smug satisfaction that I saw this coming fifty miles off.
The next big step is for people to realize that stream processing, while good for certain classes of problems, totally sucks for others - namely, those for which out-of-order pipelined processors have become so a…
The next big step is for people to realize that stream processing, while good for certain classes of problems, totally sucks for others - namely, those for which out-of-order pipelined processors have become so a…
September 15, 2006
Oh, man.
These are the most stomach-knotting moments in the game business: there's so much stuff I wish I could talk about, but can't. I want to just blather for a few hours and flap my arms around and make lots of excited noises... alas, this may not be.
In all seriousness... if we pull off even ten…
These are the most stomach-knotting moments in the game business: there's so much stuff I wish I could talk about, but can't. I want to just blather for a few hours and flap my arms around and make lots of excited noises... alas, this may not be.
In all seriousness... if we pull off even ten…
September 12, 2006
Holy crap.
I first started coming to GDNet in the summer of 2001; I lurked, mostly, and spent most of my time reading articles. At that point I was rather active in another programming community (which has long since gone to crap) and for some stupid reason decided I didn't like the forums here.
It w…
I first started coming to GDNet in the summer of 2001; I lurked, mostly, and spent most of my time reading articles. At that point I was rather active in another programming community (which has long since gone to crap) and for some stupid reason decided I didn't like the forums here.
It w…
September 12, 2006
So apparently UPS forgot where Atlanta is. I had a package (containing my precious electronics components) which originated on the West coast last Wednesday. It then proceeded to make a stop in Texas. So far, so good - Texas is reasonably on the way from the west coast to the east coast.
Then, the m…
Then, the m…
September 09, 2006
So I was about to crack open an IBC root beer and settle down with a good book, when for whatever reason I idly skimmed the bottle cap. It advertises a 1-800 number you can call for "nutrition information." I figured I'd give them a ring and see what it's all about.
Unsurprisingly, the line picked u…
Unsurprisingly, the line picked u…
September 08, 2006
Editor's note: due to the GDNet server being a $&*#ing asshole and dropping this post four damn times, it's quite a bit shorter than the original version. We'll return you to your regularly scheduled uber-long posts some other day. Yes, I feel stupid for losing it that many times and still not …
September 07, 2006
Crank officially wins the award for Most Awesomest Title Screen Ever.
(The rest was pretty damn good, too. "What, do you think I have **** written on my forehead? *ding!*" Pure gold.)
(The rest was pretty damn good, too. "What, do you think I have **** written on my forehead? *ding!*" Pure gold.)
September 07, 2006
So in a bizarre twist of fate, I have all kinds of energy right now and feel like doing a lot of stuff that, previously, I just couldn't be arsed to do. This is odd; my initial prediction was that getting up at 7AM every day would make me a bitter, drained husk of a man with no desire to do anythin…
September 04, 2006
I'm not sure whether to feel relieved, or like I'm only half a step away from being chained to a suit and tie for the rest of my life.
Today is (mainly by coincidence) the first day of a new phase in my job life. (I hesitate to use the term "professional" mostly because it's hard to associate onesel…
Today is (mainly by coincidence) the first day of a new phase in my job life. (I hesitate to use the term "professional" mostly because it's hard to associate onesel…
September 03, 2006
Apoch's Recipe for Really Sore Abs and Delts
Ingredients:
Place body into boat
Place boat in…
Ingredients:
- Some abs
- Some delts
- Preferably your own, and functioning on your own body
- One river
- Several miles of Olympic-level, upper Class IV rapids
- A flimsy inflatable rubber boat
- Assorted paddles and other such gear, to taste
September 01, 2006
So lately I've been inspired to get back into my hardware hacking experiments. This of course harkens back to almost a year ago when I started collecting esoteric parts, like the little 4" LCD panel I've got sitting around doing nothing.
Thus far I managed to track down enough specs to locate a ribb…
Thus far I managed to track down enough specs to locate a ribb…
August 31, 2006
Apoch's Angle Visualizer
This is a simple utility that lets you easily visualize a set of angles. I've found it useful on occasion, so I'm making it available to anyone else who might be able to make use of it. It's free, and includes C# 2.0 sources for anyone interested.
Download page
This is a simple utility that lets you easily visualize a set of angles. I've found it useful on occasion, so I'm making it available to anyone else who might be able to make use of it. It's free, and includes C# 2.0 sources for anyone interested.
Download page
August 28, 2006
I was going to post another deep, introspective examination of my career choices, but I got on a sugar rush and started reading Microserfs and just lost the mood. So I'll do that some other day.
Instead, here's the contents of a new file on my desktop titled Evil Plans.txt:
PHOENIX EXTRACTION PLAN
===…
Instead, here's the contents of a new file on my desktop titled Evil Plans.txt:
PHOENIX EXTRACTION PLAN
===…
August 28, 2006
OK, I promised that this was coming, so here it is: the full tale of adventure, from the beginning to the end. I'm too lazy to dig up links to individual events and the corresponding entries here; if you're genuinely bored enough to care, help yourself to the archives.
It all started at some point i…
It all started at some point i…
August 26, 2006
My Conroe machine is up and running.
It is a deeply beautiful thing.
It is a deeply beautiful thing.
August 24, 2006
I've had an interesting phrase poking around the corners of my mind lately; I don't recall exactly when or why it decided to start making a pest of itself, but considering my sleep habits of late, that is perhaps not surprising.
The guilty phrase is "lonely profession." I can think of half a dozen d…
The guilty phrase is "lonely profession." I can think of half a dozen d…
August 23, 2006
My wallet is bleeding.
So the scumsuckers over at Buy.com claimed to have E6600 processors in stock, so I bought one a while ago (I posted about it, I think). Turns out they're a load of lying bastards and did not, in fact, stock the processor. I knew it was too good to be true, especially with all …
So the scumsuckers over at Buy.com claimed to have E6600 processors in stock, so I bought one a while ago (I posted about it, I think). Turns out they're a load of lying bastards and did not, in fact, stock the processor. I knew it was too good to be true, especially with all …
August 14, 2006
I want you to do something. This is something that virtually everyone can do. You don't have to be a game programmer, a programmer at all, or even have a job in computing. You don't even have to use computers, ever. (Well, OK, you do have to use computers, or you wouldn't be here.)
I want you to wri…
I want you to wri…
August 10, 2006
I'm finally going to get around to wrapping up my thoughts on programming languages and the future of processing hardware. Be sure to read part 1 first, or none of this will make sense. I'd also highly recommend Carmack's keynote speech for some additional background and validation of my ravings. I…
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