So here’s an idea for a movie that I just thought up: a comedy movie along the lines of Home Alone, but instead of breaking into somebodies house, they try to break into the Wonka factory to steal the secret recipe for … Continue reading
This just took me a stupid long time to figure out, so I’m leaving it here for future reference. In Java, the easiest way to read lines is using Scanner. For work, I had written a quick Linux-only serial port … Continue reading
Enums in C are something special. They’re not strongly typed at all. As it’s pointed out, sometimes enums are used for making bit values, which is rather convenient. However, it would be very good if enums could be strongly typed. So, … Continue reading
So I came across this article via Slashdot today, and I figured that I’d post some thoughts on my programming utils and their license. The part that I really noticed was: …younger developers may be choosing more permissive licenses as … Continue reading
So I’ve been re-playing GTAIII lately, and I thought of something. How would one make a full city, with full interiors for every building that is there? Couldn’t we just generate all this stuff at run-time? This makes a lot … Continue reading
What microcontroller does a pirate like to program on? An arrrrrrdiuno.
Would Triple-X be a good member of the A-Team?
So I figured that I’d talk about FTDI’s Linux D2XX drivers for a little bit, and about some odd things that they do. First of all, FTDI makes really nice chips. We use them at work. The problem came about … Continue reading
Introducing RM Programming Utilities. A group of projects which provide utility function to your programming. Contains C/C++ libraries, Java Libraries. May include other libraries at a later point. Hopefully these can be useful to you.
A while ago, I posted some thoughts on Linux installing. Just today, I came across this blog post, which covers kindof the same things. The problem that seems to exist now is that there are multiple ways to do things. Not … Continue reading