So, I finally bought the makings of a new computer to replace 'metal,' the venerable machine that eventually was haunted by the Ghost of Jack Daniel. (The rest of the details I'll have to tell another time.)

(Edit: Here's part of the story. Even after solving the power-switch problem, the machine never behaved quite right. After my chipset fan ( Read more... )

Ok, so I'm trying to get our team moved off a "home grown" version control system that really sucks balls to something a little less buggy (ie. doesn't core dump if you have an apostrophe in a commit message) and a little faster (takes less than 5 minutes to check in a dozen files). And no, I'm not exaggerating. It really is that bad ( Read more... )

Conversation earlier (approximately):
mr_z: I like these tapas. Its like a series of bite sized culinary adventures.
buzz_chick (agreeing): I'll be more direct. Is "motherfucking" one word or two?

DEVO has a new song out, called Fresh. It's going to be on their new album, an album that I look forward to. Fresh is a catchy tune, and I like it even more than their other recent release, "Don't Shoot: I'm a Man." If those tracks are any indication, their new album's going to be awesome.

How fresh is Fresh? I think part of the reason I like ( Read more... )

On our DSP, we have a number of memory mapped registers for our various peripherals, device configuration, and so on. I came up with a nifty (or maybe not) way of using C++ templates and preprocessor defines to make them look like C++ variables in a program ( Read more... )

Awhile back, I wrote a program that was trying to solve a design verification problem. It was trying to find a compact set of tests that moved the design through as much coverage space as possible. It used a searching algorithm to try to find low-cost ways to reach each state. Most importantly, it built tests incrementally, taking existing " ( Read more... )

As someone says on the YouTube page: "Dennis Kucinich's balls are made of adamantium." To which I jokingly reply, "Elizabeth Kucinich declined to comment, but she smiled knowingly." *chuckle*

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