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Please, you wretched cookie-cutter forums of the internet, you can do so much better.

Once upon a time I answered a question on LinuxQuestions, a slow, ugly website that uses vBulletin–your average, run-of-the-mill, commercial, PHP-based forum software. I couldn’t just answer the question, I had to create an account, an
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tags: geek stuff failure forums internet
Feb 15 2010 03:44 PM
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Compiler code generation: just flatten the tree

I spent some time tonight working on the compiler I am writing for my own education. I started this project while only understanding bits and pieces of what it takes to write a compiler, but I am quickly learning more. Various texts on compilers start
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tags: geek stuff bison c compiler
Feb 09 2010 04:41 PM
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Create your own programming language for great justice

In an earlier post I wrote my wish-list for the perfect programming language (for me.) I believe most programmers have a perfect programming language in mind. It usually goes something like this: “I really like the object model of language W and
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Feb 08 2010 11:30 AM
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Genie: Write Python-like code that runs as fast as pure C

There is an article on the Postabon Blog titled “Make Lisp 15x faster than Python or 4x faster than Java.” In his benchmark, which is a tightly nested loop doing some trigonometric calculations, he achieves speed similar to Java with
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tags: geek stuff c genie programming
Feb 03 2010 04:47 PM
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Moving on from visualizations

I am beginning to question the appropriateness of visual aids in professional software development. When I only occasionally had to look at database structures and test out SQL queries, I used tools like phpMyAdmin and MySQL Workbench which provide GUI
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tags: geek stuff mysql philosophy programming
Feb 01 2010 04:44 PM
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Getting Things Done

I work at a very small software company that has as clients other small businesses. We do custom software. In 2010 that means we do web development. We bid on projects, complete the projects we get, fix any bugs for free for 6 months, and charge a very
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tags: geek stuff hack knowledge php
Jan 27 2010 03:17 PM
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My Programming Language Wish-List

I write custom software for a living. It’s usually fun, sometimes challenging, often tedious, but overall gratifying in a number of ways. One of these ways is that I get to be creative and build my own tools that help me write better software that
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tags: geek stuff javascript json php
Jan 14 2010 10:04 PM
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My life without God

This is awkward. Most of my family and friends consider me to be a devout Christian. Mostly they believe this because that’s what I’ve been until relatively recently. I have a few things to get off my chest about this and to set the record
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tags: news and updates philosophy
Dec 10 2009 04:43 PM
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Root.js : A Skeletal MVC Framework for Node.js

OK, by skeletal, I mean absolutely no fat whatsoever. What you are about to witness is merely an illustration of a thought. Here’s the thought: I want to do serious server-side web development with JavaScript and Node.js. Why? Node.js is a
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tags: geek stuff grokking javascript javascript nodejs
Dec 05 2009 11:33 AM
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Node.js and JSON Template : A delicious pairing

I recently blogged about the virtues of Node.js and my personal desire to use JavaScript on the server. Well, I decided to start putting the pieces together. First of all, every good web framework needs a template system. I found JSON Template, a simple
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tags: geek stuff grokking javascript javascript json
Nov 26 2009 03:40 PM
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An Apology For JavaScript

JavaScript is an excellent programming language. As a language, its strength lies in the simplicity and regularity of its syntax. I’m going to show you how much simpler it is than even Python or Ruby. OK, here is how you define a function in
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Nov 25 2009 12:32 PM
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Kubuntu 9.10 on Compaq CQ60 215DX

This article will be a series of short rants. 1. A lot of people complain about broken suspend/resume on laptops with Linux. Usually, it is fixable, just search for your laptop model. In the case of this model, the fix is the same as Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04:
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tags: geek stuff browser chromium hardware laptop
Nov 11 2009 04:52 PM
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You Make Me Want to Perl

I’ve always avoided Perl because of its reputation. And, well, it looks funny. The Perl folks like to golf, which leads to more confusion and incomprehensible code. But then I started picking up bits of information. The creator, Larry Wall, is
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tags: geek stuff perl programming
Oct 29 2009 02:47 PM
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Stupid Ubuntu Trick #005 : Making the touchpad less touchy

This page : Synaptics Touchpad : Community Ubuntu Documentation has a fantastic fix for the problem of bumping the touchpad while typing. This is a big problem typing on the Compaq CQ60 215DX, the laptop I use. It has a large touchpad and the natural
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tags: geek stuff knowledge laptop linux tips
Oct 12 2009 12:47 PM
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Grokking JavaScript Part 3 : Functions

In JavaScript functions are also objects, just like arrays are also objects. Functions, when treated like objects, act like objects. They exist as instances and are referenced from variable names or object properties which are also just references. Here
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tags: geek stuff grokking javascript functions javascript knowledge
Aug 20 2009 03:46 PM
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Grokking JavaScript Part 2 : Simple Arrays

An array in Javascript is a superset of an object that contains an ordered list of references. Here is the simplest Javascript array imaginable: [] The references in an array are not named, so creating an array of (references to) values and
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tags: geek stuff grokking javascript arrays javascript knowledge
Aug 19 2009 02:25 PM
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Grokking JavaScript Part 1 : Simple Objects

To understand JavaScript objects, you have to understand references. A variable in JavaScript is a reference to an object or a primitive value. Here is the declaration of a variable holding a numerical value: var foo = 9; JavaScript objects are very
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tags: geek stuff grokking javascript javascript knowledge objects
Aug 19 2009 11:21 AM
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Pay For Voice, texting, and data, but isn't it all data?

So, to get my iPhone 3GS for only $199 (plus AT&T’s $18 “phone upgrade” fee) I only had to sign another 2 year contract with AT&T and agree to an additional $30 per month charge for data. I already pay Comcast for internet
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tags: geek stuff attsucks freedom internet iphone
Aug 14 2009 12:59 AM
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How My Girlfriend Saved My Life And Other Confessions

My father rode his bicycle to work almost every day, even though he didn’t have to. He took a bike path along the Amazon Slough in Eugene Oregon. Every day he got up early and packed a lunch with pieces of bread, small plastic containers of jam,
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Aug 12 2009 02:39 PM
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Suspend fix for Linux on a Compaq CQ60 215DX

In an earlier post I detailed my experiences installing Kubuntu on the Compaq CQ60 215DX. The only shortcoming was that suspend – resume was broken. A commenter left an important note with the fix, adding pci=nomsi to the grub kernel line in the
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tags: geek stuff linux resume suspend ubuntu
Aug 11 2009 01:45 PM
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Jailbreak Your iPhone

I bought the iPhone 3G S. It is almost a laptop in your pocket. Of course once you jailbreak it, it is. Instead of just a really nice phone, it becomes a really portable general purpose computer that happens to be a phone. The first problem that
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steveth45
tags: geek stuff bees iphone jailbreak
Aug 10 2009 04:59 AM