Somewhat apropos this week’s Edge announcement, I decided to put forth some of what I’ve been mulling regarding current computing paradigms,... | Continue reading
This is a stub to start gathering some resources on Swift, which won several of my personal awards for “most breakages between major releases” and has therefore not been something I’ve invested a lot of time on. In fact, I’ve yet to have a reason for building something with it (o … | Continue reading
I bought a Prusa kit on October 2014, and have been merrily twiddling its various bits over the years with considerable delight, since it’s a nice, slow(ish) hobby. I’ve since used a few more printers, and these are a few (somewhat dated) resources I’ve found useful. Resources Ca … | Continue reading
Python is one of my favorite programming languages due to its terseness and amazing flexibility. See also Django for more. My Stuff Year Item Notes 2016 Sushy my current wiki engine 2015 rss2imap The way I used read my news a while back 2009 PNG Canvas a native Python PNG creatio … | Continue reading
vim is my editor of choice, simply due to the fact that I find it extremely efficient (and readily available everywhere). Resources Category Date Link Notes Browser Extensions 2025 wasavi a browser extension that changes a textarea element to a virtual vi editor Extensions 2021 v … | Continue reading
SQLite is my database engine of choice for simple, no-frills stuff, and has of late become popular enough for me not to have to bother compiling it from scratch anywhere. Category Date Link Notes Extensions 2023 sqlite-vss an extension for efficient vector search sqlean.py a bund … | Continue reading
Scheme is a LISP dialect that has not just gone its own way (as is usual with LISPs) but also achieved IEEE standardization. With a focus on lexical scope and tail call optimization, it actually contributed many of its ideas back into Common LISP. Resources Category Date Link Not … | Continue reading
That grand, spacious (and long ignored) branch of computing that I never really found a reason to graduate in (big mistake I only realized 30 years later) and that, these days, deals not just with thinking machines (so-called “hard” AI), but mostly with enhancing the usefulness o … | Continue reading
The Remote Desktop Protocol, which has a long and colorful history. I much prefer it over VNC due to its vastly superior performance and extra features. H.264/AVC Acceleration up to 60 fps (The Short Version) On Windows 10/Server 2016 and above, you can enable nearly 60fps connec … | Continue reading
One of the oldest file sharing programs on the Net, Hotline is still in use today, and I recently had the opportunity to confirm that. Even though the parent company (who originally intended to sell the product as a BBS/collaboration tool) seems to have gone under, there has been … | Continue reading