A recent technology that I keep thinking about is virtual computing, which in my opinion could open up all sorts of really moxious opportunities.
With the advent of multiprocessor (multi-core) consumer processors, I’m wondering how far could virtual system performance be pushed. Currently there are a few solutions that are pretty fast already. A comparison page […]

I’m no fan of RPM, tarball, or DEB packages. Although the latter two aren’t so bad, you can’t honestly expect a normal end-user to spend more than five minutes figuring out how to install a piece of software. I know I can’t, nor can anyone I know — disregard of technical skill. It’s just a […]

“Sorry, Linus, but to me, the Linux goal, aka being an incentive to vendors, and an incubator, is over, now is the need for something the user finds usable, and supported.” link
Interesting article I spotted over at OSNews, debating whether OpenSolaris makes a better operating system than Linux. In short, which of the two are […]

Neat little article on OSNews on different kernel designs, written by Thom Holwerda. In the end, he concludes that “[a hybrid kernel] carries characteristics of both an ass as well as a horse, and hence it is classified as a ‘hybrid’.” So, I suppose he’s not a fan of hybrid kernels!
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I created a very tiny piece of code which counts the number of words in evaluated PHP code, from an included file. Maybe this will come in useful to someone else.

ob_start();
require(’/my/code/here.php’);
$contents = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
$num_words = count(str_word_count(strip_tags($contents), 1));
print($num_words);

How anticlimatic. I used it to add breadcrumb navigation at the bottom of each page in a Zen-Cart site, if […]

Looks like I’m not the only one that feels Ubuntu is gaining momentum.
I’ve recently switched from Gentoo to Ubuntu, and I’m quite impressed how easy it is to set up! Well, compared to Gentoo, everything is easier anyway.
I honestly hope Ubuntu gains more corporate attention, with software, drivers, and so on.
Ubuntu is one of […]

I found a very good game development resource, and caught this CS related link on Reddit. Some useful information.

Took some time today to read more about LISP. Fascinating language. Slightly more interesting than myself.
LISP stands for LIst Processing. But I insist on telling people it stands for Look, I Soiled my Pants, since it’s so cool.

It struck me once how the more commonly used languages are so messy.
Basically, this is silly:
CustomType e = new CustomType(new AnotherType(), someval);
This isn’t (too bad):
e = new MyCustomType(param1, param2);
Unfortunatly, ActionScript became more verbose with version 3. A simple piece of code…
e = new MovieClip();
Now turns into…
import flash.display.MovieClip
class MyClass
{
   private var e:MovieClip;
   public function MyClass()
   {
      this.e = new MovieClip();
   }
}

That’s […]

I have this “thing” for musical synthesizers. I can’t get enough of them. Samples are for lazy people while synthesizers are only reserved for awesome individuals like me.
Now go download this one. I have been using it for a while, and I’m in love with it. When people ask me if I have a girlfriend, […]