Archives June 2004
Need an intellectual recharge (Maybe more philosophy this evening)
Written by
on
in
Vindaloo.
Feeling the need to recharge my enthusiasm for knowledge.
Listened to the next in the philosophy lecture series (I stopped for quite a while there), was good to think at a more abstract level for an hour or so. Was discussing the neo-Aristotelians at Oxford in the Quatrocento (a.k.a. The Rennaissance). Apparently "The Elegant Universe" ...
OO versus nested_scopes in Twisted code (OO wins (not to spoil the suspense or anything))
Written by
on
in
Snaking.
So, I've been figuratively staving in my skull with tracking down the weird hanging cases that have been showing up in the ping scanning mechanism. For the most part, I've been storing the state in either explicitly passed arguments, or using nested scopes.
Having reached a point where the whole darn thing was just a ...
OO versus nested_scopes in Twisted code (OO wins (not to spoil the suspense or anything))
Written by
on
in
Snaking.
So, I've been figuratively staving in my skull with tracking down the weird hanging cases that have been showing up in the ping scanning mechanism. For the most part, I've been storing the state in either explicitly passed arguments, or using nested scopes.
Having reached a point where the whole darn thing was just a ...
Nice little experiment last night (Ginger stir-fry over anise and mint pasta)
Written by
on
in
Vindaloo.
Wound up buying more ginger than I intended to yesterday, so decided to use the entire old root for a stir-fry (mushrooms, tomotos green and red bell peppers) and do up some "cool" pasta using fresh mint and anise (after cooking, drain, pour in cold water, drain, repeat). Tossed 1/3 of a raw strong purple ...
Nice little experiment last night (Ginger stir-fry over anise and mint pasta)
Written by
on
in
Vindaloo.
Wound up buying more ginger than I intended to yesterday, so decided to use the entire old root for a stir-fry (mushrooms, tomotos green and red bell peppers) and do up some "cool" pasta using fresh mint and anise (after cooking, drain, pour in cold water, drain, repeat). Tossed 1/3 of a raw strong purple ...
Gack this is slow (So many methods, so little progress)
Written by
on
in
Snaking.
Still working on the "randomised" ping mechanism. Spent close to an hour with the darn thing hanging because of a logic error where something that was originally synchronous was converted to being asynch, but I forgot to alter the client code in one place, so it would just sit about re-scheduling itself every 30 seconds ...
Gack this is slow (So many methods, so little progress)
Written by
on
in
Snaking.
Still working on the "randomised" ping mechanism. Spent close to an hour with the darn thing hanging because of a logic error where something that was originally synchronous was converted to being asynch, but I forgot to alter the client code in one place, so it would just sit about re-scheduling itself every 30 seconds ...
What is the headache trying to say? (It's a warning signal, but...)
Written by
on
in
Vindaloo.
Was reading an article on Wired News this afternoon about a new bill in the states intended to allow consumers and third-party technicians to access (all of) the diagnostic codes for their cars. Headaches are much like the check-engine lights described in the article. They tell you that something is wrong, but there's not much ...
What is the headache trying to say? (It's a warning signal, but...)
Written by
on
in
Vindaloo.
Was reading an article on Wired News this afternoon about a new bill in the states intended to allow consumers and third-party technicians to access (all of) the diagnostic codes for their cars. Headaches are much like the check-engine lights described in the article. They tell you that something is wrong, but there's not much ...
Daily archives
- June 1, 2004
- June 2, 2004
- June 3, 2004
- June 4, 2004
- June 6, 2004
- June 8, 2004
- June 9, 2004
- June 10, 2004
- June 11, 2004
- June 12, 2004
- June 13, 2004
- June 14, 2004
- June 15, 2004
- June 16, 2004
- June 17, 2004
- June 18, 2004
- June 19, 2004
- June 20, 2004
- June 21, 2004
- June 22, 2004
- June 23, 2004
- June 24, 2004
- June 25, 2004
- June 26, 2004
- June 27, 2004
- June 28, 2004
- June 29, 2004
- June 30, 2004
Previous month
Next month
Archives
Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.