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Tumblelog 090622
Jun 22nd, 2009 by dholm

CodeLite, yet another open source and cross platform C/C++ IDE.

Tupperware Arcade Controls, arcade controls built into Tupperware boxes along with instructions on how to build your own.

UNIX network analysis, an article on standard UNIX tools for network analysis.

ELPA, is the Emacs Lisp Package Archive, a package manager for emacs.

The Falcon programming language, is a multi paradigm programming language including conecpts such as object orientation and message passing.

Twittjr, a Twitter reader designed for and running on a PCjr.

Uniselector digital clock, a mysterious digital clock from the 1940’s.

Anatomy of Linux process management, yet another developerworks article, this time it’s about the inner workings of Linux processes.

Sumo Paint, a web 2.0 application for painting.

Tumblelog 090608
Jun 8th, 2009 by dholm

Ball and chain to force children to study, I highly doubt this product will be big.

From Voodoo to GeForce: The Awesome History of 3D Graphics, a walk down memory lane for those of us who were present in the early days of the graphics card era.

"Abandoned Russian Polar Nuclear Lighthouses"

"Abandoned Russian Polar Nuclear Lighthouses"

teepeedee2, a really fast web server written in LISP.

A few thoughts on the role of software architects, insightful.

AlternativeTo, a community driven site that lists alternatives to applications.

iShoes, because the Segway wasn’t enough.

Code Monkey, a song about being a programmer by Jonathan Coulton.

How do you test a random number generator? Bill the Lizard of Stack Overflow fame gives us a very good rundown on random number generation.

The speed, size and dependability of programming languages, benchmarks run across 33 different programming languages and plotted based on four different characteristics.

Google Wave
Jun 1st, 2009 by dholm

A presentation on Google Wave which is Google’s next gen communications platform.

“1964 Antique MODEM Live Demo”
May 28th, 2009 by dholm

Amazing that a 45 year old modem is still capable of connecting to the Internet.

“Repurpose”, a documentary on hardware hacking
May 27th, 2009 by dholm

This video was posted on MOSIG’s mailing list by MC and is a documentary about the hardware hacking community in Montreal. Keep your eyes out for the old teletype in the beginning of the documentary.

Tumblelog: 090525
May 25th, 2009 by dholm

Spinning vinyl – an ipod app, an application that uses the accelerometer to simulate a spinning vinyl record.

BeRTOS, a free real-time operating system.

"Chip Dip" by Tara Kalwarski

"Chip Dip" by Tara Kalwarski

Solutions for tracing UNIX applications, if you ever have a bug in an application on your favorite Unix implementation these are some good tips on how you can find it.

CS 61C – Machine Structures, online lectures on machine architectures.

Ubuntu brings advanced Screen features to the masses, an application to simplify configuring GNU Screen on Ubuntu.

moot wins, Time Inc. loses, Time Inc was hacked by 4chan users.

X-Ray Funnies, various video game components x-rayed.

At the Nuclear Power Plant, a visit to a nuclear power plant located in Smolensk. There are lots of links to other interesting things at the bottom such as inflatable missiles designed to fool spy satellites.

Refactor :my => ‘code’, help refactor other peoples code.

Wolfram|Alpha, a computational knowledge engine for searching through Wolfram’s knowledge base.

Herb Sutter on Machine Architecture
May 20th, 2009 by dholm

Tumblelog: 090511
May 11th, 2009 by dholm

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody recreated by using old hardware (Flash required).

Driving an LED with or without a resistor [SIC], talks about why and when you should use a resistor to drive a LED.

"Camouflage Class" from FSA-OWI

"Camouflage Class" from FSA-OWI

A Story About ‘Magic’, is a story from MIT’s AI lab about a weird switch glued to one of their PDP-10s.

A20 – a pain from the past, just one of many reasons the PC is evil and deserves to die.

Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) implemented using Template Metaprograms, C++’ template system is turing complete and this is one example of what it can do.

http://homeland.gov.safenow.org – what do in an emergency, a humorous spin on some pictures made by the US Department of Homeland Security.

Tater Titan, I wish I had this kind of patience.

TLSF: Memory Allocator for Real-Time, a GPL/LGPL licensed memory allocator for systems with real-time requirements.

Tumblelog: 090420
Apr 20th, 2009 by dholm

Timeline: 40 years of OS milestones, a look at some of the biggest OS milestones during the last 40 years.

8-bit TV-Computer, a newly designed 8-bit TV-computer which apparently is NES compatible (with a cartridge converter).

Glowing Wheel by Sara Heinrichs

Glowing Wheel by Sara Heinrichs

BeOS Behind the Sinister Dollhouse, if you thought BeOS was dormant waiting for Haiku you were wrong!

Windows 95 almost had floppy insertion detection but the training cost was prohibitive, the title says it all.

Commodore 64 Original Hardware Laptop, Ben Heck has done it again, this time he built a laptop out of a Commodore 64. Me wants!

Art. Lebedev Studio, has made some really cool designs.

Wood Ferrari V12 Engine, yet another engine model project. Sadly this one doesn’t run.

Mercury fountain at the Fundacio’ Joan Miro’, an impressive work of art.

Tumblelog: 090323
Mar 23rd, 2009 by dholm

AuroraUX, a Solaris derivative written in Ada.

The Rubber Duck Method of Debugging, this method is similar to confessional debugging but without disturbing your coworkers.

Reasons Why People Who Work With Computers Seem To Have a Lot of Spare Time... by Eviljaymz

Reasons Why People Who Work With Computers Seem To Have a Lot of Spare Time... by Eviljaymz

Bit Twiddling Hacks, a really good collection of bit twiddling hacks.

Search EFF’s FOIA Documents, the electronic frontier foundation has made available and indexed all of the documents they have procured under the freedom of information act.

USB sniffing on linux, how to use wireshark to sniff USB devices.

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