Anyone who's been around me recently knows that I love Bitcoin. It's a really neat idea, but it's also a very complicated thing. Most people that I talk to don't really understand how it works and why it was designed the way it was, and therefore ...
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Bluetooth presence detection
I recently found my USB Bluetooth adapter and have been tinkering with using it to talk to my Palm. I've successfully configured Linux to allow PPP connections over Bluetooth, so I can sync my Palm if I don't have the cradle hooked up.
But a more interesting use ...
Book meme at 5:39AM
- Grab the nearest book.
- Open it to page 56.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
- Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"It is still in dispute whether wars ...
C++ references, continued
So I got some feedback about my last C++ post. The comment states that references are not pointers, they are just names for another object.
Sorry for reopening a topic after nearly 6 months. But I cannot stay silent.
I think you got it wrong. Completely.
Although a reference might ...Tagged as : C++Cast abuse
Every so often when reading through some C# code I'll run across the
as
keyword. Now this is a very nifty feature of C#. Just like the familiar parenthetical cast, it returns the object cast to the new type if it succeeds. However, if it fails then it simply ...Tagged as : C#Cdh.SimpleRpc
I've got this idea to code some game servers for a series of cooperative games my brother and I used to play as kids. I get similar ideas all the time... how about a game server for this card game or that board game? The problem I run into ...
Chris Matthews vs. Kirk Watson (Re: Obama)
Come to think of it, I can't name any either...
Chris' Tasks
I've started a web-based task manager to get some experience with Prototype. It's very fast so far and is relatively easy to build upon.
Chris' Tasks, now with OpenID goodness
My web-based task manager now supports OpenID as a login mechanism. Have at it.
Christmas break plans
It's that time of the year again... when I get to relax after completing finals. It looks like I'm going to pass everything too, which is a pretty big deal since I literally cannot fail any class I'm enrolled in and still graduate in May. So now ...
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