endless automata

In Internet Explorer in HTML, Opera in HTML or XHTML and Safari in HTML, all elements with an id attribute are mapped to objects in the global script scope (ie. as properties of window).

Sigh…

Sigh… downloading WinGrep because MSU’s virus software thinks bash is a virus. ...

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:51:41 -0400

Sigh… downloading WinGrep because MSU’s virus software thinks bash is a virus. Hopefully only two more weeks before I go all Linux on my desktop.

"Every now and then I feel a temptation to design a programming language but then I just lie down..."

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:04:49 -0400

“Every now and then I feel a temptation to design a programming language but then I just lie down until it goes away.”

- L. Peter Deutsch (via reddit)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12)

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:18:36 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

If you have the time to write a three paragraph rant on why my suggestion doesn’t work, the...

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:38:34 -0400

If you have the time to write a three paragraph rant on why my suggestion doesn’t work, the least you could do is include the error message…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:26:16 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"Choose Your Own Adventure" On Your iPhone

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:23:48 -0400

"Choose Your Own Adventure" On Your iPhone:

I spent countless hours with “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. Of course, many of those hours were spent mapping out the decision tree and finding easter eggs in the books… it’s entirely likely that these books are the reason why I never had any problems with trees in my data structures class.

Need Some Stuff?

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:53:34 -0400

I’m getting rid of things again - here’s a partial list of the geekier things - please let me know if you are interested - I just want things to go to a good home:

2 IBM model M Keyboards
Macintosh SE with keyboard and mouse (HD has bad sectors)
Wyse terminal
Powermac 7500 – 233Mhz CPU, ATI video card, 256MB of RAM (I think), OS 8.6
Micro ATX case without power supply
Assorted NES, SNES, and Genesis games
DVD/VCR combo
Compaq Proliant 800 (server – dual CPUs, SCSI RAID array – doesn’t boot)
68000 Assembly Language Programming
Machine Organization by Pfleeger
Data Structures Using C
Advanced Assembly Language Programming X86
Assembly Language Step-by-Step X86
A Gift of Fire
Operating System Design (XINU) Vols. 1 and 2
How to Program Visual Basic.net (Deitel)
Assorted Dr. Dobbs Issues
ASP.net in a Nutshell
C # Databases
Beginning ASP.net 2.0
C# Pocket Reference
C# and VB.net Conversion
Assorted geometry books
First five volumes of The Wheel of Time
Fundamentals of Programming Languages by Horowitz
Computer Organization by Gorsline
Microprogramming Handbook
Microcomputers for External Control Devices
Practical Guide to Digital Integrated Circuits
Algorithms and Data Structures by Wirth
SQL Server 2000 Administrator’s Pocket Reference
SQL Server 2000 System Administration
Linear Algebra and its Applications by Lay
Discreet Mathematics with Graph Theory
Advanced Calculus by Devinatz
Elementary Differential Equations
Calculus with Analytic Geometry
Apache the Definitive Guide, second edition
Beginning Java 2 SDK 1.4
Programming Distributed Applications with Com and VB6
Mastering Standard C
469 Pascal Problems
Machine and Assembly Language Programming of the PDP 11
The Question of Artificial Intelligence
C++ An Introduction to Computing
C++ Plus Data Structures
Atari 2600 and 7800 and assorted games