Pictures Posted
by admin on May.03, 2007, under Travels
I posted my first picture from Germany. While waiting for my train to depart, I took a long walk along the Main (in Frankfurt).
You can view this gallery at http://photodb.muzik.ca/main.php?g2_itemId=2544
Safe in Germany
by admin on May.02, 2007, under Travels
I have arrived safe in Frankfurt!
Anagrams
by admin on Apr.27, 2007, under Uncategorized
Check out the new published named (for privacy)
Allen Chemist
Photodb updated
by admin on Apr.22, 2007, under Coding, Linux
My photo database has now been updated. Rather than using photodb (software I wrote), I am now using the much better “gallery” software.
One more step closer to Germany!
Windows Mobile 5 + Linux
by admin on Apr.22, 2007, under Linux
http://www.synce.org/index.php/Windows_Mobile_2005_Support
GPS Logging
by admin on Apr.20, 2007, under Coding, Travels
Below are some links for logging GPS data from a serial port, on windows mobile 5 to a text file:
http://www.vodafonebetavine.net/web/SunsetGPSLogger/downloads
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/GPS/GPS-Logger-2005-16926.shtml
as found by “Windows Mobile” “GPS Logger” on google
The Three Great Virtues of a Programmer
by admin on Apr.19, 2007, under Funny
- Laziness is the quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labour saving programs that other people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don’t have to answer so many questions about it. Hence, the first great virtue of a programmer.
- Impatience is the anger you feel when the computer is being lazy. This makes you write programs that don’t just react to your needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to. Hence, the second great virtue of a programmer (ok so there is software there, but it doesn’t do what *I* want it to do, so i’ll write my own damn program to do it)
- Hubris Excessive pride, the sort of thing Zeus zaps you for. Also the quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs that other people wont want to say bad things about. Hence, the third great virtue of a programmer