What Comes To Mind

Real World Haskell - Chapter 3

2009-10-15T18:06:00.002-04:00

These are the exercises from chapter 3 ofReal World Haskellby Bryan O'Sullivan, Don Stewart, and John Goerzen> module RWHChapter3 where{-# OPTIONS_GHC -XMagicHash #-}Some useful things to check my work:> import Test.QuickCheck> import Data.List> import GHC.Prim> import GHC.Base1) Write a function that computes the number of elements in a list. To test it, ensure that it gives the same answers as

Testing embedded TeX

2009-09-30T22:21:00.001-04:00

If I set the up correctly, I can now embed mathematical formulas in my blog:\int_{0}^{1}\frac{x^{4}\left(1-x\right)^{4}}{1+x^{2}}dx=\frac{22}{7}-\pi

oops.

2009-07-02T19:55:00.001-04:00

tabbed working notes

2009-04-30T19:17:00.000-04:00

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Electoral Votes and Poll Closing Times

2008-11-04T17:37:00.003-05:00

7:00 PM Georgia 157:00 PM Indiana 117:00 PM Kentucky 87:00 PM South Carolina 87:00 PM Vermont 37:00 PM Virginia 137:30 PM North Carolina 157:30 PM Ohio 207:30 PM West Virginia 58:00 PM Alabama 98:00 PM Connecticut 78:00 PM Delaware 38:00 PM Florida

Eeeep

2008-09-18T18:13:00.003-04:00

Take a picture of yourself right now.don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.post that picture with NO editing.post these instructions with your picture.'Trying to operatate an iPhone backwards makes me frown.

email check

2008-01-31T22:19:00.000-05:00

Camping this last weekend at West Hills

2007-12-17T23:05:00.000-05:00

This is the shelter we stayed in. The high pitched roof helps keep the heat in, and the rain out. And the snow, although that mostly melted.This was the point of the whole trip. A garbage can cooked turkey to share with friends and family. The can acts as an oven, with the charcoal providing way more than enough heat to cook the bird, which is impaled on a stake, holding it vertically in the

Office 1 (me 0)

2007-11-26T11:52:00.000-05:00

"my office looks like a bookstore exploded in it, and then an electronics store was dropped on it to smother the flames." - J.Scalzihttp://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=152The books are all triple stacked, and there are several more shelves surrounding the room....

I win

2007-04-19T03:01:00.000-04:00

This showed up in my local bookstore

2007-04-17T21:21:00.003-04:00

So I bought it. And there was at least one more face out copy, besides the one you see here.And this is where I bought it:Penn Books on the LIRR Level of Penn Station. Small store, but many shelves of SF, particularly if you know to look under the display table across from the main set of shelves. The staff are outstanding. I got the first recommendation for Vinge's Rainbows (sic) End there.

2007-02-18T22:22:00.000-05:00

Using the Standard C++ Library in a Functional style. The standard C++ library offers a number of algorithms that have nearly exact analogues in functional languages, and are used in almost the same way. In particular std::accumulate and std::transform are powerful, and very general, algorithms. In functional programming literature, accumulate is usually referred to as fold, or foldl, and

What is currying? an aha! moment

2007-02-06T22:19:00.001-05:00

Since it really is an aha! moment, the best I can do is tell you what led me to it, and hope that helps.There is a difference between partial application and currying that most experts ignore, because they already understand, but they lie in wait ready to tell you that you have it all wrong.And you won't understand because the concepts are >that<>I'll start with Haskell syntax for the type of a

Functional Programming in C++ Part 1

2007-02-02T00:17:00.000-05:00

IntroductionC++ is known to be a multi-paradigmed language. This is often construedto mean you can program in both a procedural and and object orientedstyle. This is too limiting a view. C++, particularly with modernlibrary support, is more than capable of supporting programming inthe functional style. Even without modern libraries like boost, orstd::tr1, the Standard Template Library embodies

Monads, REST and C++ Template Metaprogramming

2007-01-23T23:08:00.000-05:00

OK, with that title, I'm sure to please almost no one. If you want to know how to do REST-ful programming in Haskell, or tie REST to C++, move along, there's nothing to see here. The connection isn't at the implementation level. Which is the whole point.So what do REST, Monads and (successful) Template Metaprogramming have in common?Strict maintenance of levels of abstraction, and extremely

rest in peace robert anton wilson

2007-01-20T00:29:00.001-05:00

ohyesof coursei had forgottenmy god, it's full of stars

Types and Programming Languages: Chapter 4

2006-03-27T23:31:00.000-05:00

I'm working through Types and Programming Languages, by Benjamin Pierce.I'm up to somewhere around chapter 13, References, but it's starting not to make sense. Which means it's time to back up and do more of the work, instead of just nodding as though I really understand it.One of the things he does is build typecheckers for the languages he describes, in the language ocaml, or Objective Caml, a

Solaris network install using Linux DHCP server

2006-03-20T15:42:00.000-05:00

This weekend's tech project was getting an old Sun Ultra 5 up and running with a new version of Solaris, in this case Solaris Nevada b33, so I can play with toys like opensolaris, dtrace, zfs,etc.This particular machine doesn't have a cdrom, so in order to get things working I had to do a network install. Or I could have installed a cdrom, since it's an IDE based machine, but that wouldn't have

Brew Day!

2006-02-20T20:13:00.000-05:00

Brewer: Steve Downey - Beer: February Ale Style: American Amber Ale Type: All grain Size: 5.5 gallons Color: 13 HCU (~9 SRM) Bitterness: 38 IBU OG: 1.052 FG: (Est) 1.012 Alcohol: 5.2% v/v (4.1% w/w) (Estimated) Grain: 2 lb. Weyermann Dark Wheat10 lb. Weyermann Vienna1 lb. Weyermann Cara Amber Mash: 60% efficiency

Bill de hÓra: I think I figured out the list comprehensions thing...

2006-02-13T13:37:00.000-05:00

Bill de hÓra: I think I figured out the list comprehensions thing...I've been trying to understand this stuff myself, and Bill de hÓra's post has prodded me to write this down so I won't forget it again.List comprehensions are really just syntatic sugar. And too much syntatic sugar can cause truth decay.List comprehensions are forms in functional and related languages that allow you to generate

Picture of me at end of day

2006-01-31T19:31:00.000-05:00

This is me at the end of the day, playing with Blogger's new mobile posting feature, and my new cell phone camera.

OktAle / Novemberfest

2006-01-31T19:08:00.000-05:00

OktAle / NovemberfestI finished up the keg this week. That was pretty fast, for me. I usually end up with a few stray bottles of a brew hanging on forever. But, since the keg is really all or nothing, I just finished it up. The only down side is that I don't have another brewing at the moment. I'll have to get to work on that this weekend. Probably a basic Pale Ale, consisting of whatever they

Waterfall 2006 - International Conference on Sequential Development

2006-01-30T11:25:00.000-05:00

Waterfall 2006 - International Conference on Sequential DevelopmentJust what we need. A solid return to the successful development practices of the early 80's. The Waterfall development model, with emphasis on design up front, deliberate handoff between phases, a separate QA team, and producing extensive documentation at all times, is ripe for a comeback.

template metaprogramming - Google Search

2006-01-26T00:22:00.000-05:00

template metaprogramming - Google Searchgoddamnit - there ought to be more people who know more about template metaprogramming than I do by now. And Todd Veldhuizen was someone I cribbed notes from when I wrote that article. The Boost MPL stuff is excellent. Why aren't there another dozen links talking about it?

Google Mobile - Personalized Home

2006-01-23T20:08:00.000-05:00

Google Mobile - Personalized HomeWay cool. More neat stuff on my mobile phone.