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New website/blog

2005-06-13T02:48:04Z

Hey folks. The new place to find me is http://www.kjwcode.com/. The new blog is http://www.kjwcode.com/blog/. squeakfan.com is now redirecting to the new domain.

Going back to one blog

2005-06-07T06:01:35Z

I simply can't keep up with mirroring my blog to LiveJournal, so I'm throwing in the towel.

Here's where to find me:

http://www.squeakfan.com/blog/

squeakfan.com will be expiring soon, so I will update here once more for people that miss the new domain announcement. The new domain is pending, but I don't want to announce it until I actually have it in hand.

If you want to comment, use the e-mail address on the bottom of any page on squeakfan.com. I do still welcome communication from LJ folks.

devkb.com/Beer

2005-05-21T05:57:06Z

devkb.com

devkb.com got a little bit of loving today, as I managed to get out of work at a somewhat-regular hour. It'll be the last time I get to do that for the next five days, at least.

I added some information on C, mostly books and notes on GCC. I also added some book links and comments on the books. I added some sites for most of the other languages, too. Quick and dirty, but it's there.

Beer

Big Rock's McNally's Extra Ale tastes great, and only bumps my blood glucose by about 0.6mmol/L. I like that in a beer.

The calm before the storm/devkb.com

2005-05-17T06:23:35Z

The calm before the storm

Spent the last two days enjoying days off. These will probably be my last days off for at least a week, given the expansion of the store. I guess the sooner it's over, the happier I'll be...

devkb.com

devkb.com is coming along slowly. There should be zero 404s now. Added a little bit of point-form information to the information on the C programming language. That's going to be the way things work -- information comes in as point-form, and gets expanded once I have enough to work with. That way if someone is in a rip to get the information, they can. Otherwise, those who want the pretty prose can get that when it's ready.

devkb.com scaffolding/Naps

2005-05-14T07:54:53Z

devkb.com scaffolding

The scaffolding for devkb.com is filling in. I have basic scaffolding for the language sections well underway, and will begin to fill in some real information when I get the scaffolding done.

On the whole, I'm pretty happy with how it's coming together. It needs work before it'll look its best, but I see the potential.

Naps

Naps are a double-edged sword. On one hand, they are a great way to pass time and feel more alert. On the other hand, when that alertness extends past bedtime, it can be a bit frustrating.

I was hoping that scaffolding the website would help bore me to sleep, but that didn't work. Time to try counting sheep.

devkb.com/Days off

2005-05-14T06:24:21Z

devkb.com

Progress is coming slow and steady. At this point it is all infrastructure that's going in -- menu pages, basic outlines, and the likes.

I'm really looking forward to getting to the point of adding content. I'm planning on having a certain layout for each language, editor, etc., and really trying to be as consistent as possible. Consistency breeds speed and a minimum of vgrepping.

Days off

I get Sunday and Monday off this week. This is fortunate, because I work very long hours from Wednesday until at least the following Saturday, if not longer. If I'm not around or not responding to e-mail, IRC, or IM, don't worry -- it just means that I'm at work, asleep, or somewhere between the two.

devkb.com

2005-05-14T05:19:34Z

devkb.com

I've started development on devkb.com. After building up the to-do list to proportions that would make a medium-sized web design firm cringe, I decided it would be far better to start small and work towards my goal. To that end, work has begun.

That being said, if anyone would like to contribute, please get in touch. I can use all the help I can get.

Docserver on sec

2005-05-12T07:35:17Z

Docserver on sec

Got documentation for several things on sec (the iBook), and will be adding more to it. Some of it is stuff that changes every now and then, and some of it is stuff that's pretty much fixed in stone. I'll probably figure out a mirroring system that's not a bandwidth hog. This is one of those times I wish that rsync was as widely available as the web.

Seasonal differences

2005-05-12T05:51:38Z

Seasonal differences

Ah, spring is near, if not here. Gone for now are the days of blizzards and freezing walks to work. Instead, we have only slightly cool nights, and idiot drunks stumbling around and threatening people at the top of their lungs. Now I can see why air conditioning is so popular up here -- you don't have to open your window and listen to the morons.

Another day.../Another dollar

2005-05-11T03:13:13Z

Another day...

Another "svn ci". Or a few of them, as it usually goes.

RST is slowly taking shape. Very slowly. It's just something I'm working on as I think about other things. It is a nice, relaxing sort of project, though.

Another dollar

A drunk at the supermarket asked me if I would give him a dollar. Twice. The first time it was for a bag of chips, the next time it was for a package of cigarettes. He tried to be intimidating, but failed miserably.

I'd sooner take the dollar and use it for postage, to mail a letter to my MLA asking for public intoxication laws to actually be enforced.

iBook bits

2005-05-10T01:39:53Z

iBook bits

It looks like a new hard disk and battery for the iBook will run me about CAD360 after GST, but before shipping. With shipping I'm likely looking at CAD400 or more. That's almost half the cost of a new laptop, but it's all I'm likely to be able to afford before I go to Vancouver. We shall see.

At the very least I will get the new hard disk (about CAD110 after GST) -- I can always plug it in to use it if I have to.

iBook unhappiness

2005-05-09T15:21:23Z

iBook unhappiness

I get things stable on the iBook, and now it's doing a little dance that involves the hard drive clicking and dropping IO. This is not a happy thing. I need to see about getting a new hard disk for the little critter.

I had considered getting a new laptop, but there is no way I'll be able to afford it before I go on vacation, when I'll need a laptop the most. I'm going to shop about on-line and see what it would cost to get a new hard disk and a new battery for the iBook. With any luck, I'll be able to afford that without too much trouble.

Soda-licious

2005-05-09T06:52:31Z

Soda-licious

I thought it interesting that the bottles of soda at one store in town all had a similar pattern near the top of the bottle. I made the guess that the bottles had been frozen while in transit. I didn't buy any of the potentially-frozen soda, and didn't think much of it -- until today, when I discovered I had put a bottle in the freezer and forgotten about it, and it now had the same pattern.

I wish I could say I had planned this little experiment, but I'll take what I can get -- a hypothesis confirmed for CAD1.59 plus GST.

LiveJournal/RST

2005-05-09T04:55:19Z

LiveJournal

A friend signed on to LJ again, so I've taken my old account out of dormancy and have started mirroring my blog there. For those reading it on squeakfan who want to read it on LiveJournal, check out user kwoo. For those reading it on LJ who would rather read it on squeakfan, check out my main blog.

RST

Got some new initial documentation done for parts of RST, and tweaked a little here and there. The big picture is starting to come together, but this is definitely going to be a longer-term project.