I like new technologies as much as the next software engineer, but I have my limits. Maybe I’m just more conservative than some of my colleagues. Maybe I’m a Luddite. Maybe I’m too cautious. But some things drive me crazy. The Problem(s) It starts rather innocently. You have a new project. You have an upgrade to …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Linux The Dog
So I wanted to share some photos I took of my dog today. I recently had the invisible fence that came with my house checked out, turned on, and tuned up. After some training with the dog, she’s starting to really enjoy getting to run around free in the yard.
Being Sick Sucks
Title says it all. I’m stuck at home home today and tomorrow with an achy body and, as of right now, a fever of 100.7. I’d much rather be at work and spend this sick time on not being sick. Oh well, it is what it is, I suppose. Maybe I can catch something good …
PC Infrastructure Needs an Update
There is a lot of hupla (and rightly so) surrounding parallel computing today. CPUs aren’t getting much faster in terms of clock speeds these days and any more its all about the cloud, man. Distributed computing has been a thing in academic circles for quite a while. Much like the Internet, which also started in …