Author Archives: dru

Just today, someone was trying to find my house, who has never been here before. They were trying to do it at night and there aren’t that many street lamps. I live in one of those neighborhoods where the streets … Continue reading →

Like a lot of other tech people, I still get a kick out of taking apart devices. I’m sure this goes back to when we got a screwdriver for the first time when we were 5 years old. Recently there … Continue reading →

In line with the previous post, here is an interesting project called Xen. Essentially, it is the result of years of OS research on virtual machines and nano-kernels. It is a VM or monitor that allows other, properly written, OS’s … Continue reading →

The field of ‘computers’ tends to hype things way before they are ready for prime-time. Way way before. For example, I remember lcd’s, wireless, parallel processing, etc. being discussed usually about 8 – 10 years before they were ready for … Continue reading →

It’s been a while and I’ve been meaning to cut off the main Slashdot feed that I read. I read the Main, Developer, Apple, BSD and Science feeds. For the last year I’ve felt as though the quality of the … Continue reading →

I’ve started using an open-source cmd.exe replacement called Console. It’s open source and living over at sourceforge (here). I was looking for a cmd.exe window replacement that would allow me to resize the window on the fly like an xterm. … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about Garbage Collection (GC) lately. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about reference counting. Before I start, lets review the state of the world. GC systems are still a sticking point between different camps of programmers. There is the … Continue reading →

If you ignore the lack of elevation, the computer is just like the cube motif that jobs loves. Cubes are cool.