Author Archives: dru

This site: http://www.c627627.com/ has some nice, concise processor roadmaps. They don’t cover all of the Intel or AMD mobile segments, but it does have this neat timeline ‘AMD-Intel’ that goes from 1978 forward.

I can relate to this article. Paul is really down to earth. I especially like his comments on cube vs. office. I am definitely one of those people that needs quiet space and find it extremely upsetting when I get … Continue reading →

http://arstechnica.com/guide/system/sff-centerfold.html

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=13369 The Xbox 2 specs speak for themselves. The compiler technology hints at something interesting. It appears as though Microsoft is going to have some really interesting open, intermediate code that will allow the code generation to be really flexible. … Continue reading →

There is a huge problem with email lists. People don’t know when they are sending to one. Programs that work with address books don’t know how to recognize them. The end result is that people make mistakes and things get … Continue reading →

http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/ Good stuff!

And I got to wondering.. is there a C# compiler that compiles down into x86 or some target machine language? Some of you may go “why”? Well, for the same reasons that GCJ exists. Sometimes you don’t want to rely … Continue reading →

After looking at the DTrace stuff I saw earlier, Solaris 10 actually looks like an OS I would run! http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/10/ There are a lot of interesting new technologies in there. Lets hope they really go back to their roots and … Continue reading →