Author Archives: dru
Tried the new Visual C++ Express
I tried the new Visual C++ Express (or Visual Studio 2005 / Whidbey). Interesting product, but I can’t use it. It isn’t advertised, but you can develop an x86/PE Win32 app. I will also say that it was fast and … Continue reading
The Matrix – Republican Style
take the pill (Ed. note. – I’m sure there is a Democratic Matrix as well.)
Fahrenheit 9/11
Ok, lots of controversy and different views on this movie. I urge you to please go see it. It didn’t transform me or yada yada yada. However, it did compile into one movie very interesting facts and video. The pictures … Continue reading
It’s already happening…
Science is finding new ways to change us. Evolution is subtly at work. I especially like this description of the great grandfather, “Her grandfather, a construction worker, had unloaded curbstones by hand, hefting stones weighing at least 330 pounds.” Wow
Weird day…
So, at 5:00 AM I woke up to a mosquito attacking me. I closed off the room and spent about 5 minutes in hunter-killer mode. I successfully smacked that pain in my ass. Fortunately, I fell back to sleep and … Continue reading
Google IPO Tidbits
Merrill gets dropped in this press release. Other tidbits: you must buy at least 5 shares and there is a belief that these shares are $88 a piece.
Great quote…
Kernighan said that “Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.” So True!