When it comes to Linux, I’m a Gentoo guy. Go ahead, make fun of me and call me a ricer. Then go try to do something difficult on Redhat or Ubuntu, and come back and tell me what you think. I needed a Linux development environment at work, so I took my Windows machine and […]
Ubuntu is an African word that means “devours your soul” Read More »
I got it working a while ago, but I haven’t had a chance to update my eager audience. I built a simple simple simulation tool using this crazy combination of languages. It’s a library written in C++ that uses the finite volume method to simulate diffusion in one dimenstion. What’s cool is that it’s designed
Python calling C++ calling Fortran Read More »
I’m working on a new and improved theme for the lighting page. It’s still a bit rough because I don’t have time to finish it today, but I think it looks promising!
Theme construction in progress Read More »
I spent part of the afternoon wrestling with LAPACK integration in a C++ program, using the unofficial Boost bindings. I learned a couple of interesting things. test.C is a file that demonstrates them. 1. You need to create column-major matrices to pass to LAPACK. The subtle part about this is that the matrices are internally
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Today I was reminded again of the need for a new kind of technical drawing software. Here is the problem I am facing: I want to create a vector drawing of a three dimensional structure. Right now, I can either create it in CAD and export a bitmap, or I can manually draw a 3-D
The need for 3D technical drawing software Read More »
I spent today organizing my personal finances in GnuCash. I also spent a few hours customizing a report, which unfortunately means hacking in Scheme, a “dialect” of LISP. Don’t get me wrong, I actually like LISP/Scheme quite a bit. What I don’t like is writing code in “normal” languages, like C++ and Python, all week
LISP is cool but annoying Read More »
Nothing too exciting this weekend in the lighting department. In a change from last time, two Studiospots were flown from a pipe just in front of the stage. I don’t think they’re real useful in that position because they’re too close to the stage to really light a person, and we normally don’t use enough
Lighting for February 11/12 Read More »
I’m of the lighting operators/designers at Discovery Church in Orlando, FL. I’ve been doing lighting, off and on, since 2002. Unfortunately I didn’t get a digital camera until November 2006 so I don’t have much of a record of the early years. Now I’m trying to photograph everything I work on. It’s partly to help
The beginning of the lighting blog Read More »