I’m trying to learn Objective C at the moment so I can write my first iPhone app (this time next year, we’ll be millionaires). Objective C is just about the ugliest language that I have ever come across (and I … Continue reading →

Ladies and Gentlemen. The magnificent Verity Stob… The reality is even better: an extended example of that kind of feminism that implies the intrinsic superiority of women in nearly all things while simultaneously demanding privileges to compensate for claimed weaknesses, … Continue reading →

I opened the book and, on the very first page, was the program that changed my life. Continue reading →

You can make something out of nothing but the thoughts in your head. Continue reading →

I’ve wanted to write a physics engine for years and messing with Squeak made me want to try it in Flex. It wasn’t quite as easy as Squeak but it wasn’t too hard. (It probably needs flash 10 to work) … Continue reading →

Took the kids to the Exploratorium today. It’s currently my favourite museum. Better even than OMSI (although they don’t serve beer at The Exploratorium. How come that hasn’t caught on outside Portland?)  I wish San Jose had a decent museum. … Continue reading →

I have been a Rhapsody subscriber for several years. The service they provide is fantastic: Think of a song. Any song. Play it. I suspect that people who suggest “try Pandora” (and there are many of you) probably don’t get … Continue reading →

I feel a Technology Crisis coming on. Here were my clues: Exhibit A: I’ve been meaning to learn Flex for a while. I have got as far as “Hello World” four times now. Exhibit B: The Rhapsody client sucks. I … Continue reading →

I have had my Squeezebox for a good while now but I just discovered that I have been missing its best feature. Squeezebox comes with SqueezeCenter – a piece of software that lets you remote control your Squeezebox from a … Continue reading →

To save you going all the way to Project Euler to read it, I have copied problem 12 here for your puzzle solving convenience… The sequence of triangle numbers is generated by adding the natural numbers. So the 7th triangle … Continue reading →