Writing A Chess Engine
Every few years, I find myself returning to a project I have had kicking around since leaving college - writing a “chess engine”. For those who are casual re...
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Cloning Objects In C
I debated about writing this in a different place on the internet, but seeing as this blog has become a drop box for anything and everything that enters my h...
Pondering Exams
I am thinking about doing some Microsoft certification exams to attempt to stay current while commuting to and from my current employment in London. The idea...
One Messenger To Rule Them All
While waiting for the idiotically crap source code repository called PVCS to dribble files into my computer this afternoon, I caught up with one of my friend...
Getting Nowhere Fast
I was in the office this morning for a couple of hours. Today’s task was to extend the functionality of a pre-existing chunk of code - make it do something n...
Sleepy Morning Descends Into Farce
Yesterday (Sunday), the kids decided that 5am was a great time to be up and running around their bedroom, across the landing, and making as much noise as the...
Freelance Web Work Rocks
I’ve spent the afternoon drawing digital artwork for use as background for powerpoint slides. It’s good to have such diverse skills and experience.
Life Update
It’s been a while since I last wrote a proper blog post about “my life”, so perhaps a coffee break while sitting in London this morning is the perfect opport...
New Enterprise Has Star Trek Nerd Army Mobilized
I haven’t laughed so hard in ages. Here’s the new Star Trek “Enterprise” (from the forthcoming movie);
Cascading Failures
As a part of our final run-in towards getting the adoption done and finished, we have to prepare various documents for the courts - in triplicate.