Here's another entry that fell off the Obvious Train. Sorry guys.

Reinventing the Wheel

One of the more common sayings in programming is, "don't reinvent the wheel". For a lot of situations -- arguably the majority -- this is completely appropriate advice. However, every so often, it is in fact neces…

Things are very busy. I have a bunch of entries planned, and not anywhere near enough time. How does Raymond Chen do this? Also, two new cars to add to the list: A Rolls Royce (might be an older Phantom), and a black Ferrari 599 GTB that is new on the NVIDIA lot. The 599 is a refreshing car to see,…

Screw schedules. From now on I'm just writing entries whenever I get around to it. If you really want to follow things, use the RSS feed to the journal. (No, I have no idea where it is.) Coming entries are the last part of Static Checking, and another entry on linked lists.

XNA's Future Looks Bright…

Life is too damn busy. Still, I think I prefer work life over school life even if the net amount of free time, or at least time spent at home, is less. Some cool things happening with XNA recently; I will write about it soon but need to collect my thoughts a bit first.

Unfortunately, I suspect that …

Whoo, SlimDX is starting to grow up a little bit. I'm pushing it a little while limiting the publicity right now; the real marketing push will come around November when the next DX SDK drops. Lots to do until then. I'm exhausted today and can't concentrate, so I'm just going to throw up this fairly…

Ok, I slipped schedule slightly. Just think of me like VG Cats -- the update days are just a formality.

I Believe in Static Checking II: Tests and Bugs

First, I'll address a comment on the last entry:

Quote: It's not that simple. You need a static type system or some other form of syntactic analysis i…

I had a busy day today, so today's going to be a lame cop out entry. I'll post the SlimDX status update to the thread at some vague point in the future.

Monday II

Developing a Graphics Driver III is delayed for a while until I decide exactly what I want in that entry. It won't come until at least Wednesday. Monday should be a SlimDX status update.

I Believe in Static Checking I: Constraints

This entry is actually related to the last one. I mentioned that I hav…

Python, C#, and Beginners

When it comes to recommending a language for a complete beginner to start with, the field is usually narrowed to C# and Python. Forget the details of why other languages are rejected; that's not relevant to this post. This journal entry is about something that's been bother…

Well, I think it's time to get back on track here. I'm going to try an MWF schedule this week -- daily felt far too dense to me. And if I get a lot of comments, I might even throw in a Saturday entry.

Upcoming topics are:
* Python, C#, and Beginners
* Developing a Graphics Driver III
* SlimDX Status Up…