Last Friday was Alco’s birthday (party, anyway… not sure when the actual day is). Ben & Sverre hosted a gathering at their place, which I went to… I was tossing up whether or not to go, but in the absence of a tangible reason not to, I relented. I think I figured that with Open… Read more
I was just walking to the shops this morning when the left earbud started playing up, turning off and on. I thought it was my iPod – a reasonable assumption given the general unreliability of the little bastard – but now that I get home and play with the earbuds with my Powerbook, no, it… Read more
Successfully created “/NewDir/”.Successfully closed “/NewDir/”.Successfully created “/NewDir/NewFile4”.Successfully closed “/NewDir/NewFile4”. So that’s it; my FAT driver is now complete enough for our purposes, and I’m confident enough that it works.
I’m reminded now about the virtues of singular exits – that is, functions with only one exit point. I was a bit lazy while writing the FAT driver code, and put in a bazillion exit points. The only thing that was really surprising about that, in hindsight, is how long I managed to get away… Read more
I sit right now in San Francisco International Airport, in the gate lounge along with a good dozen or so of my compatriots, many sporting the popular “Veni. Vidi. Codi.” shirts from the conference. We’re all flying out together on the same flight, which starts boarding in a little over an hour and a half.… Read more
Today was Student Sunday – a special day for WWDC student attendees with presentations from various people and a chance to get acclimated and socialised. It ran a bit smoother than last year, although was less hands on; last year they ran a CoreData lab (full of shiny iMacs) which Wil Shipley directed with the… Read more