Engines of TeXnology

Modern TeX and fonts which aren’t Computer Modern.

2011-03-23 · 4 min

Which TeX?

Plain TeX, LaTeX, and ConTeXt.

2011-03-15 · 4 min

Going back to something that works

TeX. It’s not pretty, and it’s not easy, but it works.

2011-03-10 · 6 min

Java: Call by reference, or call by value?

It’s a bit of both.

2011-01-18 · 10 min

Multi-line comments considered harmful

Unless you’re using a really old C compiler, don’t use them.

2010-12-31 · 3 min

Mandelbrot remembered

The hours I spent drawing fractals.

2010-10-17 · 2 min

Wave goodbye

Another product for the Google Graveyard.

2010-08-05 · 4 min

It's Time and Energy Wasting Time

DST is a stupid idea.

2010-03-14 · 2 min

8001050F

Leap year breaks DRM.

2010-03-02 · 3 min

The case of the Null Empty Nothing

The three billion dollar mistake?

2009-12-01 · 4 min