I like reading about projects that other people take on, so here are a few projects that I've tried out and written about.
What is CORBA ?
CORBA is the Common Object Request Broker Architecture, an interprocess communications standard defined by the Object Management Group. CORBA is an exciting technology that's showing up more often in our increasingly complex computer systems, particularly with the advent of mobile phones and other internet–enabled, portable computing devices. CORBA is also, however, quite complicated and has met with some resistance : after ...
Linked List Primer
This is a tutorial about linked lists, primarily using C and C++ for examples. The information presented here is basically taken from the second-semester computer science course at NC State University.
Prisoner's Dilemma
The IPD is an entertaining game that can be studied mathematically to gain some insight about certain complex systems. I've worked on it in several separate projects at various levels of sophistication ; this page is a formulation of the problem and a brief retelling of my experiments with it.
Python vs. Java Benchmarks
I ran across Glyph Lefkowitz' Python and Java tests while doing some research on integrating Python into non-scripting languages. Since the versions Glyph used were a little old, I became curious about how my current versions would pan out. Note: As a coder who's worked a bit in both languages, I'm heavily biased towards Python !
Music
What tunes do I listen to, and what have I listened to recently ? A wholly useless web page that's more of an excuse for an elaborate programming project than anything else.
Cycling Advocacy
Cycling is an energizing, peaceful, and sustainable form of transportation. In an urban area, riding a bike is one of the most efficient and cost–effective ways of getting between two places. Unfortunately, few people actually ride bikes on a regular basis, so these pages are devoted to providing useful information about cycling, in the hopes that more folks will run ...