Downtime over, hopefully

It has been almost a month since I’ve had something to post about. So here is something to fill the awkward silence.
Most of my life has been filled by my new love, Anna. This may explain why my productivity has gone down, but not why it has stopped completely. A recent study [...]

Update

It has been a little while since I posted anything. So here’s a general update about my work and other aspects of my life.
I’ve been passively thinking about Dana, but not doing very much significant. I have abandoned the RTS language on the grounds that it is too hard for my little mind [...]

How to shrink a git repository

I thought I would blog about this, because I’ve tried and failed in the past, and it just took a lot of tinkering to figure out. The problem is this: I have a git repository with a game in it, and a long time ago thought it would be a good idea to [...]

Arizona Green Tea

I don’t know what it is. Coke doesn’t do it, Coffee doesn’t do it, regular hot green or black tea doesn’t do it. Arizona green tea inspires me to code like no other substance. If I am vegging in front of the TV and go to the fridge to grab one, hardly [...]

Captain Update

Here’s a quick update about what’s been going on in my life and in my head.
I’ve started a few brainstorming blog posts, but failed to get anywhere so I didn’t post them.
The first is the fall of taxonomy, explaining the copious problems with organizing a large volume of modules by hierarchical, taxonomic namespace, and a [...]

My computer hates me!

I have to rant about this.
A few weeks ago I got a brand new Acer Aspire 6920. It was way shiny. I installed Ubuntu (my first try with Ubuntu; I was a gentoo guy previously) and Vista and spent two days getting everythng just right. I was especially happy getting XMonad working [...]

The Luke Palmer, a new drink from Belgium

Natascha Heddendorp designed a special drink last Friday and named it after me! It will soon be on the menu of the bar at which we were drinking (so I’m told). The recipe, recalled as best as I can from memory, the Luke Palmer:

Fresh Coffee
Bailey’s Irish Cream
Vodka
Amaretto
Milk
Served cold but without ice (which is [...]

Fun with Flemish

I am having such a good time out here in Antwerp, I decided to stay another week. Actually this decision was not so much related to the city as to the project, but the city ain’t bad either.
Anygma moved me from the bed & breakfast I was staying at last week to an apartment [...]

Apparently I do not want to be in Antwerp

Because VISA is not here! It was a bit distressing coming here with only 15€ in my pocket and finding out that people don’t take credit cards the way everybody does in the USA. Anyway, there was a bank that understood my card and could give me cash.
This is my first time out [...]

New Job

So I am now officially working for Anygma. It’s a very… interesting situation.
So far, the team has been great to work with. It’s always nice communicating with smart people who “get” software and don’t have any strange overarhicitectural fantasies. Well, I guess we have yet to find that out, but so far [...]