Morning watch, 8 bells (8:03 am)
- I always thought sparklers were for little kids. Until I found out that if you strap a bunch together they all blow up at once. #
- Repurposing fireworks is more fun than buying the illegal ones. We're making a rocket sled for a chicken out of Whistle Petes. #
- Next year we should have a contest: $20 of legal fireworks. Biggest bang and best shows for the win. #
- It's a real good thing we're not flying anywhere tonight. My hands smell like gunpowder. #
- Sparkler bomb didn't explode, but it did shoot sparks up in the air and then lit itself on fire. #
- Also: learned how to repurpose Whistling Petes. Wrap in duct tape, then hit repeatedly with hammer. Light, run. Explosion ensues. #
- No work today due to the US holiday yesterday. We don't have enough holidays... #
- HOLY COW I HATE SLICKEDIT!! Stupid retarded program thinks it knows how I want to code. Impossibly cryptic config. Horrible! #
- Most recent #slickedit problem is using Doxygen-style comments in C++. It reformats my comments, inserts newlines where I don't want them! #
- I really need to sit down and record my #slickedit issues and email their support team. It really shouldn't be this hard. #
- Something went terribly wrong converting a class that used std::vector to use std::map instead. Instant FAILage. #
- The awesome diff program #meld saved my pigu. #
- The std::map version ate up 100% CPU time with multiple threads (top reported 199% CPU usage!) and then crashed spectacularly. Not good. #
- Reverted to std::vector version, which uses at most 3.4% CPU time and DOESN'T crash. Es Bueno. #
- Fixed a segfault on shutdown error in my #mud Things are running better now. Need to do a post-mortem on that std::map conversion. #
- Got some good pointers from a cow-orker on boost::lambda, boost::bind, and boost::function re: std::remove_if algorithm #
- I just discovered @WootLive. If they're funny dead, they must be awesome live! #
- Seriously? Do I *really* need to add -fno-strict-aliasing to my compile flags? Grrrrr. #
- Trending topics are feedback loops. I don't like feedback loops. #
- Implemented an "inventory" command in my #MUD Discovered a new issue: `look <item>` only works if the item is in the room, not in inventory #
- Using Valgrind's leak-check tool to search for memory leaks in my #MUD Problem: it'll take over 30 mins to start up due to overhead. #
- Valgrind's CallGraph functionality pointed me to the exact place my #MUD is spending most of its processing time. #
- The cleaning people did something to my office. It smells horrible today. It smells like a vacuum exploded.. #
- Building maintenance guy changed air filters, replaced them with scented odor killer filters. No bueno. #
- Once again, great music on the latest @FootStompin podcast. Bagpipes FTW! #
- My Unicornified Gravatar: http://bit.ly/aUkVSj Unicornify yours at http://tinyurl.com/ydo369p via @TheSmitchell #
- It looks like people use @WootLive like a Magic 8-ball.. #
- FTW! Valgrind helped me determine where my #MUD was spending most of its processing time. Loops are down to <37µsec #
- Absolutely EPIC. (@NathanFillion)http://yfrog.com/596xbuj #
- I must sleep now. I have a head full of YAML and C++. Fighting the good fight working on my #MUD Not much progress, but problems were fixed #
- Eliminated a couple of places protected by mutexes where it wasn't really necessary. My #MUD is speeding up! #
- Yes, I know Weichi. I also learned to play Chinese chess (they have cannon) as well as Majiang. Majiang is my favorite game. #
- Awesome. My Kindle should be here today! #
- Weekly development meeting time. I have nothing to report, but should go anyway. #
- My mom is in town just for today. She's having dinner at her friends house. So much for seeing her... #
- Mom called at 9:30 last night. We will try to have breakfast together this morning before she leaves town. #
- Excitement! Just ordered a @Drobo FS for testing in the office! #
- Busy couple of days. New software release at the office. #
- Why I hate Windows: Prompted me 3 times for my network auth, then told me the remote folder didn't exist. #
- Got my Serenity/Blue Sun t-shirt in the mail. Double Blue Sun Rainbow!! @NathanFillion #
- Looks like For The Win is out. Now it's For The Double Rainbow #FTDR @NathanFillion #
- Made lots of bread today. Have yet to bake any though. #
- Sourdough baguettes are out of the oven. Should have let them rise longer, but they're tasty! #