Category Archives: ece2524s13

February 19, 2013
3:03 am
by: lilengineerthatcould

A Comment on “A comment on commenting”

In his post A comment on commenting, leon.pham commented on the annoyance of remembering different commenting syntax in different langauges. It’s true, it is a lot to keep track of. Luckily, if you use a good text editor, such as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in code, comments, ece2524s13, emacs, vim

February 18, 2013
10:15 pm
by: lilengineerthatcould

Blasphemy?: DRMed Games on Linux

The interwebz have been all atwitter the past month or so with Valve’s announcement of the porting of their Steam gaming service to the GNU/Linux platform. Many Linux users were thrilled about the announcement and saw it as a sign … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in drm games, ece2524s13, free games, linux, social issues, steam, technology, vtclis13

February 18, 2013
4:06 am
by: lilengineerthatcould

Git Games and Meta Moments

I had a bit of a meta moment while swimming today. I have a lot of good moments while swimming, probably because it’s a chance for my mind to wander. That’s probably a good argument to go more often than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in ece2524s13, git, meta, process, vtclis13

January 28, 2013
8:47 pm
by: lilengineerthatcould

It’s a Feature, not a Bug

In his article The internet: Everything you ever need to know, John Naughton lists nine key concepts about the Internet to help us understand that profound impact it is having, and will continue to have, on our lives.  Reading number 3 “DISRUPTION … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in *nix, ece2524s13, Internet, technology, vtclis13