emptyset's blog
must update more
after much running around outside of the programming spheres, i'm finally back in the work and starting up much needed catching up and whatnot. the funusual moments are somewhat punctured here and there.
first off, i'm heading in the right direction (at last!). i found out yesterday i'm going to lead a team of one (me) in creating production software to read and transform data from a variety of lame sources (XML, excel, access) and pretty it up into a more sensible database. that starts in august, and continues on through january (for now).
right now, i'm creating a facade that links up an ArcMap plug-in (UI) to the backend code. it involves serializing objects to and from XML. it's actually more fun than it sounds, since it's my first real foray into a practical C# application.
special cases of bipartite matching
programming new variants on bipartite matching at work. fun stuff. film at 11.
insanity and inanity, or will they ever learn?
note carefully i mentioned nothing of this by name for obvious reasons. if you're interested, drop me a line and i'll indulge you.
i code in scheme. it's not real scheme. it's some guy's idea of what scheme should be. he redefined the syntax. it gets interpreted through mzscheme embedded in a c program. well, it's not a exactly a c program. it becomes a c program. the original software was written in a language he invented. more like a preprocessor for c. it was his idea of what c++ should be.
where i work now, we have a guy that calls himself the gatekeeper. that's right, zuul. his job is not to guard gozer, but to basically preform the role of a piece of software you might have heard of somewhere called cvs (and its replacement, subversion). man is smarter than the machine, right? especially at merging different versions of scheme code. especially when you don't know scheme. it makes you more careful because you don't know what you're doing - you do it right because you incorporate the changes just as they appear.
new environs
the hapax legomenon of the week is "turquila". this is a drink i made up: a blend of wild turkey 101 and patron silver.
i find myself in a strange place, surrounded by walls and distraught with idle dreams and carrots. there, on the wall, was a picture of a burger. the zero remains steady. the pulley in its rarefied forms.
i'm working as a contractor developing code in scheme. the sicp rests proudly on the new desk. i've got a laptop! and my friends are all here now:
- mr. lobster, who has recovered excellently from the loss of a primary limb.
i am error
finally got my lazy arse to setup my althack.org account. thanks vinny!
