date: '2004-11-09 19:05:55' layout: post slug: c-tutorial status: publish ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20100112012813/http://www.softsteel.co.uk/tutorials/cSharp/contents.html title: C# Tutorial wordpress_id: '53' categories: Programming
It looks like it would be convenient to write some Windows device-access code in C#. This C# Tutorial looks like a good quick start.
date: '2004-11-02 11:34:42' layout: post slug: nerves-are-racked status: publish ref: http://www.electoral-vote.com/ title: Nerves are racked wordpress_id: '52' categories: Society
Man, it's nerve racking! electoral-vote.com is showing Kerry ahead by a single electoral vote. Meta-Analysis of State Polls – election.princeon.edu with somewhat more sophisticated statistical methods is predicting Kerry 311/Bush 227. The Iowa electronic market which had shown Bush ahead for the last few months is now closing towards dead even.
As a disenfranchised expatriate living in the U.S. it is frustrating not being able to vote. Though I did help the literacy student I am tutoring to register to vote, and I am going with her to the polls this afternoon to help guide her through the process. And as an extra bonus she is mostly going to vote the way I would (I was as objective in my tutoring, honest!)
date: '2004-10-26 21:01:44' layout: post slug: a-handy-cheat-sheet-for-election-night status: publish ref: http://contrapositive.blogspot.com/2004/10/election-night-cheat-sheet-as-promised.html title: A handy cheat-sheet for election night wordpress_id: '51' categories: Society
date: '2004-10-17 00:33:08' layout: post slug: ehcache status: publish ref: http://ehcache.sourceforge.net/ title: ehcache wordpress_id: '49' categories: Programming
We buillt a cache like ehcache for a previous project. Next time I think I will try using ehcache instead.
date: '2004-10-05 10:34:32' layout: post slug: lets-see-how-well-the-iowa-futures-market-predicts-the-election status: publish ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015422im_/https://128.255.244.60/graphs/Pres04_WTA.png title: Let's see how well the Iowa futures market predicts the election. wordpressid: '48' categories: Society image: https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015422if/https://128.255.244.60/graphs/Pres04_WTA.png image-text: graph
Lets see how well the
Iowa futures market
compares the outcome of the election compared to opinion polls as reported on
electoral-vote.com
date: '2004-10-01 18:49:40' layout: post slug: how-and-how-not-to-write-a-good-systems-paper status: publish ref: http://www.usenix.org/events/samples/submit/advice.html title: ' How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper' wordpress_id: '46' categories: Programming
I came across this useful set of advice for writers of computer science systems papers. This is very very pertinent right now as I am in the early stages of writing such a paper.
date: '2004-09-30 09:18:01' layout: post slug: new-opengl-based-pipeline-for-java-2d status: publish ref: http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=121&thread=73135 title: ' new OpenGL-based pipeline for Java 2D' wordpress_id: '44' categories: Programming
According to the rhw Java Buzz Forum there is a binding to OpenGL in Java 1.5 enabled by adding the VM argument
-Dsun.java2d.opengl=true
I must try this to see if it improves the performance of our Java app that does a lot of image movement on the screen.
date: '2004-09-30 15:14:47' layout: post slug: 2004-electoral-vote-animation status: publish ref: http://www.electoral-vote.com/ title: 2004 Electoral Vote Animation wordpressid: '45' categories: Society image: https://web.archive.org/web/20040831201756if/http://electoral-vote.caida.org:80/all2004-fast.gif image-text: Animation of electoral map predictions
Here is a great way to visualize how the presidential race is going, using data from http://www.electoral-vote.com.
Watch those battleground states swing back and forth! In particular keep an eye on the crucial states of Florida, Ohio, and Missouri.
date: '2004-08-17 15:39:24' layout: post slug: two-terabyte-memory-card-coming-to-production-technology-mobilemag status: publish ref: http://mindstream.watsmore.net/keshav/main.html title: 'Two-Terabyte Memory Card Coming to Production : Technology : MobileMag' wordpress_id: '41' categories: Product
Thanks to S. “Tetherless” Keshav, who gave a talk here today in HP Labs, for giving me a pointer to this promised Two-Terabyte Memory Card. This could change some of the trade-offs in designing distributed systems over unreliable, intermittent networks.
date: '2004-08-09 23:35:46' layout: post slug: in-defense-of-powerpoint status: publish ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20040806051229/http://www.computer.org/computer/homepage/0704/profession/index.htm title: In Defense of PowerPoint wordpress_id: '40' categories: Product
From Computer Magazine – In Defense of PowerPoint comes an interesting approach to giving conference presentations:
conference presenters who merely recapitulate the contents of their paper place themselves in danger of putting their audience to sleep, particularly straight after lunch. A more effective approach uses the presentation to persuade the majority of the audience to actually read the paper, then devotes the question time to those few who have already read it.
and how to use bullet points:
Bullet points—PowerPoint's most vilified aspect—are the most misunderstood of presentation techniques. As far as the audience is concerned, bullet points only serve to remind them of the presentation's general context. As far as the presenter is concerned, bullet points replace the mnemonic techniques handed down from the Greeks and the more recent prompt cards hidden in the hand of a formal debater.
I am not sure that Tufte would agree.
