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- February 1, 2005
Installing Subversion
February 1, 2005Read moreAs the Crixa resurrection picks up steam, we naturally need to deploy some support tools. I’ve always wanted to try out Subversion, a successor to the venerable Concurrent Versioning System (CVS), which is a version control system for documents. Installation log follows:
- January 31, 2005
Doom Reshuffled
January 31, 2005Read more
I know a number of otherwise perfectly fine people who have not mastered the art of the first person shooter. In the occassional office tournament, the competition tends to get rather one-sided. Now, finally, Doom: The Boardgame levels the playing field.
- January 30, 2005
The Blogging Routine
January 30, 2005Read moreI spent a good chunk of today just surfing and writing articles to be posted over the next few days. An actual routine has formed to ensure that there’s something new every day, posted roughly at 9:00AM.
- January 30, 2005
Simple DirectMedia Layer
January 30, 2005Read more
Jeremy has taken the initiative on the Resurrect Crixa drive by mostly porting the current codebase to Simple DirectMedia Layer. This is cool because this will eventually allow Crixa to run on non-Windows platforms such as MacOS and Linux.
- January 30, 2005
A Handfew of Eggcorns
January 30, 2005Read moreI was browsing Language Log after seeing a mention on Slashdot. Linguists use Google to track how contemporary written language use is changing; you can enter in a phrase or expression that you’re interested in, and see how many hits show up, and try to come up with a pattern of use. It’s cool stuff, trying to establish the sources of language trends as they evolve.
For example, there are spelling anomalies that crop up in online writing. This post on the use of “deep-seeded” as an expression, as in “deep-seeded hatred” is one such example. Or the existence of “eggcorns“.
There are also cultural differences that lead to the Norwegians being surprised at Barbara Bush’s salute to satan during the presidential inauguration (apparently, the gesture is a University of Texas salute to their sports teams).
Fun stuff.
