Personal Projects:

• (hawk): An attempt to implement the pattern matching ideas of Awk using JavaScript as the host language.
• Blog Engines: Site generators in various languages.
• Forths: Forth interpreters in various languages.
• Apps/Utilities: Small single purpose programs.

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personal side projects i’ve played with:

tcl:

• my own text editor (source code lost)
• blog engine (source code lost)
• tcl to php macros for web generation (source code lost)

javascript:

• personal ajax library (pre-jquery)
• forth interpreter in javascript
• awk in javascript project

awk:

• awk in javascript project
• forth interpreter in awk

static site generator in various languages:

• tcl
• python
• ruby
• perl
• php
• go

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haskell

i saw an interesting article today about the benefits of haskell.

i often sketch out algorithms in a pseudo-python notation. i’ve felt for a long time that haskell was the obvious complement to python as far as being a similar notation for functional style programs / algorithms, but i couldn’t really address what positive benefits i would gain from it. this article makes me much more interested in studying it at least to the point of being able to use it as a notation, if not for creating actual executable programs.

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ramblings

since i’ve got this blog running on wordpress i’ve been trying to do 1000 words a day of writing again. i’m kind of cheating in regard to this post, since it’s already the next day.

yesterday i spent more time adjusting the blog than writing. so i’m going to try to finish yesterday’s 1000 and then do another for today.

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i’m stuck typing on my blackberry at the moment. we’re at a restaurant for breakfast and so i’m using my phone rather than my computer to type.

as much as i want to think that i should be able to be as productive writing with my phone as on a real computer, it’s not the case.

it seems obvious as i write this.

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i think maybe i’ve found a solution in wordpress for my rambling ruminations.

i think maybe if i write my rambling posts but keep them private or in draft status, then i can use the wordpress copy post function to start a new post based on original, and then just trim it down to what is reasonable.

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i’ve been struggling today to get video files off of jayne’s blackberry and onto the mac mini.

i just downloaded the blackberry desktop software. hopefully it will work.

it required a physical usb connection, but once that was taken care of, it did allow the video to be transfered.

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thinking about writing on my phone vs using even a small laptop, the phone does allow me to take notes in situations where i just couldn’t realistically use a laptop, such when holding my 2 month old in my arms.

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and i’ve failed at the 1000 words for the day, but i’m just going to go ahead and publish.