Category Archives: Reflections

Hiatus

Posted on June 15, 2014 by ejrh

Over a year has passed since I posted anything here. What’s been happening? I have changed job. I’m not overworked by any means, but I have found that I have less time and energy left for the frivolous, but stimulating, … Continue reading →

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Blog topology

Posted on March 9, 2012 by ejrh

Yesterday I had someone comment favourably on the “linkage” in my blog. Generally when I write a post, I try to refer back to one or two existing posts on the same topic. So in theory, there is an ever-growing … Continue reading →

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Water cooling

Posted on February 15, 2012 by ejrh

A mere 12 months after beginning to gripe about my machine’s loudness, I’ve done something about it. I’ve installed water cooling. And the machine actually still boots and runs. :O

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Project summary

Posted on January 20, 2012 by ejrh

Well we’ve been here for over a year now. Although I’ve had the occasional rant or travelogue, it’s mostly been concerned with my “hobby” programming. My State of the Blog follows.

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Mathy CAPTCHA

Posted on October 27, 2011 by ejrh

I was confronted with this CAPTCHA today:

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Syntax highlighting Prolog

Posted on September 16, 2011 by ejrh

Just some followup comments on the previous post.

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LaTeX in WordPress

Posted on August 27, 2011 by ejrh

I just found out that WordPress.com supports LaTeX math markup! It’s pretty easy to use. (For lack of any ideas original or even remotely profound!)

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Sock matching engine

Posted on May 21, 2011 by ejrh

During a wholly uncharacteristic bout of clothes tidying, I realised that sock matching was essentially the same problem as limit matching.

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On C++

Posted on May 20, 2011 by ejrh

I had a recent discussion on C++, as part of a wider topic of favourite and unfavourite languages. I was asked to give my opinions on it; in fact, I think I was asked to explain the motivation Higher-Level C.  … Continue reading →

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