Shawn Holwegner's Blog

lather. rinse. repeat.

Looking at the current development for BitTorrent, I like how certain things are so simplistic; it’s nearly trivial to tinker with. Bram has managed an elegance; with Python being supported on multiple platforms, Windows, Mac, UNIX junkies can all utilize the same basic platform.

The biggest issue...

I am amazingly annoyed today; on Monday, my Athlon ups and dies. No warning, no magic smoke. Just dead.

Today, I get my old PII back, thanks to trusty old UPS, but wait, what’s this?

AHHH! IT’S RABID!

They killed it! I mean, they really-really-really killed it. This is beyond dead; this is bey...

I haven’t updated my diary in over a month.

The blue car didn’t pass smog anymore, and it was not economically viable to keep repairing it. It’s a shame, the interior was beautiful, it was like driving a Laz-E-Boy recliner. Sorry, no whistle tips. I ended up giving it up at what a single hubcap wo...

John’s back, and finally available worldwide, after his “Race around the World” segment for the ABC nearly 6 years ago. Yes, Music Jamboree is on DVD.

This is quite a good viewing with various insites into the music industry, even if nearly 80% is Aussie Alternative, which few of us yanks mi...

I’ve been horribly busy with various things as of recently, and have not updated my diary in quite a spell. None the less, I’ve actually had a bit of time to play today, as well as learn.

I’m growing to love SDL, it’s nearly entirely trivial to port things written for it, and it is amazingly fas...

I was playing with libaa, and managed to toy with a few hooks, then found that Apple already did the same, as did someone else, only a bit less advanced than my little toy, and neither used libaa. ;)

What was the project? Playing a movie in pure 7 bit ASCII! It’s running in a GLTerm (Don’t e...