Anomalous Anomaly Recent Blog Posts

Rewriting Onlink
on Aug 15, 2009 in General Miah and I decided a few weeks back that the code that Onlink is based on is unmaintainable. The code is riddled with some pretty major problems: Poor design decisionsEvery Person is also a Company? Why?! “magic” numbers littered everyw...



Crazy Backup Solution
on Jul 13, 2009 in General I am thinking about attempting to install FreeBSD on my Mac again. The last time I tried, though, it wiped my GUID Partition Table (GPT) and my Master Boot Record (MBR). So basically, it trashed the system and I had to reformat again. It wasn’t...



8-bit ANTICs, Part One
on Jul 5, 2009 in General When I was offered an Atari 2600 Junior for perhaps the most awesome reason imaginable, I could hardly believe my luck. I wasn’t able to have one when they were new, and the only time I got to play one was while I was at a grandmother’s h...



The Future Definition of “Cross Platform”
on Jun 25, 2009 in General Preamble I would like to spend some time with the community to discuss a new technology. Well, not really “new” per se (it’s been in use since 2007), but it’s certainly something that’s recently gone under the crosshairs...



Stylish Yet Functional
on May 28, 2009 in General I decided my desktop’s current appearance was worth sharing. Enjoy.



The Mystery of the Horrible Boot Speed
on May 20, 2009 in General My Mom recently complained to me that her Hewlett-Packard brand PC was booting awfully slowly. She blamed it on my actions, claiming that it had to be the copy of Safari that I installed. She’s horrified to install anything on her computer for...