Archive for August, 2008
Is human powered search the next big thing?
I’d be well within reason to suggest that it would be somewhat difficult to use the web without a good search. Google has been so successful that their name has become a verb in the English language that defines using their service to search for something on the web. Traditionally, search engines compile [...]
How much overhead does C++ bring compared to straight C?
The other day, I had a conversation about putting C code onto an embedded chip. I wondered if it was possible to put C++ code on there. The gist of the conversation was that the C++ libraries had a lot of overhead and the executable size would be too large for the space [...]
Comment Spam and WP-SpamFree
I’m tired of comment spam. I guess my blog has grown to a popular enough size that I’m known by just enough bots to make things annoying.
The next plugin I’ll be trying out is WP-SpamFree. If you can’t post a comment, use my contact form to let me know there is an issue.
WP-SpamFree [...]
3 Optimizations for speeding Visual C++ compiled code.
For fun, I participated in a programming contest. Instead of describing the process this time, I thought I’d include a function. Can you guess what it does? I’m changing some of the variable names so it isn’t obvious.
unsigned short result [dim][dim];
void foo(const string& info1, const string& info2, string& ret_val) {
for (int [...]
Picking a Good Laptop
Friends and family often ask me what laptop they ought to purchase. My answer is always the same: “It depends”. Then I proceed to break down the pluses and minuses of different types of laptops and try to determine where to start looking. After that, I find out more about exactly what [...]