Author Archives: Dennis

Slow site lately

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Dennis

Over the last few weeks I noticed this site becoming steadily slower. Turns out I had an unusual amount of requests for /xmlrpc.php.. which in turn caused the server to use up all it’s http processes answering bogus rpc queries … Continue reading →

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3d printing services in American Fork

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Dennis

So the last project I worked on at work required some hardware enclosures, handles and a couple odds and ends that we decided to design ourselves and 3D print. So lucky me, I’ve entered the 3D printing arena. Been having … Continue reading →

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Writing binary data with Verilator

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Dennis

So you are simulating a verilog design with Verilator and you want to output part of your design data to a file in binary format. (Example you’re outputting an image.) Continue reading →

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Printing on one line with Python

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Dennis

You might be used to using sys.stdout when you want to print multiple items on one line with Python. Did you know you can do the same thing with the print statement? Continue reading →

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Fun with C++11 Lambdas

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Dennis

Basic lambda syntax and usage in c++11. Illustrate the difference between context parameters passed by reference and value. Continue reading →

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git diff with color words

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Dennis

I had these files with very very long lines of text on each line. It was paragraphs worth of words but not word wrapped. These files were stored in a git repository. Now and then, someone would change a word. … Continue reading →

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