chkno.net

Some random stuff from ~2009:

Computer-related

• My shell scripts
• A poor man's malloc/free memory profiler, also available for C++ new/delete.
• Local system performance graphs
• My software projects TODO list
• Bug reports
• Programming language explorations
• Serving gzipped content with Apache
• Compressing compressed things
• How ACPID handles the power button
• gPodder privacy patch
• A Super Nintendo controller adaptor
• My ~/.units for units
• A template .html file with the proper css and javascript xhtml-safe escape sequences.
• Perl array vs hash benchmark: Use arrays when N < 20. Code.
• tsleep() and wakeup() diagram. Compare to DpcForIsr.
• The implementations of join()/implode() in various programming language standard libraries
• Java sucks!
• A neat movie of an algorithm I created to efficienly estimate cost in an A* bin-packing search
• Juniper misconstrues the size of the ipv6 header
• A image-rollover demo with proper text fallback
• Early dynamic image spam
• Firefox 2.0.0.x memory usage
• Animated screenshot of slime's auto-documentation
• A screenshot of emacs' many calendars
• The maximum number of threads in a single process as a function of stack size in 32-bit x86 GNU with Linux 2.6.something (pre-nptl)
• A package dependency loop involving graphviz, imagemagic, and swig
• The harddrives in Gateway M-285E laptops are held in only by their data+power connector, and tend to come loose and rattle around unless you shove something in there with them (here, a rolled up anti-static bag).
• Did you know that π is wrong? High-res 2pi symbol. Also, p-eye chart * 2 = 2p-eye chart.
• SSL/TLS-only test page

Media

• Pictures
• Recipes page
• "Powered by AJAX" badge
• Fark "photoshops" (gimps, really)
• The 'lisp gives you wings' drawing. Also, big and raw.
• Lyric graphs
• Iko Iko midi
• The Jolly Packet
• A stepper motor template
• chkno's Guide to Writing Science Fiction
• Home cooking is killing the restaurant industry
• A Chu Chu Rocket commercial
• An excerpt from Time Enough for Love on fiscal policy
• A monk meditating with a net of 256 electroencephalography sensors on his scalp. Please email me if you have a better quality version of this image. (Update: this one is better)
• An image and another image of the radish spirit in Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi.
• A screenshot of the word processor in Read or Die
• Order form (higher resolution, for printing) for the Cadet in-wall heater recall. Using this form gets you the 2002 prices, which may be less than the current prices for these replacement models.

Social

• Tech companies by number of employees
• My email address -- requires client-side xslt to view.
• Links to other places
• How to win at Planets: TEOS
• What three screws?!?
• The top-posting sig-rant
• Seen Not Heard: On Schools, Trust, and Kneecaps, by James Stephenson

Legal

• My bike was stolen
• Comcast's abuse policy
• An early version of the zfone license agreement