For the same project that I'm using ctypes on OS X I'm also working on a Windows version - again using ctypes for the native interfacing.
In both cases the OS X and Windows specific code does not amount to much (a few hundred lines each, with plenty of spacing). Doing …
Well it turns out that NetNewsWire's javascript confirm() function doesn't actually show a dialog. Instead it just returns false. So if you browsed from the feed to a game and tried to press the resign button not much would happen, as the javascript would behave as if you'd hit …
So finally got around to putting something up on fivepoundapp.com. It's just a single static PHP for now, more well well appear when I get around to it. We'll be listing details of future events and summarising past ones there. Just need to start playing around with Django next …
This is the third part in my series on the "travelling salesman problem" (TSP). Part one covered defining the TSP and utility code that will be used for the various optimisation algorithms I shall discuss. Part two covered "hill-climbing" (the simplest stochastic optimisation method).
I am currently using ctypes (lets you call native code using only Python - no C) for a project on OS X and ran into a little problem today:
"Illegal instruction"
Not exactly very specific.
Initially I thought this was due to some threading issues, but after ensuring I only had …
A very quick update to chrss:
After re-theming this blog and a couple of comments about the graphics I decided it was time to re-theme chrss. I'd been meaning to do it for some time, as I'd never been too happy with the look before. However after it was pointed out that viewing the black pieces …
So playing with a bit more paint I thought I'd have a go at drawing something from my head. I'd just been reading the Diamond Age and had vague ideas along the lines of drawing Nell with the primer. Didn't turn out quite that way (just went with what seemed …
Another update, where most of the work is under the hood, but I did catch a couple of small bugs in the sign up process.
Apart from that, visible changes are:
So I've decided to try more painting, rather than drawing and inking. So needing a subject matter, Mr Bowie seemed to fit the bill. I also happened to have young americans on vinyl, so there was a picture to hand. I didn't spend too long on it, but here's the …