I grew up with Assembler, Pascal, then C, then C++, then C#, and now I'm back to C++. I've found that C# makes things easier for graphical programming, but it feels sluggish when doing some computationally intensive things. I've since moved back to C++. Development time has increased on some stuff, but I think things are better, and I derive more pleasure from C++ development. And C++ has a rich heritage and a rich library universe. This entry goes through some interesting things I've found. Continue reading "Software Development, Coders, and C++ Libraries" »
Friday, September 14. 2007
Software Development, Coders, and C++ Libraries
IP Addressing Best Practices (plus VRF and VLAN ideas)
I've encountered many weird and wonderful IP Addressing schemes during my consulting engagements. During my early years, I'm sure I've contributed some less than optimal ideas into the mix. I'm going to try to mend my ways and introduce some ideas that I think make things better. Continue reading "IP Addressing Best Practices (plus VRF and VLAN..." »
LightFactory for Lighting BMDS' Production of The Sisterhood
It was an interesting experience, to say the least, in terms of being a first time lead lighting designer, introducing new equipment to the theatre, and learning a new piece of software. Continue reading "LightFactory for Lighting BMDS' Production of..." »
Thursday, September 13. 2007
Computers Are Infallible -- NOT
A recent article at Kernel Trap entitled Data Errors During Drive Communication indicates that "An ongoing study on datasets of several Petabytes have shown that there can be 'silent data corruption' at rates much larger than one might naively expect from the expected error rates in RAID arrays and the expected probability of single bit uncorrected errors in hard disks".
This is an interesting read. I used to blame my computer problems on Random Alpha Particles. I guess I can now expand my horizons.
Trading Site of the Day -- Teresa Lo: Power Swings
Teresa Lo is a retired securities analyst who has a site called PowerSwings. Here analytical skills and powers of commentary show through. Two pages of interest, one on Volatility and one on Intraday Trading Strategies are recent articles with some good meat. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Teresa Lo: Power Swings" »
Snow Squall Inn
If you happen to be the Wiscasset, Maine area, and need a place to stay, try out Snow Squall Inn. My good friend Melanie and her husband Paul own and operate the 7 room Bed & Breakfast. I hope to see them in October and check out their place.
Lighting for Moliere's Sisterhood, the 80's Version
From this month's production of Moliere's The Sisterhood at Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society, here are three shots of the set during the Pre-Show, Intermission, and Post-Show Decoration cues. During the periods of activity, the set is fully lit, with subtle dimming of unused area. Unused areas would be the bar and the sofas at various times. This is my first show where I was lead on lighting design and programming. Continue reading "Lighting for Moliere's Sisterhood, the 80's..." »
Tuesday, September 11. 2007
Recent Paper on Profitability of Technical Stock Trading
There is a recent, very readable paper from Stephan Schulmeister called The Profitability of Technical Stock Trading has Moved from Daily to Intraday Data. His abstract goes like this: Continue reading "Recent Paper on Profitability of Technical..." »
Monday, September 10. 2007
Internet Information Analysis
In follow up to a previous post I did on news analysis, I came across Monitor110. They don't release much about how they do stuff, but they do release some information which sets the bar as to what can be done in terms of analysis of information found in various sorts of repositories found on the web.
Sunday, September 9. 2007
VC++ MultiCast Delegate Template
In follow up to my article on Fast Delegates back in June, I used the C++ STL (Standard Template Library) to create a simple, one parameter Multicast Delegate for C++. The code provided here provides a mechanism for creating a Multicast Delegate by incorporating the FastDelegate library. I used the 'vector' template from the STL to implement dynamically adding and removing object method calls to the Delegate. Continue reading "VC++ MultiCast Delegate Template" »
Saturday, September 8. 2007
BootDisk.com
Bootdisk.com is a handy site for creating all sorts of bootable media for all sorts of operating systems and hardware.
Trading Site of the Day -- Non Dealing Desk: Forum for Forex
For those who want to get inside the wild-west business of forex, Non Dealing Desk Forum appears to be a good one with which to start. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Non Dealing Desk:..." »
Thursday, September 6. 2007
News Analysis
I subscribe to DTN's IQFeed data streams. (If you'd like to sign up, let me know I'll do a referral for you.) Anyway, in addition to the usual equity, futures, and options feeds, they have a news feed. Each feed entry has a media source indicator, a headline, a list of associated symbols, and a index number for obtaining the story content. Continue reading "News Analysis" »
Monday, September 3. 2007
Linux, Wine, MFC, Win32 API
for the trading application I'm developing, I was thinking that I'd only be able to run it on a Windows machine due to the fact that a couple of vendor supplied libraries are only supplied as Microsoft Windows .dll's and MFC C++ libraries. Perhaps such is not the case any more. Continue reading "Linux, Wine, MFC, Win32 API" »
Saturday, September 1. 2007
The Royal Gazette's Review of Sisterhood
Here is what Jennifer Hind of the Royal Gazette had to say of opening night for the Sisterhood: Continue reading "The Royal Gazette's Review of Sisterhood" »