Sqeaky's Dumping Ground

Integrating Lua Into a C++ Project

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:25:46 +0000

Scope – Why Integrate Lua? Lua is a scripting language that can be embedded into, or used to to control, conventional C and C++ programs. From what I have read, it seems that the typical use case is to create …

Data for Prediction

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:49:43 +0000

I read a little bit more about BSEs and maybe I learned a bit about how they could be predicted. Besides lambasting the very notion that past data sets can be incredibly deceptive (I can count on no fingers the …

I Guessed Right, but Why?

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:23:11 +0000

I was right about my simple call center prediction. I cannot provide exact details, but I can say more than 80% of my calls had to do with the Canadian finances. That was an easy one to guess though, I …

SOPA Hopefully Not a Black Swan Event

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:47:51 +0000

A “black swan event”, as described by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, is an event that is difficult to predict due to rarity, can cause widespread impact, and is explained or justified later in a way that make it seem to have …

Silicon Prairie News – Last Call to Action

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:22:30 +0000

Silicon Prairie News accepted a guest submission from me about motivating the Omaha-Council Bluffs Area about Google Fiber. Please read the article and do some of what it suggests, like: Nominate us at the Google Fiber for communities page Become …

I Could Help More with 48 Cores

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:10:54 +0000

In response to AMD’s 48 core contest. I am working on an open source game, and I have learned that there are a few hurdles open source projects have to go through to get real working results. If I …

Be Active in the Community – Bring Google to Omaha

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:09:35 +0000

I am still trying to raise awareness of Google’s Fiber Internet access roll-out project. However I am not getting the traction I wanted. If you want really High speed Internet Access, for all the good it will do for You, …

Bring Google Fiber to Omaha

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:04:38 +0000

Google has some big news about Fiber Internet. They want to run Internet directly to homes and businesses at 1 Gigabit per second. Check out Google Fiber for Communities page and sign up for it now. To put this …

IT Certifications Aren’t Worth the Paper They’re Not Printed On!

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:10:18 +0000

At work we are trying to attract a new client. They toured the facility, they looked around and asked questions, all while my peers and I demonstrated our knowledge and abilities. They were impressed as we took actual phone calls …

My Birthday is Coming Up

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:35:11 +0000

Anyone who knows where my place is, is more than welcome to stop by on Sunday. I will be playing movies all day and there will be junk food. If you don’t want to hang with me and my geek …