Momentary Fascinations

Getting 7.1 HDMI Audio Working Under Ubuntu

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:40:01 -0700

I run Ubuntu and XBMC on my home theater PC (hereafter HTPC). I connect my HTPC to my receiver and TV via HDMI. The HTPC is an nVidia ION 2 machine, so it's using nVidia's ...

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Quick One-Positional-Argument Function Currying In Python

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:48:12 -0700

Function "currying" in Python means pre-adding arguments to a function. If you have a function that takes two arguments, you can create a new function from it that ...

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Rise From Your Grave

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:44:23 -0700

It's been three years since I last posted. I have an excuse: in April of 2007 I got me a Internet Job! And sadly it's left me no time for essay-writing.

But I'm gonna ...

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Floating-Point Numbers Are Precise!

Sat, 22 May 2010 18:47:31 -0700

(What they lack is accuracy!)

There's a great deal of misunderstanding about floating-point numbers. Better men than I have tried to dispell the haze of confusion that surrounds them. ...

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The Lost Monty Python Cartoon

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:58:57 -0700

Last summer I was showing my oldest nephew some Monty Python. Specifically, I showed him episode 24: How Not To Be Seen. It's a corker of an episode, full of great sketches—a playwright ...

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