Channeling for Ghostwriting

Channeling for GhostwritingChanneling for Ghostwriting

Ghostwriting is one of my favorite ways to write. While I may not own the final article, I own the…

A Review of the K&R C Programming Language Book

The K&R C Book is touted as the book to get if you want to learn C. It is the…

Monolithic Kernels, Microkernels, and Everything In Between

While most modern OSes share many ideas and concepts, the underlying philosophy behind the kernels tends to vary. Linux uses…

Modern Perl: Why Perl Rules For Text

The Swiss Army Chainsaw that is Perl may not be a hot, new language, but it is a powerhouse still…

The Perfectionist’s Guide to Delegation

As a perfectionist, I used to fail miserably at delegating tasks. From group projects in school to work earlier in…

Learning Vocabulary By Frequency

Some words are more common than others. This very basic linguistic principle has been researched (warning: PDF) a lot. This…

When Is It Okay to Reinvent the Wheel in Programming?

One of the most common pieces of advice to new programmers is to not get "not invented here" syndrome and…

Perl in 2020: Is It Still Worth Learning Now?

I got a little nostalgic going through my bookshelf and finding all of my Perl books. I've been in a…

A Review of “Mastering Algorithms with Perl”

This is another hit from O'Relly for learning Perl. The Perl Cookbook is good, but it focuses on the language…

Getting Classy With Inheritance In Lua

We're going to cover the basics of inheritance in Lua. Lua doesn't have native classes, so don't expect things like…