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i586 < i686
So, if you don’t know already, my Linux distro of choice is Archlinux. I like Arch because the stock install is just that…the basic system and you can add just what you want (X11, fluxbox for a desktop, leave X out for a server, whatever), it gives you choice without forceing you into a certain [...]
Ruby Rocks
Ok, so at CWSF this year I was introduced to the Ruby programming language by one Brohan. Ruby is one of the nicest languages I’ve ever had the pleasure of coding in, the syntax is great and there are a tonne of libraries (gems in ruby-speak) to do pretty much whatever you require. I’ve experimented [...]
The Future
I haven’t posted about my educational future after high school so here goes. I’ve been accepted to the University of Waterloo for Computer Engineering (woo!), and they are even going to give me a $2500 Engineering scholarship and a $2000 President’s Scholarship (90%-94.9% avg required, hopefully I can maintain it). I also recieved a $4000 [...]
CWSF Update
This week I’ve been at CWSF (Canada Wide Science Fair) in Ottawa, presenting my project. I did a re-write of last year’s project, using C++ and with a whole bunch of added features and bugfixes.
Last year’s version was slow…it was written in Perl and it called an external SIFT binary to save the keypoints to [...]
Downtime and updates
If you tried getting to caseybanner.com in the last few days, you would have been disappointed to find that it wasn’t resolving. Apparently that server blew its CPU, RAM, and mobo, and the owner had to go replace it. During the downtime, I moved my blog to nearlyfreespeech.net which has a neat pay-as-you-go style. CaseyBanner.com [...]
