By matt, on October 13th, 2007%
Pussy willows; from here.
When my younger brother was… younger, he once stuck a pussy willow bud up his nose. I mean, he didn’t just sorta stick the thing in his nose… he crammed it up deep somewhere in his nasal cavity. I’m surprised he didn’t loose the finger to the finger-biting monster that Shel Silverstein claims . . . → Read More: What goes in my repository?
By matt, on October 13th, 2007%
Some time ago (but only a few posts ago), I ranted about the state of embedded systems development under Linux. If we break the rant down, it basically read like this:
How come I don’t have carrier-grade compilers for every single chip under the sun for free? This is ridiculous!
The truth is, these tools have a [...] . . . → Read More: Compilers: Some reflection
By matt, on October 10th, 2007%
So, after class, I discussed student projects with a few groups for almost roughly an hour, and then went running. Because Rachel (one of my students) said she was going, I thought “I should do that, too.” What with the new shoes and all, I thought I should use them.
So, I managed to jog out from . . . → Read More: students are for pushing
By matt, on October 7th, 2007%
For the last few months, I’ve been avoiding jogging. This is not because I don’t enjoy it—instead, it was because of evil shoes.
Chuck Taylor All Stars: Evil Shoes
These cheap canvas high-tops had bad support for walking and, as far as I could tell, put pressure on the base of my Achilles tendon, causing it . . . → Read More: Good Shoes