Scientific software development, stage lighting, and stuff

Archive for February, 2007

Subtle aspects of using Boost and LAPACK

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Software development | No Comments »

I spent part of the afternoon wrestling with LAPACK integration in a C++ program, using the unofficial Boost bindings. I learned a couple of interesting things. test.C is a file that demonstrates them. 1. You need to create column-major ...

The need for 3D technical drawing software

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Software development | No Comments »

Today I was reminded again of the need for a new kind of technical drawing software.  Here is the problem I am facing: I want to create a vector drawing of a three dimensional structure.  Right now, I can either ...

LISP is cool but annoying

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Software development | No Comments »

I spent today organizing my personal finances in GnuCash. I also spent a few hours customizing a report, which unfortunately means hacking in Scheme, a "dialect" of LISP. Don't get me wrong, I actually like LISP/Scheme quite a ...

Lighting for February 11/12

Saturday, February 17th, 2007 Posted in Lighting | No Comments »

Nothing too exciting this weekend in the lighting department. In a change from last time, two Studiospots were flown from a pipe just in front of the stage. I don't think they're real useful in that position because ...

The beginning of the lighting blog

Saturday, February 17th, 2007 Posted in Lighting | No Comments »

I'm of the lighting operators/designers at Discovery Church in Orlando, FL. I've been doing lighting, off and on, since 2002. Unfortunately I didn't get a digital camera until November 2006 so I don't have much of a record of ...