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 ...

