Adam Hinz: The Blog
progress and congress
On 2006-04-19 at 4/19/2006 10:03:00 PM...
[music] Sigur Ros - HoppipollaRather than do the things I should be doing (homework, grading homework, reading...), I decided to put some more work into my Scheme/JS interpreter. And wouldn't you know it, I made reached 3 or so milestones.
First, I added define. That's a big step, as recursive programs are now possible for people like me who don't understand poor-man's recursion.
Second, I add +, -, and *. What made this unusually difficult? They can take an arbitrary number of arguments. yay!
Third, while writing +, I think I came up with an idea to handle lambdas of more than 1 argument.
How about that?
-adam
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Imagine you are watching someone who doesn't know you're watching. Now imagine someone doing the same thing to you.Eleven dollar shoes
On 2006-04-17 at 4/17/2006 02:35:00 AM...
[music] Whiskeytown - Not Home AnymoreI wish I went by a name that was actually a shorter version of my real name, like Dan is short for Daniel. Names like these are useful because it enables the person to add an extra layer of sophistation to his identity.
For example, my brother's name is Andrew, but he always goes by Andy. If he wishes, he could start going by Andrew, and I guarantee people would respect him that much more.
Going by your longer name also adds an extra level of maturity to your character. Take Dan from above, for instance. As a kid, he went by Danny, then in middle school he prefered to be called Dan, and now he's working at some big corporation and he's Daniel, director of ad sales in the lower midwest.
Thanks to my parents, I don't have this option. Adam is not short or long for anything. Adam is as mature as I'm ever going to get.
I talked to my parents about it today, hoping for a bit of sympathy for giving me such an unchangeable name. My Mom suggested I start going by Adam Jeffrey or A. Jeffrey, just for a little change. I wan't too impressed with her idea, and after thinking about it, she told me not to do it.
So I guess I'm stuck with what I got. Like I said, this is as mature as I'm going to get.
Productivity is a math term
On 2006-04-13 at 4/13/2006 01:18:00 AM...
[music] none, that's strangeMy ultra-productive mode continues this week for a record-breaking 9 days in a row.
Today I read the chapters of Wuthering Heights that I have to have read by Friday, and I finished my 343 assignment that is due Tuesday. What is the deal?
Right now I'm wondering how much longer I will be in the zone. There's only 2 and a half weeks of school left, and things are looking pretty damn good.
Socks? Those are easy.
On 2006-04-11 at 4/11/2006 01:35:00 AM...
[music] Ben Folds Five - UndergroundCheck it out. Did you notice the new design? I finally made the move to actually learn a bit of css, and do my best at this whole content/design separation model. I guess it works out fine. Hopefully everything loads faster.
It all feels very trendy. I think it's the most trendyesque site I've ever made. I dare not say the W 2 word, but with all the white/green/bluespace and the freaking huge letters, I feel I've succombed to the bowels of another buzzword. Next thing you know I'll have tags, mashups, ajax, and whatever the hell else is trendy.
cheerio,
-adam
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[music] Coldplay - We Never ChangeAhhh...I feel so fresh.
I thought I would stretch my CSS muscle and redesign this thing. Whaddaya think?
I have new bodywash that makes me smell like green apples.