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Use the Force; read the source! This blog is mostly a collection of study notes on ASM, ASP .NET, Blender, BASIC, C/C++, C#, ChucK, Computer Architecture, Computer Literacy, CSS, Digital Logic, Electronics, F#, GIMP, GTK+, Haskel, Java, Julia, JavaScript (ES6+) & JSON, LISP, Nim, OOP, Photoshop, PLAD, Python, Qt, Ruby, Scheme, SQL (MySQL & SQLite), Super Collider, UML, Verilog, VHDL, WASM, XML. If I can learn it and make notes on it, I'll write about it. || Blog images copyright Markus Spiske and Pixabay


Today, I Learned CSS Grid in Under Fifteen Minutes (and You can Too): The Basics

20 Jul 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark $0.05

Yes, that's right. It took me less than fifteen minutes to learn CSS grid. You can do likewise, without having to sit through a video that's over an hour long (assuming you already know some CSS). It's not some complicated addition to the language, b...

How to Host Your Own Podcast/Vlog (and why it Might be a Bad Idea)

18 Jul 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark $0.22

As some of you may know, I have been putting in time and effort, on and off, to create, edit and upload video content to YouTube for a vlog. Recently, a potential business client/employer asked me to make a short (approximately two minute) recording...

The Limit Should Not Exist! How Arrogant and Unprofessional of You to Have Boundaries!

14 Jul 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark $0.06

Hey folks, I bring you a revelation from my struggles to find (and keep) gainful employment, just in case you didn't already know: In business, being direct/straight-talking and honest is something you want to avoid. Why's that? Well, having boundari...

Using Steganography (with steghide) to Embed a Copyright Notice in Multimedia Files

9 Jul 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark $0.39

As my regular readers will know, I've been having some trouble with minting and sharing NFT versions of my digital artwork (in both audio and visual form). I decided that I would go the traditional/Web2 route of publishing it (through BMC and Patreon...

Oh, CRUD! SQLite is not performant by default.

5 Jul 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark $0.16

Today, I submitted a job application, in which I was required to list certain skills that I have. One of the advantages of interacting with people whom specialise in recuiting IT/development personel is that the person with whom I was dealing was sha...

I already regret my decision to go multi-lingual in internationalising my software (and I haven't even ported it yet).

4 Jul 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark $0.14

A while ago (on the scale of years), I created a word-finder/unscrambler utility app for myself that proved quite useful. This was before Wordle was a popular time-wasting thing that it is now. (As far as I know, there's no payout for playing or reac...

What is Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML) and why do I care?

14 Jun 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark $0.11

Now, the eagle-eyed and persnickety among (amongst?) you may have noticed that that title contains "why do I care", instead of "why should you care". That's because this post is different from the usual posts in which something catches my eye, I read...

When will I be obsolete, if I'm not already?

4 Jun 2023 4 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark $0.26

AI is capable of writing code, but is it any good? Apparently, it is and I should be concerned about being put out of business (if not now, then soon). However, I don't know of any applications or services (online or otherwise) that offer this. Appar...

An Idea for Generating and Using Identity NFTs

31 May 2023 3 minute read 3 comments Great White Snark $0.30

One of the many things that annoys me about my experiences online is how most Websites handle access/authentication/authorisation. A lot of them still use the method of using usernames and passwords for login, so much so that I have a password databa...

Why I Avoid Using Stack Exchange

19 May 2023 3 minute read 6 comments Great White Snark $0.19

Stack Exchange: A network of Q&A sites for miserable fucks whom take rules too seriously and are devoid of a sense of humour and/or fun, where questions that attempt to inject some of it get not just closed, but deleted. I found that out, to my annoy...