Posts related to Posted Elsewhere
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02 August 2010 - Back on it (SchemaForm)
Well, it’s been a number of months — an unfortunate side effect of a new job. I’ve finally started back in on TargetMap construction this weekend, and have made some progress. I think I’ve also figured out what I was missing before. Still a long way to go before I have a working solution, but [ . . . ]
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24 July 2010 - You (Fiction)
You wipe your hand on your pants, the blood warm and sticky, a moment ago fear and heartache, now only repugnance. You raise your hand to your mouth and kiss the inside of your thumb, then reach across and touch it to his forehead, then, as if you might still hurt him, ever so gently [ . . . ]
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25 April 2010 - Status Update (SchemaForm)
Well, I spent the weekend beating my head against inverting the SourceMaps into TargetMaps. Made some progress, but, mostly, ended up with a sore head. Currently trying to figure out exactly what the TargetMap needs to look like — I’m thinking the SourceMaps will need a little massaging, but mostly seem correct. The TargetMaps, though . . . so [ . . . ]
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23 April 2010 - Unity (Fiction)
“Godsdammit, Hayden—will you watch where you’re stepping!”
I stumble back from his anger and drop my gaze to the forest floor, where Jochen is rubbing his left hand and scowling at me. There’s mud on two fingers of his glove.
“Sorry,” I mutter and shake my head. “I guess I wasn’t paying attention.”
“Yeah, no shite,” he growls [ . . . ]
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12 April 2010 - The End? (Fiction)
Hi all,
Well, it’s been a year, and I think I have to admit to myself, and to all of you, that I’m totally blocked on Winter Rain, and that it doesn’t look to be changing. At this point, I don’t honestly know that I will ever finish it. This saddens me, but, unfortunately, it’s the [ . . . ]
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12 April 2010 - Cached Data Invalidation: First Attempt (SchemaForm)
First, I’m going to admit to the lie. I’m not actually going to discuss my first attempt at figuring out cached data invalidation. Nor the second. Nor the third. Let’s just say they didn’t even come close to working and leave it at that.
My first workable attempt at building a map of which [ . . . ]
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11 April 2010 - Cached Data Invalidation: An Introduction (SchemaForm)
So, here we are — the first real post. I was planning to just jump in and discuss my current design problem, but, in attempting to write it up, I’ve come to realize I don’t really understand it well enough to talk about it. I have a fairly simple approach, at the moment, but I [ . . . ]
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28 February 2010 - The Plan (SchemaForm)
Back in 2004/2005, I started working on a high-level database programming language that could do all the grunt work I normally do when turning a high-level design into something that actually works. That language was called SchemaForm. I did get the language working, at the time, but the generated code did not perform to my [ . . . ]
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16 December 2009 - Chapter 9 coming (Fiction)
Hi all,
My schedule for the next 6 months is getting rather packed, as I finally know what I’m doing with a commercial Mac product I’m writing, and I’m going to need a lot of time for it. As a result, I’m going to change the way I do things with Winter Rain.
Rather than try to [ . . . ]
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29 June 2009 - Status Update (Fiction)
Well, if anybody is still interested, I’m starting to feel like writing again. It’s been a slow climb out of this dark little hole I found myself in, but I’m starting to get restless to make stuff again — a good sign, I hope — and something I haven’t felt in months.
I’m still not ready [ . . . ]