Random Thoughts

A lot of quicksort implementations are hard to follow, because the indexes are shifted around slightly (+1 or -1).  Here's the most intu...

I've been testing out Ubuntu Mate 15.10, and it may be my new favorite Linux distro for the desktop.   :-) It's very simple and cl...

I experimenting with edge detection in ASCII characters, to use for manipulating text data (for example, creating mazes). Here was Part I:...

I wanted to write a generalized ASCII maze generator which could create a unlimited variety of tessellations.   So I first created a parse...

A while back I posted a quick script for creating text outlines on the command line (for example, in Vim).  I like keeping all my documenta...

Here's a word ladder puzzle game (and solver) I wrote a while back. A word ladder is a string of words that change one letter at a time....

I generally haven't put a lot of time into maintaining this blog, and mostly forgot about it for a couple years.   :-) I've n...