Episode 9: A Note to Myself
This post is exactly what the title says it is. Just a small note to remind me what I should be focusing on. Spending a weekend playing with genetic algorithms in Scheme is a wonderful learning opportunity, but it detracts from some of the bigger projects I’m working on. Idle curiosity can do more harm than good if you’re trying to juggle college and code. Genetic algorithms can wait until Christmas.
Ongoing Projects
I never start projects. I bump into them. Sometimes they feel like a distant member of Grampa’s extended family. Other times, they feel like a close friend you’ve been dying to talk to for the past 6 months, but gosh darn it where’s his number? Unlike most seasoned hackers, I only have three large projects I wish to see to completion before I touch something new.
- index_server – the full text indexing tool for Haiku I wrote this summer.
- Goonj – a media player and music library manager for Mac OS X (I’m working on this with Pratul).
- Make the Dell Vostro 1520 100% Haiku compatible. For this, I need to write drivers for the following devices: (1) touchpad (2) wireless card (3) webcam and (4) sound card. I’ve already started digging through some driver code, but it will be a while before I have something usable.
Interests
I’m a sad case, really. I need to write a blog post to remind myself what I’m interested in. If you don’t want your kids to turn out this way, make sure they take enough baths. Yes, even in winter.
High-level stuff bores me. I find I’m much more comfortable with C and C++ than Python. With that in mind, here’s a small overview of my fields of interest:
- Compilers
- Virtual machines (and emulators)
- Operating systems
- File systems
- Games (why not?)
- Information retrieval
Lately, I’ve been reading up on electronics. I’ve barely scratched the surface of what’s possible with just a few cheaply available components, and I’m already shaking with excitement. College does not permit me to learn as much as I’d like to, but I’m slowly getting there. I’ll have something to show for my efforts in a couple of months. Let’s see what comes of this new obsession 
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5 Responses to “Episode 9: A Note to Myself”
same way here, i was supposed to do xml revalidation (‘that’ gal is doing her project on it) but i’ve decided to do nothing until my exams end, 5th January. Once that happens gonna take on as many things as i can…
also gonna do the revalidator before her.
tunne mujhe apne blogroll se hata diya… gadaar..
mere blog roll mein abhi tera blog hai..
its not fair.
You revealed my name in public! They’re going to get me now! Aaaaargghhh! Unhnnnhmm…
(scuffling…)
(sounds of bullet shells falling on the floor…)
You write well.
@Ankit: I try my best
@lut4rp: Well, you had it coming. The survival rate for PHP programmers is pretty low these days.
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