del.icio.us problems
It looks like del.icio.us is down and have been for most of the day. As a result my category links aren't working. Once it comes back up again things should be fine. more →
Porting DUIM to Common Lisp
DUIM is the Dylan User Interface Manager, the GUI library used in the Functional Developer Dylan system. Duncan Rose is porting it to Common Lisp. DUIM is a nice easy to understand user interface framework. I used it quite a bit to develop a number of Dylan programs. Many of my creatures programs and other things for example. It fills... more →
Factor website changes
Slava Pestov has moved the main Factor website to a new machine and is running it on the Factor web server. It's also running the Factor code browser. I've retired the browser I was previously running on factor.modalwebserver.co.nz as a result. Slava is using Linode to host the site. Linode provides 'User Mode Linux' machines within which you can install... more →
Where did my fitness go?
Not counting the recent seminar, tonight was my first time back grappling in the non-fundamentals class for a while. You know you've been away too long when people look at you and seem amazed that you're actually there! It's interesting what you notice when you come back from a break. The first, sitting at a desk programming has done nothing... more →
64bit Factor
Slava has a post about the AMD64 backend he is working on for Factor. There has been quite a bit of interesting progress with Factor recently, including some nice contributions. Someone has even written an X11 window manager in Factor. more →