I’ve written a fair few TCP/IP servers in my time. In C, always based around the accept() and fork() model. In Java, both using the similar accept()/Thread.start() model, and with the schmancy NIO select() approach.
Now, really, most of us don’t have to worry about the massive loads that make process spawning overheads or thread […]
I received an email from Diane Abbott. Yes, that Diane Abbott. The MP. It seems a bit shady. She seemed so principled when I saw her on telly…
Dear Friend,
I am Diane Abbott. Elected to the House of Commons when I was elected in the
1987 General Election; representing the London Constituency of Hackney North
and Stoke […]
Amazon has launched its eBook reader, and it’s called ‘Kindle’.
It’s a nifty gadget, and it throws up a lot of questions about what it is we expect from books, and what we can expect in future.
To get the basics out of the way, it costs US$400, for now, it’s about the size of […]
Here Christmas Show Nov 30th - Dec 22nd (and then some) - (Flickr user Peskimo // Jodie & David).
“Here” is a gallery and shop in Bristol. It’s where we bought our smashing Peskimo mouth picture, at a craft show just like the one advertised here. If you live anywhere near Bristol, it’s worth a […]
… and finally, from The Orange Box, Half Life 2. I have not approached the episodic Half Life 2 games yet.
Half Life 2 is a single player first person shooty adventure game. It came our for the PC a while ago, and now it’s on consoles too as part of the Orange Box.
It’s very […]
Continuing my The Orange Box ramblings, let’s talk about Team Fortress 2.
I have an ignoble history with multiplayer first person shooters. Basically, I get lost, or I get shot, and I don’t know why, and it’s no fun.
The hype about Team Fortress 2 gave me hope though. The cartoonish design made it seem […]
It’s been a few weeks since I bought The Orange Box for the Xbox 360. I believe this single DVD package stems from Valve’s realisation that while they had a number of saleable products ready for Christmas 2007, none of them quite warranted a full price release. So, we get a bundle. On that […]
Debbie bought me the Twin Peaks Season 1 DVD boxed set for my birthday, and we finished watching it last night. It was fantastic.
I remember when it was first broadcast, people thought it was tremendously confusing. Strangely, it no longer seems complicated at all, nor even that weird. I wonder whether the series […]
So why doesn’t hartnup.net have a poppy in its title? Why am I not wearing a poppy on my lapel like most people on the street?
First, I must stress that I appreciate the need for armed forces. I’m also broadly supportive of a lot of the work done by the British Legion. First […]
We’re visiting New York soon, and we’re planning on staying outside Manhattan, like we have minds of our own or something. I’ve been drip-feeding Debbie with links about Brooklyn, via email, but I thought it might be better to collect them here instead, so other people could benefit.
They mostly seem to be food related […]