Monthly Archives: May 2012

Here is an executable Mandelbrot Set plotter in C, for the Linux console. The Mandelbrot set is computed using a simple formula: x’ = x^2 + x0 We plot a coloured point at x0, if the sequence starting there escapes toward infinity. … Continue reading →

Linux man 2,3 quick reference I wrote a script to extract the useful “synopsis” section, from Linux man pages in sections 2 and 3, the syscalls and library calls.  This can be good to see what calls there are, and … Continue reading →

dear PLA readers, I value my membership of Planet Linux Australia. Around 75% of my blog posts are on-topic for PLA, directly related to Linux or Programming.  I counted them. I have made three potentially offensive off-topic political posts in … Continue reading →

From wikipedia:  “The history of water fluoridation can be divided into three periods … The third period, from 1945 on, focused on water fluoridation, which added fluoride to community water supplies.” Do you recognize that year, 1945?  Yes, that’s the year … Continue reading →

This vim plugin can run vimdiff, on two versions of a function in different files, etc. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3745 Usage: 1. visual select some function in one file 2. :’<,’>Linediff 3. select the other version of function in other (or same) file … Continue reading →

to Mr. Adam Bandt, MP for Melbourne Thank-you for your great work as the Greens MP for Melbourne.  You must be happy to have achieved such a great victory for the Greens, by getting elected to the so-called “house of … Continue reading →