This is my second attempt at creating a game console. This makes use of laser cut palstic parts for the enclosure, it makes use of a raspberry pi and mame. The game play is not very good. However it feels good :). But I am still learning and …
Humble Beginnings
This is my first attempt at creating a game console. It is a PIC based design. I used an existing kit, studied the circuit and assembled it together. This video game console is essentially a microprocessor/ micro controller based circuit with few resistors for interfacing with the video and few …
Mindmapping with Vim!
I have used several tools mind mapping before ( freemind, xmind, vym and their likes), but vim is my favorite editor and wanted to do everything from vim itself. To do mind mapping in vim, my solution is to use the DrawIt! plugin.
Concurrent Android Programming
My brief notes on concurrent programming facilities available in android. I will update it i find something interesting, do comment if you think that I missed something. Threads :- Plain old java threads! and synchronization primitives , classes in java.util.concurrent , java monitor objects – http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/concurrent/package-summary.html Andorid Services – – http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html …
The passionate programmer ?
I just finished reading the book the passionate programmer by Chad Fowler ( No! , he is not related to Martin Fowler!) . Although i do not necessarily agree with all his views. Here are the few take away points for me. Try to understand business domain which you …
How do i actually write an operating system ?
This my answer to quora query. I thought it is good to archive it here. How do I actually start writing an Operating System? I want to know the baby steps to be followed. I have read all the introductory articles on http://wiki.osdev.org. I want to know how do …
GNU plot
GNU plot is very helpful for plotting data and quite powerful too. After some searching I found the book GNU plot in action. I fount this website very useful for surface plots : http://lowrank.net/gnuplot/plot3d2-e.html This is another useful reference : http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~zov1/gnuplot/html/intro.html This always helps : http://www.gnuplot.info/. Hint: I think …
Synfig Animation
I learned to do cut out animations in Synfig. I am all set to make animations using Synfig. I will finally make the series – The Sandman Chronicles. The idea is simple just like any Indian movie the main story remains the same – the trick is the come …