I’m taking a C# and .NET class at ASU East. Our professor has example code that runs on Windows and the Mac (using Mono). I installed mono 2.8 from this link and I was able to get C# code to compile. However, when I tried to run my professor’s build script (he uses ant with…
Month: January 2011
Bytecode optimization in Java
I learnt something new about bytecode optimization today. In languages like C and C++, if you’re really concerned about efficiency, you can drop into assembly mode and write specific assembly code instead of relying on the compiler to convert your C/C++ code into assembly (compilers can optimize, but not as well as humans in all…
A Minecraft Stargate
I’ve been playing Minecraft for a while now. It doesn’t look like much at all, but it’s a really fun game. I love the fact that you can build whatever you want. It’s like legos, really. Anyway, I built a Stargate in Minecraft. I originally wanted to use the portal blocks, but if you stack…
Six-man football releases new album
Alternative indie-band Six-man football has released their latest album titled … you can get silly again. When asked about why the band has only four members (a vocalist, lead guitarist, bassist, and drummer) they replied: We realized that only hipsters listen to indie bands until they get popular. Also, hipsters like anything that appears “ironic”….