If, like me, you often stay up late, finding yourself in a dark, quiet house, with the rest of the family asleep, then you are probably accustomed to moving about stealthily and not really needing much in the way of light to do so. I almost never turn lights on…

Jeans x 2, khakis, silk shirt, long sleeve shirts x 2, top, underwear, socks x 3. Real World Haskell, Successful Lisp. Guns, Germs and Steel. BC-900 battery charger. Super Paper Mario. Ripping Yarns. A make-your-own root beer kit, and selection of interesting root beers. 2009 Dilbert desk calendar and a…

Whether you will/have celebrate(d) Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, the southern solstice, HumanLight, Saturnalia, or something else entirely: have a peaceful and contented time.

I Love Rocky Road – Weird Al Yankovic Mr. Blue Sky – ELO Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones Funkytown – Lipps, Inc. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles Hit Me With Your Best Shot –…

If anyone in the UK family is reading, and hasn’t yet got me a gift, and intends to get me a gift, the only thing on my wishlist is Absolutely. Or alternatively, DON’T. Just get a gift for mini-Elbeno, as I’m sure you’ll want to. I admit that I’m not…

For the most part, forget about space complexity. Time complexity is the important one. You can often trade off time for space, though, so be aware of how much you’re using. O(1), or constant time, is the best option: if you know the array index, great! Unfortunately, hash tables usually…

Mrs Elbeno and I have been wondering increasingly about how to deal with Mini-Elbeno best regarding preschools etc. This evening we gave him the Burt Reading Test. He is currently 2 years and 7 months old. The results showed a reading age of 8½.

I recently took a DISC assessment at work. It’s similar to MBTI which I took a while back at my old company. When I last did MBTI, I came out as ESTP – but almost central on the E/I, S/N, and P/J scales. The only strong preference was T rather…