Notes using scratchbox2 with debian multiarch
I’m a very recent (3 days) user of scratchbox2 for cross-compiling. I have found that scratchbox2 (as of 2.3.3) is a bit fiddly when targeting Debian multiarch (wheezy/sid aka testing/unstable.) Here are my notes about what I tweaked…
Structured EEPROM access with Arduino/AVRs
On an Arduino or other AVR, EEPROM access is a bit fiddly if you want to store different types of data. In this blog post, I’ll show you a quick trick to use when you have lots of structured data to store in EEPROM. Alternatives First, the existing alternatives: Arduino has EEPROM, which is simple [...]
Computer-powered lottery tickets : The Engineyard programming contest
I first read about the Engineyard Programming Contest yesterday and I thought it was a silly contest, winnable only through the application of raw brute force. For some reason, I woke up this morning obsessed with it. This is despite the fact that this “competition” is basically a lottery, in which you buy tickets with [...]
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