by Daniel L. Taylor | Dec 18, 2020 | TextSpresso
It has been a long time since I have touched the code base for TextSpresso or issued any updates. Way too long in fact. TextSpresso has become one of those projects that has sat on a shelf (so to speak) while I tell myself that I’ll get back to it any day now....
by Daniel L. Taylor | Dec 18, 2020 | Code Optimization
I shouldn’t care about something so small. I really shouldn’t. The world is in the midst of a horrific pandemic which has triggered a severe economic recession. There are riots, clashes between citizens and their governments, and chaotic events occurring...
by Daniel L. Taylor | Jan 20, 2019 | Code Optimization
The Challenge Oh!! Mankind is in trouble again. This time, it’s a deadly disease spreading at a rate never seen before. The need of the hour is to set up efficient virus detectors. You are the lead at Central Hospital and you need to find a fast and reliable way...
by Daniel L. Taylor | Apr 9, 2017 | Classic Macintosh, Retrocomputing
I had been shopping for one for a couple of months. The fastest PowerBook made that could boot Mac OS 9 without any modifications or hacks. I never saw one locally. And most of the examples on eBay had some flaw that I was unwilling to live with. Computers this old...
by Daniel L. Taylor | Mar 5, 2017 | Code Optimization
Lately I’ve been addicted to solving challenges at HackerRank.com. I decided early on that I wanted to solve the majority of Algorithm challenges in C. I spend so much time in higher level languages that I’ll generally jump at the chance to work closer to...
by Daniel L. Taylor | Feb 26, 2017 | IT Annoyances
It never fails. Right when you need your notebook to perform and be trouble free the most. It could be a meeting. A client demonstration. Or you could be in a panic trying to remotely fix some server that’s down. And that’s when it starts. The fans spin...
by Daniel L. Taylor | Nov 3, 2016 | Classic Macintosh, Retrocomputing
Recently ClassicHasClass of TenFourFox fame replied to my post The Mythical Road Apple. Apparently he found my post while trying to find out who had edited the Wikipedia page about the Performa 6200. For the record, I was indeed the one who edited that page. After...
by Daniel L. Taylor | May 10, 2016 | Classic Macintosh, Retrocomputing
“Are you interested in any other old Macs?” Upon hearing those words I knew I was in trouble. I was in a small electronics thrift store, part of a local recycling center that tries to sell whatever will still power on. I was there to pickup a Macintosh LC...
by Daniel L. Taylor | May 4, 2016 | IT Security
“Grab my iPad and lookup this web site.” My friend’s iPad was sitting next to me so I grabbed it, performed a quick Google search, and clicked the first link. Nothing that doesn’t happen millions of times a day. Only I didn’t land on the...
by Daniel L. Taylor | May 2, 2016 | Classic Macintosh, Retrocomputing
In the middle of researching my article on Apple’s x200 series of Power Macintosh and Performa computers something dawned on me: I never sold my old Performa 6300CD. I gave it to my mom. She used it to browse the web and exchange emails for a few years, and then...
