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...
