Faking Better-Than-Millisecond-Resolution with a QTimer
If you’ve ever used a QTimer you may know that they have a maximum time resolution of ~1 millisecond, and that they’re fairly inaccurate (even on a Linux box). Here’s how...
Don’t Call Me at Work
Today I was sitting in the lab doing some computer stuff. The phone rings. The sound gets filtered out–the phone has rung hundreds of times and was never for me....
Girl Develop It
Last night I volunteered at the Philadelphia chapter of Girl Develop It. GDI offers low-cost programming classes for women. One of my former co-workers who’s involved with GDI shared that...
There is No Right Way to Develop Software
There is no “right” way to develop software. I repeat: THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY TODEVELOP SOFTWARE. Some people in our industry like to cargo cult and don’t want to believe this. They believe that the...
Sick Day
Woke up before dawn this morning with heartburn, a headache, and a lot of congestion. I guess I have a cold. I didn’t really want to call (read: email) out...