Murmurhash3, a fast 128-bit hash for 64-bit platforms ( Read more... )

So I just had an idea about visualizing circuits that seems straightforward and useful, but I can't find any mention in Google of someone having used it before. Surely this is not a new idea ( Read more... )

I'm working on my hash function test suite, and I've hit a difficult problem in statistics/probability that I can't find a good answer to, so I'm documenting it here ( Read more... )

A while back I experimented some more with MurmurHash and extended my test suite to cover 32/64/128-bit hashes and in the process put together MurmurHash3, which was yet again faster by a considerable margin than MurmurHash2 ( Read more... )

the raw uncompressed recording of 1-bit symphony is 160,000 times larger than the code that generated it.

Made another 1-bit-symphony copy by soldering the chip and 1/8" stereo connector directly to a battery holder, which looks tiny and hilarous ( Read more... )

sometimes i'm in my own head so much that i forget that i'm in there.

clothing purchased from goodwill for my "dress like my grandfather" plan ( Read more... )

read more of "the art of electronics ( Read more... )

my third attempt at fixing the van's refrigerator appears to work - was able to light it three times while fridge was mounted in van. also ran it for half an hour or so to make sure the insulation on the wire wasn't going to melt - seems fine.

now to get the darn flue vent screwed back in place...