18 Apr 2001 jao   » (Journeyer)

More crypto reading: The Cuckoo's Egg, by Cliff Stoll; very funny and highly recommended. The next will be Takedown. In the meantime, i'm remembering my C++ days with Alexandrescu's Modern C++ Design.

I'm trying FreeBSD these days, and it feels powerful... i'm quickly becoming a fan of it.

New projects in mind:

  • bbmenu, for Blackbox, my favourite window manager;
  • MMDK, an MDK for MMIX (the most requested feature of MDK's users); and
  • A ports/packages manager (a la apt) for FreeBSD (need to learn a lot more about FreeBSD before.
Ars magna, vita brevis... i don't have time for all three, and am still thinking on which one to pick up...

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