Please Criticize This…

OK, I am working on the explanation of Unix-like file systems intended for programmers that don’t know anything about the Unix-like file system structure. This is a rough draft, and I know the appendix is sketchy, it needs to be – well – written. I think I did a half decent job, but it occurs [...]

A Brief Anecdote and A Deformation Quantization of Gravity

The Brief Anecdote
OK, so I was talking with the lead developer of Brainix and we hit a snag. Largely because it’s a microkernel, it’s indescribably difficult to program correctly. So, we said to each other “What should we do?”
Our conclusion was, well, nonexistent. That’s right, we didn’t come to a conclusion (we’re too cool [...]

More Programming Notes of Pseudo-Interest…

I have stumbled upon a few gems worth noting. First off, there is the Metalinguistic Abstraction. It’s a “good read” as far as blogs go, with respect to programming.
There is also an Object Oriented version of Unix out: UnixLite. It’s (unfortunately) written in C++, but it’s interesting (to me at least) to observe an object [...]

My “To Do” List

All right, some may be wondering why I spontaneously (and seemingly randomly) update my blog with posts, but I do have some method to my madness. I just have to do some things…for instance, I have to finish writing the manual for Brainix (the manual that is out is admittedly far from finish, it’s not [...]

Unix Version 6 in Modern C (“Intro to xv6″)

As some may know, I’m an operating systems nerd (if not, you haven’t been reading this blog enough!).
Well, I ran across a fascinating toy operating system: xv6. It is Unix Version 6, but way back then C was little more than glorified assembly code (as opposed to now with C99 that’s more like Java). The [...]

Some recent news (good and well boring)

OK, so I have not abandoned the blog! Instead, I am working diligently on the Brainix file system.
Let me brag about how far we have gotten. We have found out the problem with the mount_root() method (messages were being lost — it was like an accurate reflection of the post office to an eery degree [...]

School’s out for summer!

Well, not quite…I still have one final to go, but it’s extremely easy. So easy I could do it half drunk and sleep deprived.
But I have been working on the Brainix operating system lately, and have been working really hard on writing a virtual file system from scratch. I’m quite happy to announce that Brainix [...]

Operating Systems

Time for some shameless self-promotion. As you can imagine, I’m a nerdy fellow. I’ve learned how to program under Dr. Neat, another former rocket scientist from JPL (he now teaches at Crescenta Valley High School programming and math courses). For my final project in his advanced programming course, I worked with a fellow named Raffi [...]