Chris's Random Ramblings
I've been enjoying reading quite a few papers on operating systems lately, mostly related to the research in memory management I've been working on for K42. One of the more interesting ones I've read is titled Debugging Operating Systems with Time-Traveling Virtual Machines. It describes changes to the linux kernel and gdb which allow a programmer using the debugger to step backwards to an arbitary point in execution. Its primarily to be used for debugging of the operating system, but is also apparently applicable to user-space programs as well.
Took Kelly down to the South Coast for the Queen's birthday long weekend. We stayed at a beautiful cabin just outside of Broulee, called The Bower at Broulee. The cabin we stayed in is surrounded by gum trees. There are large windows looking out from the lounge, as well as bathroom with spa bath, into ferns and gum tree forest.
View of lounge looking out to the deck and trees beyond
Spent the weekend wandering around the local towns, doing some hikes and generally relaxing. Went for a steep but really nice walk up to Pigeon House Mountain which was named by Captain Cook in 1770. From the top you get great views of the coast as well as The Castle. The dirt roads kind of made me wish we had a 4WD though.
Kelly had a Crimson Rosella eating out of her hand
Kelly attempting to put out encourage the fire I started
The 1.0 version of the code for the Hackfest is now available. Entries close Thursday midnight, so if you haven't started already, getting coding for you chance to win a couple of great prizes!
You can register for the competition here.
Pipe arrived at 1pm this afternoon. Even after the 1 hour flight he seemed quite happy but even happier to see us. We took him home where Gizzy was visiting to welcome him to his new home. Gizzy hissed a little bit at him, but after not too long, Pipe was climbing on top of Gizzy, and Gizzy gave his tail a bit of a lick.
During the afternoon and evening, Pipe ate some dry food, some chicken kitten food and drank some special kitten milk. He miaowed quite a bit afterwards and it was pretty clear he wanted to use the kitty litter tray but didn't. He was getting rather distressed so Kelly went out to buy some different kitty litter that the breeder recommended, but that didn't work either. Finally we realised that the kitty litter was too near his food and moved it further away. He immediately went to use it, looking very relieved. Given he hadn't used the litter for about 12 hours he did a marvellous job for a little kitten. Looking very much happier, he then started exploring a lot more and jumping and playing around the house.
He even started surfing the internet.
