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diff --git a/www/blog/2019-12-09/index.html b/www/blog/2019-12-09/index.html index 66de652..639ac30 100644 --- a/www/blog/2019-12-09/index.html +++ b/www/blog/2019-12-09/index.html @@ -2,14 +2,19 @@ <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> - <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.6.0"> + <meta name="generator" + content="HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.6.0"> <title>senders.io - Blog</title> - <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/index.css'> - <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <link rel='stylesheet' + type='text/css' + href='/index.css'> + <meta name="viewport" + content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> </head> <body> <div id='header'> - <a class='title' href='/'>senders.io</a> + <a class='title' + href='/'>senders.io</a> <nav> <a href="/resume">Resume</a> <a href="/blog">Blog</a> <a href= "https://github.com/s3nd3r5">Github</a> @@ -26,17 +31,18 @@ share some unfiltered, semi-structured thoughts on.</p> <h3>Racket, 80x86, and even more C</h3> <h4>Racket</h4> - <p><a target="_blank" href="https://racket-lang.org">Racket</a> is a - general-purpose lisp-like language. I had began messing around in it with - the intention of creating a similar language to <a target="_blank" href= - "https://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/">Scribble</a> a document - authoring language written in Racket. I made <a target="_blank" href= - "https://xkcd.com/1205/">the classic mistake</a> of trying to create a - productivity tool rather than just do the task I had originally intended - to do. It was interesting messing around in a lisp/functional language - which I haven't really used in a long time. I wish I had more - insightful things to say about it or project to share. Either way its - very worth the look.</p> + <p><a target="_blank" + href="https://racket-lang.org">Racket</a> is a general-purpose + lisp-like language. I had began messing around in it with the + intention of creating a similar language to <a target="_blank" + href="https://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/">Scribble</a> a document + authoring language written in Racket. I made <a target="_blank" + href="https://xkcd.com/1205/">the classic mistake</a> of trying to + create a productivity tool rather than just do the task I had + originally intended to do. It was interesting messing around in a + lisp/functional language which I haven't really used in a long + time. I wish I had more insightful things to say about it or project + to share. Either way its very worth the look.</p> <h4>6502 -> 80x86 -> Commander X16</h4> <p>I wanted to play around with writing some assembly language programs. I looked back at the NES tutorials and tried writing some basic @@ -47,18 +53,22 @@ dug into. I made some decent progress in, relative to my 6502 learning. But this was in the summer, and I was preparing for what would turn into a pretty time consuming move. After my move, my puppy, and some youtube, - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.the8bitguy.com">The 8-Bit Guy</a> - made a video about his 8 Bit computer project <a target="_blank" href= - "http://www.commanderx16.com/X16/Ready.html">Commander X16</a> which I - started looking into. Like all the other assembly language projects they - never amounted to more than a few print statements or colors on the - screen. But X16 is something I am going to keep an eye on in 2020.<br> - <a target="_blank" href="https://eater.net/">Ben Eater</a> also started a - <a target="_blank" href="https://eater.net/6502">6502 video series</a> - which was amazing, and thankfully my learnings from earlier in the year - made the content very understandable. In summary, I spent a lot of 2019 - reading and watching a lot of content about assembly language - programming, but never really did anything with it.</p> + <a target="_blank" + href="http://www.the8bitguy.com">The 8-Bit Guy</a> made a video about + his 8 Bit computer project <a target="_blank" + href="http://www.commanderx16.com/X16/Ready.html">Commander X16</a> + which I started looking into. Like all the other assembly language + projects they never amounted to more than a few print statements or + colors on the screen. But X16 is something I am going to keep an eye + on in 2020.<br> + <a target="_blank" + href="https://eater.net/">Ben Eater</a> also started a <a target= + "_blank" + href="https://eater.net/6502">6502 video series</a> which was amazing, + and thankfully my learnings from earlier in the year made the content + very understandable. In summary, I spent a lot of 2019 reading and + watching a lot of content about assembly language programming, but + never really did anything with it.</p> <h4>Never ending C</h4> <p>Without much to really say on the topic, I kept writing small programs in C throughout the year. I spent a lot of time debugging and @@ -81,27 +91,30 @@ project "Tyur". This project spawned out of sci-fi story ideas that, of course, never went anywhere (due to my poor dialog writing, and writing in general) and my interest in language history. I have been - reading <a target="_blank" href= - "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1831667.The_Horse_the_Wheel_and_Language"> + reading <a target="_blank" + href= + "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1831667.The_Horse_the_Wheel_and_Language"> The Horse the Wheel and Language</a> by David W. Anthony, which goes into the history around Proto-Indo-European. It can be a bit dense so I had been reading it on and off, and during the off times also started - <a target="_blank" href= - "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18635317-the-origins-of-language">The - Origins of Language: A Slim Guide</a> by James R. Hurford, which tries to - provide insights on the evolutionary concept of language. Both of these - provided some fodder for the idea of creating my own <a target="_blank" - href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_language">conlang</a>. My - conlang is "Tyur" the language spoken by the Tyur people. This - process has really been a mix of world-building around the Tyur and some - fun fantasy mini story ideas similar to The Lord of the Rings and old - Warhammer Fantasy worlds. This however began my adventure down the rabbit - hole of trying to figure out how to create a font so I can write more - here about it. The documentation on this conlang is a mix of loose-leaf - folded in my bag that I scribble on when I get an idea. So figuring out a - proper way of building the alphabet and some root words to start a - dictionary are my current goals for the remainder of the year/ start of - 2020.</p> + <a target="_blank" + href= + "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18635317-the-origins-of-language">The + Origins of Language: A Slim Guide</a> by James R. Hurford, which tries + to provide insights on the evolutionary concept of language. Both of + these provided some fodder for the idea of creating my own <a target= + "_blank" + href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_language">conlang</a>. + My conlang is "Tyur" the language spoken by the Tyur people. + This process has really been a mix of world-building around the Tyur + and some fun fantasy mini story ideas similar to The Lord of the Rings + and old Warhammer Fantasy worlds. This however began my adventure down + the rabbit hole of trying to figure out how to create a font so I can + write more here about it. The documentation on this conlang is a mix + of loose-leaf folded in my bag that I scribble on when I get an idea. + So figuring out a proper way of building the alphabet and some root + words to start a dictionary are my current goals for the remainder of + the year/ start of 2020.</p> <h3>Closing</h3> <p>In closing, I think despite not writing much here, I messed around with some interesting languages this year, and hope I can hobby more in |