Life's Miscellaneous Et Ceteras

Brandon Valosek's reflections on life, philosophy, and programming

Brandon

Everyone Does This

You’re on the shitter– there’s nothing to read. What do you do?
Pick up the shampoo or toothpaste, procede to read the back.
Prove me wrong.

This Damn Website

My website has gone through quite a few iterations since its original conception back in the Fall of 2005. It was originally a C++ app I wrote from the ground up, listening on an open socket on my computer for people trying to connect via their browsers. It was a mess, but a really badass [...]

Why Linux Sucks

A few weeks ago, I thought I’d give Linux a legitimate try. Having spent a huge amount of time working with Linux machines both on campus and remotely, I felt I was pretty comfortable with the environment and the operating system overall. I was attracted to the power of the command line, the extraordinary modular [...]

MP3 Players Are Antisocial

So I’m sitting here at work (tutoring) and since no students are coming in… I’m getting some work done. Well, was getting some work done until I decided to update my shit blog for the first time in over a month.
Anyway, so I’m reading up on the MAX5154 12-bit DAC chip that I’m planning on [...]

A Lonely, Lonely Universe

Depressingly impossible thought of the week:
We assume that every human we see around us– our friends, family, kids, adults– experience the same sort of self awareness and sense of existence as we do. In other words, for all 6 billion people on the planet, there’s a soul in the driver’s seat for each and every [...]