Author Archives: aroth

Code Formatting Plugin Updated

Posted on January 29, 2011 by aroth

I’ve just updated the code formatting/syntax highlighting plugin used by this site to the very cool Syntax Highlighter Evolved. This plugin is a marked improvement over the previous plugin, providing such niceties as automatic non-copyable line numbers, horizontal scrolling, built-in … Continue reading →

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[Objective-C + Cocoa] The Poor-man’s Multithreading

Posted on January 29, 2011 by aroth

I’ve been doing a fair bit of coding in Objective-C lately, more specifically using Apple’s Cocoa API. There’s a lot to like about Objective-C as a language. Predating Java by nearly a decade, here is a reflective language that more … Continue reading →

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Working FLAC and Vorbis Support in Windows Media Player

Posted on January 28, 2011 by aroth

Hot off the heels of the “SMOOTH Processor” debacle, I’m faced with the task of reapplying one of my favorite Windows 7 configuration tweaks. Namely, the addition of FLAC (and also Vorbis, Speex, and so on) support to Windows Media … Continue reading →

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Disaster!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by aroth

So I just had a HDD die on me. Do I have a backup that I can restore from? Of course not; though before you chastise me too severely perhaps I should explain my system configuration. I run a custom-built … Continue reading →

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Math Geeks Only

Posted on January 26, 2011 by aroth

I wanted to take a brief moment to call some attention to Project Euler. Though I stumbled across it just recently, Project Euler has been around for nearly a decade now, and I find myself wishing that I had discovered … Continue reading →

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How to Write Good Code

Posted on January 25, 2011 by aroth

Xkcd probably ties for second with Penny Arcade in my list of favorite webcomics (the #1 spot goes to Questionable Content, despite my unending annoyance at the fact that the author has yet to have Marten hook up with Faye). … Continue reading →

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Apache + PHP = Headache

Posted on January 24, 2011 by aroth

Fresh out of installing and configuring Apache and PHP so that I could get this WordPress blog up and running, I feel there’s a topic worthy of some brief mention here.  Namely, the proper (which I mean not in the … Continue reading →

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Introduction

Posted on January 22, 2011 by aroth

I suppose that’s how these things start, right; with an introduction?  Well my name is Adam Roth, and if you’re reading this then you have found your way to my blog.  While the primary focus will be on coding, software, … Continue reading →

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