Monthly Archives: January 2008

SimpleDB

For a small project of mine, I needed a really simple DB (so simple, you can’t call it a DB actually ). The requirements were: Fast lookup Storage of raw byte streams for both key/data Pure MSIL – otherwise, I … Continue reading

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SphereAO

Over the last two days, I’ve written an extremely simple ray-tracer in C#, just as a proof of concept that this can be done in less than two hours, even without preparation. See attached screenshot… In comparison, writing a simple … Continue reading

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Updated the cast article

Due to popular demand, I’ve updated the “C++ background: Static, reinterpret and C-Style casts” article. The update clarifies that the compiler may put the virtual function table (if it uses one) where it wants. The only guarantee by the C++ … Continue reading

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32bit Explorer on Vista x64

Ever needed to fire up a 32bit Explorer on Vista x64, for example, to get the PDF Thumbnails? Run this from a command line: %windir%\syswow64\explorer.exe /separate. That’s it!

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