Like a lot of people, the environment I work in is a bit too M$ Exchange-centric in terms of email, scheduling meetings, and those sorts of things (unfortunately.) Since I use mutt to tackle my day-to-day email tasks, dealing with meeting requests is a bit of a pain. As a general rule, I never accept meeting invitations, but I figured it would be nice to have the ability to view them, and add them to my calendar from mutt. Thus, I set about integrating a few things to make the process "just work."

Here's how I got 'r done...

I've setup a new repo on Github for NES Demos that I sometimes write just for fun. Usually these stem from reverse engineering tidbits from existing ROMs, and adapting and improving upon what I learn from that process.

The first demo I've put in this new repo is a demo of how the intro screen in Final Fantasy III is done...

As an engineer, I find the often underrated calculator application to be an invaluable tool. From double-checking simple calculations, to working with large numbers in different bases, it tends to be the constant companion of my pen and paper. I had been using gcalctool but recently realized that, in Programming mode, it takes up almost 1/3 of the width of my screen. Why the hell does a calculator need to occupy that much space on my screen? I wrote a patch to add the functionality I needed to xcalc and couldn't be happier with the results. The calculator is nice and sleek, and takes up less than 1/3 the space of gcalctool.

Why doesn't PC/GEOS 1.x work on DOS 6 and up? Recently, I've felt compelled to investigate and solve some of those lingering mysteries that I didn't have the time to solve way back when. I decended to my dark chambers to begin working my tried and true arcane magic upon PC/GEOS, and as with all things that I reverse engineer, it inevitably yielded to me it's long-kept secrets...