Optimerad klocka

Koden till drivningen av IV-18-displayen pÃ¥ min sovrumsklocka är numera optimerad. Den ursprungliga C-koden var snyggt skriven och använde structar och bitfält för att bli tydlig, lättläst och enkel att ändra. Det senare inte minst viktigt, eftersom displayen i labbuppkopplingen är ansluten annorlunda än den i mÃ¥lsystemet. Problemet med bitfält (och pekare) pÃ¥ en 8-bitars […]

Performance drain

I just installed iWork ’06 on my G4. I’ve only tried Pages so far, and I’m really disappointed. Pages 1 was quite snappy, without noticeable lag in scrolling etc. The new version is another matter. After starting it up everything sort of stops. When moving the mouse into the app, the pointer just disappears, and […]

Mono for FC4

Finally there appears a mono build for FC4. I’ve been running the FC3-packages since FC4 was released. This may be a short happiness, however, with FC5 test1 scheduled for release 7/11. Busy weekend. Started preparing for the Halloween-party. Bought black food dye and made some black chocolate, and started creating eyes. Really wanted to have […]

Encoding mp4 with faac

Tested the different AAC object types supported by faac: LC, Main and LTP. I ran the test on an old HP xw4000 and noted elapsed time as reported by faac. The test-material was a 7:35 long track, sampled from vinyl. It had been processed from WAV to OGG and back to WAV again. Type Time […]