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Practical Common Lisp

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Book

I didn’t think it was possible but someone has written a book on using common lisp for practical stuff. The project in the book involves writing a mp3 server. Maybe lisp will now get the mainstream support it so richly deserves?

Why lisp you ask? This dude has some thoughts on the subject.

StepTalk Scripting Framework

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I was thinking about writing a little scripting language last night to interface with Objective-C but I decided to see what the GNUstep have been up to and found that they written a scripting framework, StepTalk, already.

I’m going to try it out when I get home. I was thinking of modelling my scripting language after Ruby but since StepTalk (as the name implies) is based off SmallTalk, this is just as good.

More Reading

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Been reading “Better, Faster, Lighter Java” and one of the premises is that the entire Java J2EE framework is entirely too complex. One of the “replacement” frameworks is Spring. The entire I found today while surfing around is PicoContainer. Between the two, PicoContainer looks more suitable for my needs.

My Big Move

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After staying in the same place for the last 7 years, I’m moving out. Well I don’t know for sure. I’ve placed a holding/security deposit on the apartment and filled up the application form. They called my manager to ask about my employment and salary so I guess they must be checking up on me. I like my new place. I may have rushed my decision a little after looking at only 4 places but that generally how I do things. It takes me awhile to decide to do something but once I get there I make my decisions really quick.

This current apartment holds so many memories for me. I’ll be sad to leave this place but I need to move on.

Okay here is crossing my fingers and hoping I get the new apartment.

I Went Running Today

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Went running after a two week break. Felt good. The rest seemed to have done my legs good. They seem more resilient than they have been in recent weeks. My left ankle does not seem to be hurting anymore.

Hopefully I’ll be able to make my 12 mi long run this weekend.