Malex Media Network™

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Quartz — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Today's Splicky Mission:

Ride your hobbyhorse.

Aisling: Premier Party!!

Aisling — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:48:59 -0400

It's set in stone now, people!

The Premier Party for the first showing of Prince Melvin the Mediocre is set. The cast and crew and their families are invited. We will be showing what will be pretty close to the final version of Prince Melvin.

Malex: A Little Something for the Melvin Crew

Malex — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:59:46 -0400

I think you'll all appreciate this.

Swiffer!

ttyl

--Alex

MalexMinute.com: Malex Minute 122

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

It’s the Fourth of July, and you can bet on fireworks as Malex, Linus, and Snufflefungus entertain (and are entertained by) Eight of the Nine Riding Squirrels! Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think!

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Quartz — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Today's Splicky Mission:

Fire the cannonball – not the marshmallow – from the cannon.

MalexMinute.com: Malex Minute 121

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The feud between Little Red Riding Squirrel and Tall Green Riding Squirrel escalates to dizzying new heights. When will it end?! Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think!

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Quartz — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Today's Splicky Mission:

Fetch a buoy from the water.

MalexMinute.com: Malex Minute 120

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The “Riding Squirrel” appears. But which one? And why? Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think!

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Quartz — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:38:10 -0400

Today's Splicky Mission:

Secure the log so that it won’t fall.

Malex: Word Wrapping for Human Beings

Malex — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:46:40 -0400

People are people too.

Hardly anybody will be interested in this, but I'm posting it anyway. At the very least, this should prove to you I'm not sitting on my hands all the time.

Today, I finally got sick and tired of the old word wrapping program we've been using around the MMN. I wrote it back when I was first learning C, and while it was somewhat fast (compared to some alternatives) it was a little clunky in some spots, and downright buggy in others. (Choked on input texts > 2GB, needed to fit entire text in RAM, etc..)

Like I said, I got sick of it, so I wrote a new one. Go ahead, it's GPL'd, so feel free to use it. It definitely runs fine on Linux and MacOS X and I can't imagine any good reason why it wouldn't run under Windows if compiled with cygwin or MingW.

My program, Wrap, is a bit more featureful than GNU fold, but is a tiny bit slower. (Although the benchmarking process wasn't very comprehensive, so I guess the jury's still out.)

MalexMinute.com: Malex Minute 119

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Salmonella in tomatoes?! What horror! Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think!

Malex: The Look and Sound of Obsolescence

Malex — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:50:09 -0400

Quick, grab it!

A while ago, I promised to write a blog entry about my adventures with HD DVD. Sadly, these sorts of things have a tendency to fade into the abyss of obscurity and doubt. Better late than never though, right?

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Quartz — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0400

Two tangential möbius strips are here forming two roads that intersect each other twice.

The structure has been christened Mobius Street.

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Quartz — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Today's Splicky Mission:

Pass your team’s buckets along and pour them out.

MalexMinute.com: Malex Minute 118

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Snufflefungus goes on safari in search of a rare live tornado specimen! Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think!