Repair or replace?

Repair or replace?

About 30 years ago, my late wife and I bought a sofa. That may sound like nothing to be excited…

A puzzle

A puzzle

I am always interested in some of the subtle effects that coding can have on not just the behavior of…

On the weekend

On the weekend

Although I enjoy my job [mostly], weekends and other time off is important to me. Last weekend was particularly interesting…

VSIPL++ Standard goes Global

VSIPL++ Standard goes Global

Having recently made another posting on High Performance Computing, I was quite surprised to receive a guest post from my…

A surprise meeting

A surprise meeting

I am always fascinated by coincidences and wrote about an interesting one a while ago. Although experiencing such events can…

HPEC ‘12

HPEC ‘12

My colleague Faheem Sheikh recently attended the 2012 IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference (HPEC ‘12) at Waltham, MA USA….

Choice = stress?

Choice = stress?

Having choices is a good thing. At least that is what we, in the Western world, tend to believe. I…

ECS2012

ECS2012

As I have in previous years, this week I am attending the Embedded Conference Scandinavia [ECS] in Stockholm, Sweden. This…

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

There are places in the world, which I have visited, that evoke a simple question in my mind: why? One…