Archive for January, 2009

Ambi is proving to be a great extensible RPN calculator. Applying the ‘zen’ of RPN to programming fun! Enjoy the new release of Ambi. This week I have discovered that the seq operator is not necessary.  Initially, I thought that seq would be necessary, however it turns out that the other lambda operators are sufficient.  So...
Read more »

Exactly how to generalise RPN calculation style into a programming language is a question that has fascinated me recently.  I am pleased to report that there now exists a programming language that is a natural extension of RPN — Ambi. A factorial operator may now be defined in Ambi. A new version has been posted...
Read more »

2009-Jan-20 Australian students abroad rejoice! All Australian universities have agreed together to follow the recommendations of my report and more fairly convert SAT scores into the Australian UAI! Did you know that in 2006/7 Australian students who attempt to enter university on the basis of a SAT1 score may be penalised by up to 6...
Read more »

The conclusion of the study published in Lancet is really Rapid Social Change ‘raised death rate’.  The BBC headline’s focus on ‘privatisation’ is quite catchy though – esp. in a season of unprecedented nationalisation of assets by western governments.
Read more »

I have created Ambi Calculator and Programming Language as a result of investigation about the possibility of a Reverse Polish Notation Language. Ambi operates in both Reverse Polish Notation and Polish Notation for arithmetic expressions. Ambi 0.4.0 is now released as an online Calculator and Programming Language.
Read more »

Typealyzer correctly analysed this blog and nailed me as an INTJ.  Great work.  Try it out!
Read more »

The image below captures my amazement.  A few days ago, I installed Virtualbox on my Vista machine and installed Ubuntu.  After a bit of tweaking I now have Vista and Ubuntu seamlessly working together on the same desktop!  Check it out! The installation of Virtualbox was easy and it seamlessly connected to the local...
Read more »