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Dragon Curves An in-depth article discussing Dragon Curves, their mathematical interpretation, and drawing techniques using Turtle Graphics.
Linux Namespaces - Create a UTS Namespace and Change Hostname

Introduction

I'm starting a new series of posts about container and VM specific API's and tools in the Linux operating system. These posts reflect some of the work I'm doing systematically exploring the containerization and virtualization options natively available in the Linux kernel. I will also explore some APIs and tools built on top of these functionalities.

In the first post here we look at creating a simple namespace and then using that namespace to modify some resource in that namespace.

Namespaces

Namespaces are one of the fundamental concepts available in new Linux kernels which support isolation of resources. A …

PicoTurtle release - v0.2.0-alpha.4

The tenth weekly release PicoTurtle v0.2.0-alpha.4 of PicoTurtle is out.

This release features a couple of important editor features:

  1. Indent/De-indent code lines and blocks. Editor shortcuts are Ctrl+] and Ctr+[ respectively. One can also indent and de-indent using Tab and Shift-Tab.
  2. Toggle comment code lines and blocks using Ctrl+/.

Here's a screenshot of the application on my macbook air...

alt PicoTurtle 0.2.0 on MacOs

The windows installer can be downloaded here -> PicoTurtle v0.2.0-alpha.4 for Win/64-bit. Linux and Macos installers are still work in progress. Macos is turning out to especially difficult with my current CMake/vcpkg based …

ZClk release - v0.1.0-alpha.0

The first source-only release Zclk v0.1.0-alpha.0 of Zclk is out. It is a C library which can be used to create CLI programs written in both C and Lua. It supports commands, sub-commands, arguments, options and typed values.

Commands and sub-commands can be implemented both in Lua and C. Allowing a mix of implementations.

The documentation is available online at ZClk docs. For further details check the project page Zclk.

Kovalam and Varkala Trip - Part V

I was carrying my sketchbook everywhere during this vacation. One day at the breakfast buffet, in between courses 😀 - I drew a couple of interesting sketches.

The Croissant Is Alive!

I got a yummy croissant from the bakery section and when I sat down to eat it the croissant seemed really dejected that its short life was coming to an end. So I drew it. Aaaand then I still ate it 😜.

Its a sad croissant

The Fruit Bowl

Arranging a fruit bowl is an art! I drew this neat and majestic looking fruit bowl. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to …