Jon Simpson’s Weblog

Great to see that Lego have committed to a timescale on releasing the firmware for their new NXT robotics kits. A port of the Transterpreter to the Lego Mindstorms NXT for christmas? who knows…
Things have been quiet around here, I hope to write more over the coming weeks when things slow down for christmas.

For my own personal, later reference.
Check input, stop if f(a) * f(b) > 0

while (result not accurate enough)
c = (a + b) / 2
if (f(a) * f(c) > 0)
a = c
else
b = c
end if
end while

With an error band of |a - b| / 2

This weblog got its 2nd redesign yesterday (after the last one, 5 months ago), and I’m currently working through it trying to find any elusive markup or CSS bugs. I coded this one pretty much from the ground up as strict XHTML and CSS, and everything seems to be looking pretty much how I want [...]

The results of my summer exams & first year at university came out today, a pretty uneventful process but I was very happy with the outcome. I managed to achieve a Distinction from my first year of CS with a Year in Industry at UKC, and it seems like a good way to round out [...]

So the Free Speech Coalition managed to get a block from 2257 investigation of their members, as members seem to fall under the scope of ‘plaintiffs’ in the Free Speech Coalition et al v. Alberto Gonzales case which forms their main thrust against the legislation.
2257 is nothing new, and something the webmasters dealing in ‘primary [...]

In a fit of activity, I’ve upgraded this blog to the latest WordPress software, and the change seemed like a good time to change the design to make it more soothing to the eye. Exams are over and the summer break is kicking off, so I’m hoping to post more here in the coming months.

An entry to bring this weblog back to life.. About time.
I finally broke down and ordered Tiger. I read enough about it through Slashdot and several blogs that I decided it would be worth the cash. Apple’s decision to remove the Family (5 licence) pack from the education store was a bit annoying, but [...]

This is the first post in the blog I’ve put here at jonsimpson.co.uk. I hope to use this site as a repository for useful pieces of information or knowledge I come across during both my course and other activities at university. There may still be a few bugs in the site, as it was originally [...]