Monthly Archives: December 2005

Lisp is different

I love programming! I’ve played with lots and lots of programming languages during the past 15 years (chronologically, BASIC -> Pascal -> C -> C++ -> Scheme -> Smalltalk -> Java -> Haskell -> Javascript -> PHP -> Python -> … Continue reading

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A Home Cinema in Mauritius (part 5)

This is the last part of my ramblings about setting up a home cinema system. Today, I’ll talk about the necessity of subscribing to Satellite TV. The local TV channels are state-owned and state-controlled in Mauritius. Therefore either (1) they … Continue reading

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A Home Cinema in Mauritius (part 4)

Today, I’ll briefly talk about my Philips DVD-727K DVD Player. A good DVD player is essential if you want to have a nice (and realistic enough) home cinema. The Philips I have is cheap (I bought mine at Rs. 3000) … Continue reading

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