Category Archives: Software

Converting the Entire Site from HTTP to HTTPS

Posted on February 2, 2017 by R.P. Churchill

…was painful. Instructions for making the change effective throughout WordPress were easy enough to find and follow, but updating references in 250-ish posts by hand took some time. I had two hassles. The first was my own doing in that … Continue reading →

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Presentation for CharmCityJS Meetup Feb 1, 2017

Posted on February 1, 2017 by R.P. Churchill

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A Simple Discrete-Event Simulation: Part 1

Posted on August 29, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

Some months ago I discussed some internal features of a discrete-event simulation. My next series of exercises and ruminations will proceed toward building one in JavaScript, using the simple pseudo-construct I outlined in the linked post. I’ll start with the … Continue reading →

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Hello, Fort St. John, BC

Posted on July 26, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

I’m getting to spend some quality time in Fort St. John, BC, only three hours from today’s starting point in Manning, AB. It wasn’t unexpected, having spent a lot of time simulating scheduled and unscheduled maintenance procedures. The stuff that … Continue reading →

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Post University CIS Advisory Board Meeting 2016

Posted on June 30, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

I serve as an industry representative for an advisory committee run by the chairman of the CIS Program at Post University in Waterbury, CT. In today’s annual meeting we discussed a number of issues regarding the department, its curriculum, and … Continue reading →

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Implementing the Efficient Matrix Solution for Special Classes of Engineering Problems

Posted on May 12, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

Yesterday I described how to set up a matrix for efficient solution, today I’ll describe how to actually execute the solution. I plan to go back and revisit the intermediate steps but I wanted to show how this series of … Continue reading →

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System and Enterprise Architecture

Posted on May 5, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

The figure below shows a notional representation of an integrated, plant-wide control system for a type of modern strip mill. I installed one- and two-line tunnel furnace Level 2 control systems in several plants just like this. I’ve highlighted the … Continue reading →

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The End of Moore’s Law, Code Bloat, and the True Nature of Efficiency

Posted on May 4, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

It has been suggested that the improvements in semiconductor and processor technology are approaching their natural limits in terms of how far the size of each feature can be reduced. Since quantum computing has not ready for widespread use, and … Continue reading →

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Automatically Generating Code

Posted on May 3, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

A programmer’s efforts to create code can be greatly enhanced by automating as many operations as possible. This process reaches its zenith when the code itself can be generated automatically. I’ve done this on a handful of occasions in both … Continue reading →

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Methods of Inter-Process Communication I’ve Employed

Posted on May 2, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

A while ago someone asked me how I’d go about making two processes communicate. My answer was to figure out what data needed to be communicated, what communication type was to be used, what protocol was to be used, and … Continue reading →

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