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CrashPlan using too much memory on Mac OS X

If you have noticed CrashPlan is using too much memory on your 64 bit Mac, one solution might be to run its server process in 32 bit mode. I’ve tried this, and so far it hasn’t caused any problems, and … Continue reading

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A* in Clojure: Part Two

Today, I decided to flush out and clean up my A* implementation in Clojure. I cleaned up the namespaces, removed some cruft, got the Java integration working (which required by-passing RT.loadResourceScript() since it seems to be broken), and moving my … Continue reading

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Solved: Mac OS X Locks-Up When Waking from Screensaver

The Problem Frequently, say, one out of 10 times, when I try and log back into my Mac from the screensaver, or when I wake it from sleeping, I will get a spinning beachball and be unable to type my … Continue reading

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Strange Errors Compiling The Android Platform on Mac OS X 10.6? (Snow Leopard)

If you are having trouble compiling Android on Snow Leopard, first make sure you’ve installed the Leopard 10.5 Java 1.5 SDK, according to these instructions. Second, make sure you have the latest XCode installed, and make sure you have installed … Continue reading

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A-Star Search in Clojure

A demo of A-Star search implemented in Clojure, bootstrapped through Java with a Maven build system. Continue reading

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