Sean Yeh - Blog

The Coordinate System: representing music in code

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500

A brief overview of tha simple and elegant approach to representing music notes and intervals... Read More »

Fixing kernel hangs on Ryzen 2200g + Vega 8 graphics on Linux

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500

I recently built a cheap gaming pc with the Ryzen 2200g processor with Vega 8 graphics. It worked well for many things, but for certain games (or totally randomly), the kernel would hang... Read More »

Mayflash Gamecube controller adapter + Linux + Dolphin/Steam

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500

This is a short guide on how to set up the Mayflash gamecube adapter on Linux to work with Dolphin emulator and Steam.... Read More »

You're doing it wrong: unix tools

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600

You're doing it wrong: unix tools... Read More »

Revisiting the Monty Hall Problem with Elm

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500

Revisiting the Monty Hall Problem with Elm... Read More »

Autoboxing and the NullPointerException Mystery

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500

During one of my Java classes I teach during the summer, a student came up to me with a peculiar bug. Below is a simplified version:... Read More »

Shell tips: ln

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500

A simple way to remember how to use the "ln" command... Read More »

Creating SVGs in Javascript

Sat, 04 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500

In the process of migrating one of my old Firefox extensions (github-buttons-mobile) to use the WebExtensions API, I found myself needing to create SVG elements programmatically in javascript. Shouldn't be that difficult, right?... Read More »

Alkan's Triple Sharp

Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500

Here is the infamous excerpt from Charles-Valentin Alkan's Concerto for Solo Piano, Op. 39, No. 10 (mvt. 3). The triple sharp... Read More »