Articles about howto

1. Keyword expansion with git

   One of the things I liked about the old rcs revision control system was that it supported keyword expansion in …

2. Initializing a new git repo for a project

   This article contains a list of things I do to set up a new git repository.

3. Setting the terminal title with urxvt and tcsh

   Generally I use ssh from an urxvt terminal window running tceh to log into other machines. But since the title …

4. Using Matroška containers for videos

   

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   After using ffmpeg2theora and mkvtoolnix for a while (see also the previous installment) to re-encode videos into Theora video …

5. Switching to the vim editor

   After having been an Emacs user for a long time, I was starting to grow disenchanted with it around version …

6. Nginx webserver setup

   After having written my website by hand for years, I’ve switched to the pelican website generator. To test this …

7. Planning

   Some things I’ve learned over the years about planning:

   • If you are new at something, your time estimates will …

8. Mapping a property boundary

   From a walden effect article on mapping property boundaries I learneed that at least in the US, properties are described …

9. Fun with encryption and randomness

   One way to look at how good encryption is to check how much the encrypted data lacks patterns (looks like …

10. GHS labels in LaTeX

    Making labels for chemicals with LaTeX.