So I got a call from a friend who’s ms-windows 8 laptop was wedged.
Having set the machine up for him, I felt obliged to help, even though troubleshooting ms-windows ranks pretty on the bottom my list of favorite activities.
Computer control of machinery has several problems;
By default, the pelican blog generator that I use creates a random tag cloud. I wanted one that was alphabetically sorted. So I modified the source code.
Today I watched Kenneth Reitz’s python for humans video. His statement that “API is all that matters” resonated with me because I sometimes struggle with that.
Then he mentioned that you should write the README first, before writing
any code. This is something that I do sometimes, but not always thoroughly.
So I decided to use this as an experiment to refactor my beammech module.
After updating the site generator that powers this website, I had to make some adjustments.
On the 8th and 9th of March 2014 it was unseasonably warm. In fact the temperatures on both days have …
In November my four-year old laptop started acting up. First it shut itself down a couple of times when doing …
A lot of classic books that are in the public domain because their copyrights have expired (as they are supposed …
Recently I was listening to an MP3 file of a talk about no-till gardening when I noticed that there was …
For listening to music and watching movies on a PC, I prefer headphones. Years ago, I bought a Sennheiser HD …