I like to automate Microsoft Visio to draw plots. They look so much more professional and I don’t have to fuss with Excel to figure out how to make plots look like I want. Again, this is me practicing my theory of being in control, not letting software control us. Please let me know if … Read more
I have a bad, bad networking problem with my wife’s MacBook. She can’t connect to the internet anywhere, but I am working with my Netgear WNDR3300 for this problem. Our wireless router is dd-wrt based (open source router firmware), and works fine for about 20 other nodes (other laptops, guests, mobile devices, etc). A couple … Read more
How I deal with these will be the subject of a future post. Please let me know any pointers on any of this. “
So you didn’t set up automatic backups and need to recover your data? Don’t try digging it out of mysql, look no further than your rails production log. OK, try a bit with mysql, because the rails production log is a terrible way to recover your data. Only use as a last resort, but when … Read more
My summer/fall 20 week training plan which is all focused around the Marine Corps Marathon. All long runs will be done with the DC Road Runners. Details on the long runs are at DC Road Runners’ page. CF stands for crossfit workouts found at CrossFit Adaptation. Track workouts done with DC Road Runners Track Workouts … Read more
Handbrake is amazing with active development and a great community. When I wanted to transfer a bunch of lectures to iphone/ipod touch format, I faced the time-consuming challenge of converting a hundred files using the Handbrake gui and figuring out the complicated set of options for HandbrakeCLI — their nightly build standalone. So, here is … Read more
My requirements: – All files on my laptop will be on my DNS-323 Network attached storage device – Any changes made to the shared drive on the DNS-323 will propagate to my Mac – This happens securely and safely The problem is that there are scant resources online to do this. (Isn’t this done frequently?) … Read more
Jon Krakauer uses 416 pages to make the audacious claim that he has found the Nietzschen Uebermensch in “Pat Tillman”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman — and thus feeds the roaring literary fire of condemnation for the Bush administration in particular and religious conservatives in general. In a facile and sloppy argument that makes liberal use of argument by anecdote, … Read more
Under Construction Chrissy and I listen to a lot of audio books and when we’re not doing that we like to have classical background piano music playing. Lately, we’ve been amazed by how nice it is to have our Bose wave radio playing soft and quiet Christian music using Pandora which is being streamed from … Read more
http://www.recessedlightinglayout.com/ First, some terms: A Watt is the amount of power consumed by a bulb per hour Lumens are a raw measure of light output Kelvin is color temperature – 2,700K (indoor soft white) to 5,600K is bright white like a fluorescent. this paper might solve our cutting stock problem: http://ac.els-cdn.com/0377221793E02775/1-s2.0-0377221793E02775-main.pdf?_tid=c30e007a-43ec-11e6-a368-00000aab0f27&acdnat=1467859664_ff7d7101ac220ca7831f48410693a63c http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/400/29/297fa046-d7f9-405b-b52d-107b4c115a3f_400.jpg these lights: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Halo-5-in-and-6-in-3000K-Matte-White-Recessed-LED-Retrofit-Baffle-Trim-Module-80-CRI-RL560WH-R/203310667 … Read more