There have been a lot of big changes going on in my life and I wanted to take a moment to document them all here. A few weeks ago I learned about an opening for the support team at Linode. I have been a customer and huge fan of Linode for a long time and… Continue reading Moving to New Jersey
Fake Web IDE with External Tools in Gedit
Gedit is my favorite text editor. I like that it is fast, reliable, cross platform, and has a ton of useful plugins and features. I am currently using it to work with LaTeX and unless I am working on a huge project, I will typically use gedit for all of my development work, specifically when it… Continue reading Fake Web IDE with External Tools in Gedit
Install Ubuntu 14.04 on Macbook Air 11 6,1
I am so excited to report that after a long time of trying every distribution under the sun, I was finally able to install Ubuntu 14.04 on my beloved Macbook Air. I absolutely love this laptop, but was disappointed that I was stuck in OS X. I am a huge fan of Apple Hardware, and… Continue reading Install Ubuntu 14.04 on Macbook Air 11 6,1
Edge Detection with Inkscape
Inkscape is a great open source drawing tool that can be thought of as an opens source alternative to Adobe Illustrator. It is perfect for making drawings, models, flyers, and pretty much any other type of graphic design. A pretty neat feature is the edge detection algorithm that it uses in order to draw lines around… Continue reading Edge Detection with Inkscape
Tile Windows in Mac OS X with Spectacle
One of my favorite features of Windows, and a couple Linux Window managers like openbox and awesome is the ability to tile windows. This is also a feature that I feel is missing in OS X by default. I think the OS X window manager is pretty good, and if you are working on an… Continue reading Tile Windows in Mac OS X with Spectacle
Interoperability
I like to think of myself as fairly tech savvy. I work for a software company, and I am working on an advanced computer science degree. However, I often find myself simply frustrated by technology these days. The two primary points of contention are web applications and interoperability. Wouldn’t it be nice if ten years… Continue reading Interoperability
Not Losing Sight of Your Goals
I have been discouraged three times this month. The first time was on a flight from Atlanta back to Cincinnati. I was reading the August issue of Communications of the ACS and I was in awe of all of the amazing things that were happening in the world of computing. As inspired as I was,… Continue reading Not Losing Sight of Your Goals