I recently decided to purchase a Mac Mini to do some mobile app development, after a few years of being away from the mobile app industry. Not surprisingly, it is still costly to purchase Apple hardware. So here are a few things that I discovered while hunting for good deals on used/refurbished Apple products. It’s unlikely that you will find a used bargain on websites like eBay or Amazon. Most Apple products seem to retain their perceived value even after […]
I decided to go for a walk today around the Bagley nature area here in Duluth, MN. It seems as spring is trying to come out, but winter struggles to keep her under. Photos taken with an Android phone and small adjustments done in GIMP.
Single page websites are quite a hot trend in web design, with vertical scrolling being the most popular (probably because of its ease of implementation). In this article I will summarize a strategy to implement a horizontal scrolling single page website for the purpose of achieving a certain usability goal. Too many times people implement a scrolling strategy just because “it looks cool”, or just because it’s the hot new trend, forgetting that a good design should be functional and aimed […]
The hardest debug situation of my life just ended. Celebrate! I was trying to make a USB audio adapter to work on an embedded device running OpenWRT, but Linux wasn’t recognizing the USB device. The device turned on, but wasn’t getting mapped to /dev. So I think, ok, I probably forgot the modules. I Installed the modules. Still no luck. Maybe I chose the wrong modules? I started trying different permutations of modules (with each try taking half an hour […]
Introduction “Can you turn it off?”, “Why don’t you go play outside?”, “Haven’t you played enough for today?”, “That’s it, time for bed”, “Can you please listen for a second?”. Sounds familiar? I’m writing this guide out of exasperation and frustration toward some episodes that I witnessed both personally when I was growing up and as an outsider looking at how some parents are handling the video game habits of their kids. I have always been so displeased with the deceiving and […]
This was my Thanksgiving take home quiz for my electronics class. My professor sure has a sense of humor.
Getting ready for a technical interview involving Ruby? Check out this simple program that summarizes a few key features of Ruby.
So you need to update your wine version on Debian Squeeze. You can go ahead and compile from sources, or you can follow these simple instructions. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list by adding the following: Mepis is a Linux distro based on the stable branch of Debian, but it comes with more updated binaries (wine included). Edit your /etc/apt/preferences file (or create it if it doesn’t exist): This will allow you to choose from which repository to install new packages. By default […]
Attention! This guide is obsolete and download links no longer work. I recommend to follow this guide instead (for installing Ubuntu). The page is still here for historical reference. Note: this guide only works for the Chromebooks that have a x86 processor (the Intel Atom). If your Chromebook has an ARM processor you might want to check this other guide: https://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2012/10/arm-chrubuntu-1204-alpha-1-now.html After becoming a semi-finalist for the Google Apps Developer Challenge 2012 with my HTML5 Photo Viewer application I received from Google […]
A few days ago I found that there is no way to print on Sublime Text 2. I was a little disappointed with this discovery, printing is such a basic feature that even Notepad offers. Why doesn’t Sublime Text 2 include it? Ok, besides saving trees, I hate to print stuff on paper myself, but sometimes you will be asked to print your code, either by a professor or someone else wanting to review your code. In the meanwhile I […]