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Writing a CV in LaTeX
Writing my curriculum in LaTeX was a task that has been on my TODO-list for quite a while. I liked the style of my Word-written CV and I believed it would take hours to come up with a reasonable CV in LaTeX. Nevertheless, I recently sat down, began writing, and after not too long, I ... [Read more...]
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Regular expression functions in Excel
Check out three new functions that use Regular Expressions to help parse text more easily: REGEXTEST, REGEXEXTRACT, and REGEXREPLACE!
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Programmers Should Automate More
Last week, I created a small script to aid my workflow which left me wondering why I didn't make it earlier. It adds an option in [Finder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finder_\(software\))'s context menu to start a static web server in any folder which makes it easier to preview static websites. Technically, it's…
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IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1
Today is a big day for us – IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1, our first release of the year, is available! Download it from our website or using the Toolbox App. You can also upgrade from inside the IDE or use sn
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Heroku CI Is Now Generally Available
Today we are proud to announce that Heroku CI, a low-configuration test runner for unit and browser testing that is tightly integrated with Heroku...
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Converting Markdown to ePub or Mobi Using Pandoc
In this blog post, I will show you the process of combining and converting a list of markdown files into kindle supported ebook (.mobi) format.
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Python's many command-line utilities
Every command-line tool included with Python. These can be run with python -m module_name.
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Trello Android App Available for Download
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Customize Gmail's Buttons: Replace Icons With Text
I know a couple of old guys who are pretty happy at this feature addition. :) I have to admit that the icons were confusing even to me. And I have been using Gmail since the very first beta release (I got in around a month after the launch)!
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Bash One-Liners Explained, Part V: Navigating around
This is the fifth part of the Bash One-Liners Explained article series. In this part I'll teach you how to quickly navigate around the command line in bash using emacs-style keyboard shortcuts. That's right, emacs-style keyboard shortcuts. It might surprise you but by default bash uses emacs-style keyboard shortcuts...
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The Acceleration of Addictiveness vs Willpower, Productivity, and Flow
A year ago Paul Graham posted The Acceleration of Addictiveness , and I just re-read it thoroughly. It is a wonderful insightful post. I agree with the whole thing and if you haven't seen it yet go read it first.
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Using Freenet
I've been following the Freenet project for many years, occasionally firing it up and seeing if I can do anything useful with it. I've been using it regularly over the last month and it has come a long way since I first tried it. It's much faster than what it was in the past. This post describes a bit of...
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Sd: My Script Directory
does your ~/bin spark joy?
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Be Careful with Obsidian
Just a few personal thoughts. Notes to myself, to people who use and love this app everyday.
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Pocket Casts, you altered the deal, so I will alter your app
After all you made your apps open source, so I can remove your ads.
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Why Should You Learn Vim in 2020
Pros and cons of using a 30-year-old editor in 2020.
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GIMP and GEGL in 2018
In this post, we are looking back at 2018 and then forward to outline future work on GIMP, GEGL, and babl.
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We are starting to operate our CNC machines remotely
Explores how a CNC micro-factory adapted to remote operation using cameras, dashboards, and VPNs to overcome challenges like travel restrictions, improving…
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