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New Blog Platform
I have been increasingly using markdown for just about everything I can get away with. For that matter, I was looking for a blogging platform that supports markdown. Unfortunately, the default wordpress.com does not include the markdown plug-in. That means I either need to setup my own wordpress server and install the required plug-in. Alternately, […]
Backup My MacBook Pro
March 19, 2013
My internal hard drive failed recently, but because of my backup plan, I did not loose any work. Because it works well enough, I would like to share my backup plan with you. Please let me (haiv) know if you have any additional questions. The Plan I back up my MacBook Pro’s internal drive using […]
Tcl Print CSV File
February 20, 2013
When scripting in Tcl, I often need to process CSV files, including printing it out. Since I often found myself in need of printing, I wrote two helper procedures: load_matrix, which loads a matrix (a table) from CSV file; and print_matrix, which prints a text presentation of the matrix. The end result is the ability […]
New Life for Old Laptop
May 24, 2012
In this article, I am going to discuss ways I gave my five-year-old laptop a new life. In 2007, I purchased a used laptop to learn .NET programming. Since it was an old laptop, the machine barely had enough horse power to run Windows Vista. Soon, my job no longer require .NET programming, I promptly […]
2011 in review
January 3, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 65,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Madison Square Garden, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people […]
Web Reading Experience is Terrible
November 18, 2011
If you take a look at the reading experience from a web page, you will see why attention deficit disorder (ADD) is so widespread these days.
Dealing with Promotional Announcement Emails at Work
November 15, 2011
At work, I frequently encounter email messages that announced the promotion of someone. These messages often followed by a string of “congratulations” Reply-All. Yes, you heard me, the sinful “reply-all”. These reply-alls does not serve any purpose except for a) to tell the world that a person have read the message, b) to blatantly tells […]
Accessing Configurations and Settings in Python
October 13, 2011
The Problem When coding in Python, we need a way to store configurations and settings in a file, then be able to access them in the code. Our requirements for accessing these settings are: Simple to learn and use — We would like to target novice coders Easy to understand Hierarchical of settings References ConfigParserShootout […]
How to Print a Tcl Keyed List
September 8, 2011
I have added to the Tcl Wiki a section on how to print out a keyed list. If you want to print out the contents of a keyed list, give it a visit, search for keylprint.
Charging iPhone/iPod with iPad Adapter
August 15, 2011
When I travel, I don’t want to bring chargers for both my iPhone and iPad. So, the question is, can the iPad charger charges my iPhone without damaging it? The verdict is yes, see the following article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4327
April 12, 2013
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