This was going to be a short “list” post, but expanded to something a little bit larger.
Recently, I’ve acquired a shiny new Dell XPS laptop. The exact specs are not important; compared to almost a decennia ago, phones, laptops, desktops and tablets have gained such a commodity-status that …
Update: new post and source code here.
So last weekend, I’d almost finished editing a Word manuscript draft to submit to a particular journal, except for one final item on the todo list: converting the existing list of references (inserted and formatted as a plain text list) to another …
Another one of these things I always end up forgetting: setting up a Linux (in this case: Ubuntu) server so that users can login using a VNC client and get a (slim) desktop.
First thing you need to do is make sure you have a VNC server (tightvncserver), desktop apps …
This post describes how you can create a Python interpreter for a Bukkit Minecraft server, providing access to the full internal API. Commands are issued on a separate console window and do not require players or server administrators to be running the game itself.
Following list provides …
Visitors familiar with my blog will notice a pretty big change when viewing this post. The blog’s been due for a redesign for some time now, so a few days ago I finally went through with it.
The redesign took more time than expected, since I spent quite a …
Two years after having moved to Linode, coming from Slicehost, it seems that a new competitor is once again at the horizon, namely Digital Ocean.
I’d heard good things about them already, especially on Hacker News, praising their competitive pricing and clean dashboard. However, being newcomers to the field …