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Sudoku and Gamification
I enjoy playing sudoku. It's a mental challenge to figure out how to fill in the blanks. I had typically played the game on my android phone or tablet. The available apps are pretty good and have lots of aids for adding 'pencil' marks, tracking how many of each number …
· 2 min read· shakiestnerdLinux Mint 21.1 Vera Released
Had a pleasant surprise this morning. Linux Mint 21.1 (Vera) showed up as available for install. I went through the upgrade process seamlessly and really like the out of the box improvements.
I really like how Mint has been coming along in the last several …
· shakiestnerdLinux Tweaks
I have an old laptop and also a virtual machine that are running linux flavors. In addition to playing around with the OS, it's good to set them up so that they can do some basic stuff. The following tools serve as a basic setup to get me going. Here …
· 1 min read· shakiestnerdXiphos Cheat Sheet
Xiphos is Bible study software that is available for Windows and Linux operating systems. It is able to use modules from "The SWORD Project" which gives access Bible translations in many different languages. You are able to download Bible commentaries, dictionaries and other books as well. It is open-source software …
· shakiestnerdPython Factorial Function Time Test
This article illustrates four ways to calculate a factorial function along with how long each method takes.
I ran across an example factorial calculation in python using a lambda expression on the Make Tech Easier website. It made me wonder how the lambda function compared to using the factorial function …
· 4 min read· shakiestnerdHappy Father's Day
Happy Father's Day
Just wanted to say that I am privileged to have a good father and mother who instilled in me the values needed to make it through life. For that I am very grateful. Were they perfect? Of course not. Parenting doesn't come with any instruction book. I …
· shakiestnerd2021 Reading Highlights
It just occurred to me that I did not write up my reading highlights for 2021. I finished the year having read a total of 56 books.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
As usual, sci-fi dominated my reading last year. Stand outs include:
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - Much better …
· 1 min read· shakiestnerdSite Changes
It's good to be back up and running at 100%. As mentioned previously, the tool I use to build this site is the Pelican static site generator.
I tried to update my prior theme with the updated search plugin that relies on a tool called stork …
· 2 min read· shakiestnerdSalsa
My wife has been on a quest for her perfect salsa. This one comes pretty close the the Mexican restaurant style we like.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white onion - roughly chopped
- 1 clove garlic - roughly chopped
- 1 jalapeño - roughly chop, remove seeds and ribs
- 2 14.5 cans fired roasted …
· shakiestnerdWisdom
One way to look at information is that there is a progression from data to wisdom. Because we use many of these terms interchangeably, it didn't occur to me that this can be viewed as a hierarchy like rungs on a ladder.
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should …
· 2 min read· shakiestnerd