I learned DOS first. Back in the day, I knew it pretty well. Occassionally, the need still arises to throw together a batch file to automate some little thing. The mainstay of DOS commands is DIR - the directory command - which lists out files and folders.
Now, I'm using Linux Mint …
more ...I have used SQLite for quite a while. It has been my go-to database for small projects and a couple of not-so-small projects for personal use.
At work, we typically use SQL Server and occasionally have to deal with Oracle. For little stuff, I can get away with a SQLite …
more ...To often, I find myself looking for additional resources. Python development is a good example.
There are great articles and web-sites online that tell you all kinds of interesting stuff. There are places that answer every conceivable question. I have free ebooks that I have downloaded. I have purchased books …
more ...OK, I admit it. I goofed.
Linux Mint 19, Tara came out at the end of June and I was very excited about doing the update. I used the instructions from the 'How to upgrade to Linux Mint 19' tutorial to perform the steps. As instructed, I used the Timeshift …
more ...I have reached level 3 on Project Euler! This means that I have completed 75 of the math challenges on the site. There are currently 633 problems on the site. I have barely scratched the surface.
Project Euler is a very challenging math/programming problem website. I am currently working …
more ...I have reached level 2 on Project Euler! This is a big achievement for me.
Project Euler is a very challenging math/programming problem website. It has been a very long time since I took any math classes, so these problems are definitely challenging for me …
more ...I am moving my site from Wordpress to Pelican. It is not that there is anything wrong with Wordpress. It is a major tool in the web world. But, it is really overkill for my little blog. Pelican, on the other hand, is a static site generator tool written in …
more ...This article is about how I configured UltraEdit to work with editing of Markdown text files. Many other editors could be configured to work similarly, but the details of setting it up would differ. Behind the scenes, this setup is also using the python programming language. So, the prerequisites for …
more ...There are certain resources that are essential to managing the business of your personal life. When I started working, personal computers did not exist. So, the minimum things I needed to mind my own business "back in the day" went something like this.
On Ubuntu 11.10, running the Gnome shell, there is a weather widget that can be place on the bar across the top of the screen. The default location was Innsbruck and I wanted to change it for my location. The tool uses a WOEID (where on earth ID) instead …
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