Sometimes I wish Lifehacker did a little bit more research. Here’s a graphic ostensibly showing how to secure your online communication.
Extensive cost data for medical procedures has recently been released. I thought it might be interesting to explore it, and out of curiosity try to do so on the Pixel. Unfortunately, this highlights why ChromeOS still needs some work.
After more Pixel use, I have encountered two minor issues with easy solutions to share.
So I’ve been playing with my new toy, the Chromebook Pixel. Everyone knows ChromeOS as the OS which is only a browser, but it is surprisingly capable. Of course, everything which works in Chrome, works well on the Pixel. This includes many Chrome apps, a few of which Google suggests upon the first use. (Hint to Google: Fix all those broken links!)
Google I/O is over, and it was awesome! I’ve been too busy to summarize it, so I’ll post in chunks. This is the first part. A lot of this has already been covered in the tech media, but this is my take.
If you followed the pyramid instructions from a previous post, you have a buildout.cfg file which lists package dependencies. Unfortunately, buildout by default lacks some reproducibility. Follow these instructions to specify the exact versions of the packages to use, which can be determined with the following command:
Fortune recently released their updated “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. CNNMoney has great coverage of the list with the particulars of each company. The only thing missing is a map. I mapped the corporate headquarters of each company. Check it out:
Being new to OS/X, my first concern is a usable terminal. Here are a few tips…
There are so many interesting libraries and frameworks which help bootstrap and start building modern web apps. I decided to explore some of the choices for a personal project. I want this project to run on Google’s App Engine, using python on the server. Everything else is negotiable.
I learned something recently. One should be careful with catch(...). And one should be very careful with pthread_cancel.
I sometimes need a process running in the background. Long ago, I wrote a very simple script which runs a command if not already running. Now, it’s updated for OS/X.
For basic MathJax support in Blogger, all you have to do is edit the HTML of your template and put the following before </head>:
So I have a new MacBook. It’s my first and only Apple product. Any suggestions?
I may have found an answer to my question. My battery life is back over 24 hours. Investigation suggested that it was syncing-related. I tried the following two things (after other failed attempts) based on the weak evidence I had:
My Galaxy Nexus’ battery life has gone from about 25 hours on 4.1 to 8 hours on 4.2. The same is not true of my Nexus 7.
Android 4.2 is rolling out to Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 devices. If you’re impatient, there’s a trick which worked for me:
Google canceled the Android event today due to the hurricane, but the expected products were still announced. Take a gander.
Bing is aggressively advertising their Bing It On challenge, the “Side-By-Side Search Off.” So what do you get if you search for “side by side search off”? Here’s Google. Here’s Bing.
A Hulu commercial for IE9 shows a number of flattering quotes, including “IE9 is amazingly fast,” from no less than the New York Times. That doesn’t seem right.
Google’s flight search could be useful. But, sadly, they don’t have my prices for Southwest Airlines. Something must be done!