LearnByDoingIT

Category: Hack

  • Collaborative and Quick Code Sharing

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    I often need to share code or a configuration file when collaborating with someone, here is my current approach.

  • Things I am Thinking About: Professors’ Pay

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    This survey found a small increase in professor’s pay, from April in the NYTimes. Average faculty salaries rose 1.4 percent from 2009-10 to 2010-11, even though average pay decreased at 30 percent of colleges and universities, according to the annual pay report being released Monday by the American Association of University Professors.

  • 2011 Summer Reading List

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    10 Essential Books for Thought-Provoking Summer Reading , by Maria Popova, The Atlantic is where I have decided to start my summer reading list.  I like the idea of these books.  Now I need someone to send me the Amazon $ as many of these are not available in my local library.  Or send me…

  • Pianobar Console Client for Pandora

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    I use a lot of older machines for this and that activity and along with using Fluxbox for a lightweight Windows Manager or XFCE as a lightweight Desktop Manager I am always watching my System Monitor to see what else I can offload to lighten the load or increase the responsiveness of my computer. Yesterday…

  • 2010: How I Spent My Summer!

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    This summer I haven’t posted as I was out riding across the TransAmerica, TransAm, #acatransam! The trail took me from Yorktown, VA to Portland, OR. See the trip, with notes and pix on Google Maps or TrackMyTour. I am decompressing at present and haven’t even cleaned or performed maintenance on my Rivendell Atlantis: Home 4,143…