Making something complicated simple
I have made geometric solids before back in high school, but today I found a much simpler way to do it. “Slide-Together” Geometric Paper Constructions by George W. Hart shows how to make them by...
View ArticleNew TinyMCE Version
It had been some time since I had updated TinyMCE on OPSweb, but last month I finally got to it. I went from the last stable version of 2 to the latest stable release of 3, both with the appropriate...
View ArticleAdventures in Home Computing
2 months ago the hard drive in the little asus computer I had been using for watching video in my bedroom died. It put up a good fight lasting 2 or 3 years as my anime torrenting and watching / web...
View Article100 Pushups
I decided that after almost 5 years behind a desk I should really start getting some exercise again. Of course like most people I don’t like exercise, and after the a fore mentioned 5 years behind a...
View ArticleAwk as a Templating Language
Preface This is an article I wrote for work but I thought that it may be useful to others as well. It describes how to use awk as a simple templating language to run multiple command in a linux/unix...
View ArticleBack on the Snake
It has been awhile, but I thought I would post some more. About 2 years ago I spent a couple of weeks learning Python, and I really liked it. Well everything I learned is now forgotten, but I thought I...
View ArticlePython Modules :: Building a little Library
Here is what I did for my little dev library for Python Made a directory in my home folder called /home/egon/pyModules Added an empty file to my home directory, the pyModules director, and inside any...
View ArticlePosting Source Code
I am just tired of looking this article up so I am adding a link to it here http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/ If you cant guess it is an article on how to post code on...
View ArticleSome Validation
I started in web programing and have found that you can never underestimate ether the users stupidity or malicious intent. That means validation on every piece of info needs to be done. In the end you...
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