I recently started working on a project that has me working with Windows (eww, I know, forgive me). I opted to run this environment in a VM so that I don't have to pollute my gaming rig with all kinds of tools, patches, bit-rot, etc. So, after firing up VirtualBox …
...but I did it!
I decided a while back that it'd be cool to do some graph analysis on the English Wikipedia database. I want to study how "connected" the articles are. I also want to collect some statistics about the text of the articles themselves, their references, and some …
A few hours ago I finished reading Effective Java, Second Edition by Joshua Bloch. Bottom line up front: totally worth the read!
The book's format is interesting. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked it, but it grew on me. The book is divided into 78 items, each …
For the last few years, I had been using a modified XBox running XBMC. This was great for streaming stuff (movies, music, etc) from my Ubuntu SMB server to my TV. Now that I own a TV capable of high-def, I wanted more. I also wanted to lower my cable …
Twenty-eleven has had it's shares of ups and downs for me. All in all, it's been an amazing year.
Just this past week, I've managed to really live up my last bits of 2011. During the last week of December, I went to Longwood Gardens to check out their night …