December 2008
11 posts
“… it is possible to work around the system and make a meaningful...”
– APS Physics | FED | Away from the Ivory Tower: Real challenges teaching high school physics in an urban environment
Dec 30th
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BBC - Britain From Above - Stories - Visualisations - Mapping Information
Dec 30th
Dec 30th
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tip: google
to access starred items in google reader after logging in, use http://www.google.com/reader/atom/user/-/state/com.google/starred?n=100, where n=100 controls the number of items returned
Dec 29th
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tip: macosx
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone to force setup assistant to run on next boot
Dec 27th
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tip: shell
use ldd to see shared library dependencies
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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tip: macosx
in leopard, you can mute the volume-changing sound by pressin shift while hitting f4/f5
Dec 23rd
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tip: python
use the sys module to view/modify the python path, via sys.path
Dec 22nd
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tip: python
use help(), modules in the python interpreter to get a list of all available modules
Dec 22nd
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tip: macosx
to change where sent messages are saved, highlight a folder, select mailbox->use mailbox for->sent mail
Dec 18th