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Distracts Others: Lithium Supplementation
http://blog.brandoncurtis.com/2014/09/lithium-supplementation.html
An interesting opinion piece appeared in the New York Times today, suggesting that we supplement the drinking water supply with small doses of lithium. To reduce the prevalence of mental health issues. My brain immediately associates lithium with lobotomies, straight jackets, and insane asylums. Upon further research, these associations aren't fair: lithium was first experimented with in the straight-jacket-and-insane-asylum late 1800's, but in the 1950's it was rediscovered. Properties of low-dose lithi...
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Distracts Others: It's Not Pi Day
http://blog.brandoncurtis.com/2015/03/its-not-pi-day.html
It's Not Pi Day. Americans have declared this to be a 'Super Pi Day'. Not in my date system! Is a formal standard for the only sane way to write dates and times. Right now, it's 2015-03-14T11:37:01. The ordinal date is 2015-073. This week is 2015-W11. They're general to specific, which just makes sense. UPDATE: Neil deGrasse Tyson agrees:. When Is Pi Day? Fortunately, a Python list comprehension will tell us when the REAL Super Pi Day occurs. P = list(str(N(pi,digits=100)/10) [2:]. Year 314, June 08), bu...
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Distracts Others: Music
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Goodbye Grooveshark, hello Spotify! Some months, I make a playlist to keep track of the new and interesting things I'm listening to. Sometimes I spend enough time on it to make something coherent; other times it's all over the place. Most of it started in Grooveshark, and I'm still copying things over. BC 1990s http:/ open.spotify.com/user/1266586855/playlist/4Hl7ziIBNSrnskEq0O6iRZ. BC 2010 http:/ open.spotify.com/user/1266586855/playlist/0Zwr9T3XFd42UtJkq5gm25. BC 2014-09 http:/ open.spotify.com...BC 20...
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Distracts Others: April 2015
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Google Drive App for Linux (and Mac). I hate desktop-cloud synchronization applications. Googles Drive Sync application is only available for Mac and Windows. I dont care. I have about two terabytes of files in cloud storage. I have several different machines with very different purposes—desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices—and I only want to store files locally if Im actually going to use them for something. I need a command line tool. Google, through unofficial channels, has delivered. Don't b...
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Distracts Others: February 2015
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Upgrading RAM in a MacBook. Surprisingly, upgrading the RAM in MacBook Pro. Is as painless as upgrading the RAM in pretty much anything else. No trip to ifixit. No heating/hammering/drilling/exposure to gamma radiation, and no special tools required (except a very small screwdriver). If your older model is a bit sluggish and youre still rocking 4GB (2x2GB), consider dropping $60 to upgrade to 8GB. To look up your specific model for the real, experimentally-determined capacity. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Distracts Others: Google Drive App for Linux (and Mac)
http://blog.brandoncurtis.com/2015/04/google-drive-app-for-linux.html
Google Drive App for Linux (and Mac). I hate desktop-cloud synchronization applications. Google's Drive Sync application is only available for Mac and Windows. I don't care. I have about two terabytes of files in cloud storage. I have several different machines with very different purposes—desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices—and I only want to store files locally if I'm actually going to use them for something. I need a command line tool. Google, through unofficial channels, has delivered. You can...
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Distracts Others: Installing Google Earth in 64-bit Ubuntu Linux
http://blog.brandoncurtis.com/2013/11/installing-google-earth-in-64-bit.html
Installing Google Earth in 64-bit Ubuntu Linux. Google does provide 32-bit and 64-bit .deb files. For installing Google Earth in Ubuntu. Unfortunately, the 64-bit version does not work in newer (12.04 ) versions of Ubuntu. The solution: run the 32-bit version! Running Google Earth from the terminal, you will more than likely get something like this:. 0424/142332:ERROR:net util.cc(2195)] Not implemented reached in bool net: HaveOnlyLoopbackAddresses(). Google Earth has caught signal 11. Come say, "hi".
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rubinc at large: August 2014
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Thursday, August 21, 2014. Since we live downtown, and specifically in the Gayborhood, we often leave our apartment to discover unexpected parties - an arts festival or gay pride parade or something else fun happening on our street. Today, though, we went outside after dinner to go to the convenience store, and encountered this:. We googled it when we got home, apparently it's called Diner en Blanc. Sunday, August 17, 2014. The photo doesn't really convey how golden and sparkly it is. How do they do that?
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rubinc at large: March 2015
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Monday, March 30, 2015. As I mentioned, our staycation last week was hampered by the fact that we both got sick and ended up spending a lot more time on the couch watching TV than out exploring various Philly neighborhoods. We still did venture out a little bit, though - most notably to see Bob's Burgers Live. It wrapped up with some audience Q&A, and someone used the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend, so that was sweet. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Ben and I have the week off (yay! And I stumbled a...
