Shawn Vulliez Is An Idiot

Well, here's another entry in the Diary of the Bizarre. Last night, about 1 am, this guy called Shawn Vulliez left a rant on my voicemail where he accused me of placing a curse on him via a blog post, lamented that I was a low, curse flinging dog of a man and stated that …

Bookmarks

  Swarm Translation Service Hub for web, mobile and software - LingoHubswarmcanada – Welcome to your new home on WordPress.comSci-Hub: removing barriers in the way of scienceWitnesses to the Revolution in Rojava | The Pluto Press Blog – Independent, radical publishing  How It Works | TrustedHousesitters.com Handyman Chair Doctor™ Glues - Lee Valley ToolsLee Valley …

Janis Ian banned from Facebook – Please Help

Update: Thanks to the massive response to this request for help, Janis Ian's posting privileges have been reinstated and an apology issued. Thanks to all who participated. Folk music icon Janis Ian has been banned from FB. Help reinstate her page by following these instructions: 1. Sign on to Facebook. Click the little down-arrow in …

Windows 10 and how it sucks

I was just working on fixing a laptop with Windows 10 installed and learned a lot about how Windows 10 operates - and fails to operate. The device in question is an HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14 TS.  It was unusable with these problems: The built in wireless network interface connector didn’t work The battery didn’t …

Training Plan

Completed Courses Big Data 101                 - Certificate Hadoop 101                   - Certificate MapReduce and YARN  - Certificate Spark Fundamentals I   - Certificate R 101                             …

Fun with MapReduce, Eclipse and Java

I started working on a lab assignment from my MapReduce course in Big Data University a week ago and finished it off today. Not that the lab assignment was hard - you simply had to paste some supplied code into a few files, compile them and run them against some test data they gave you. …

What I’ve been reading lately – 20/10/2016

Since I recently cleared out my storage locker and transported a couple of boxes of books back here I've been re-reading some I haven't seen for a while. First, the Petrovitch series by Simon Morden, a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk kind of thing full of mayhem, swearing in Russian and high energy physics. One of my faves. …

Writing Resources

Dictionary.com - http://www.dictionary.com/ Emotion Cheatsheets - http://writerswrite.co.za/cheat-sheets-translate-emotions-into-written-body-language Lester Dent Master Plot - http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/dent.html http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/02/nanoprep-2-developing-an-idea/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/03/nanoprep-3-how-to-build-a-character/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/04/nanoprep-4-creating-a-life-of-conflict/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/05/nanoprep-5-when-a-character-changes/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/06/nanoprep-6-writing-a-logline/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/07/nanoprep-7-brainstorm-session/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/08/nanoprep-8-mastering-your-theme/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/09/nanoprep-9-5-different-plotting-methods/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/10/nanoprep-10-a-grand-opening/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/11/nanoprep-11-the-opening-act/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/12/nanoprep-12-avoiding-a-boring-act-2/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/13/nanoprep-13-in-the-midst-of-it-all/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/14/nanoprep-14-one-thing-after-another/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/15/nanoprep-15-the-tragedy-of-act-3/ http://www.kelsieengen.com/2016/10/16/nanoprep-16-it-all-comes-down-to-this-paradox/ Tips for writing better - https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creating-in-flow/201405/52-terrific-tips-writing-better Annie Dillard on Essays - https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/26/annie-dillard-on-the-art-of-the-essay/ Writing Good Reviews - http://booksbywomen.org/12-tips-writing-good-book-reviews/ Writing Slow River - https://nicolagriffith.com/2016/03/01/writing-slow-river/

Coding / Sysadmin Resources

Development Environments  Cloud 9 - https://c9.io/ Koding - http://www.koding.com/ Python Anywhere - https://www.pythonanywhere.com/ Eclipse - https://eclipse.org/ Komodo IDE - http://komodoide.com/ Language Reference Python Tutorial - https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/ PHP Net - https://secure.php.net/ Clojure - https://clojure.org/ React Slideshow - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FU-cMFjs9BXJ_73QthfPzHIknhIXZePPPi2B59Ua4ZE/edit#slide=id.p W3Schools - http://www.w3schools.com/ Java Ranch - http://javaranch.com/ Javascript - https://www.javascript.com/ Bash - https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ Ruby - https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Sysadmin Tools 80 Linux Monitoring Tools - https://blog.serverdensity.com/80-linux-monitoring-tools-know/ Linux apt Command Examples - http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-lts-debian-linux-apt-command-examples/ Linux BPF - http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2016-03-05/linux-bpf-superpowers.html Nix …

Game Development Resources

Development Environments Ren'Py is a visual novel engine - https://www.renpy.org/ What is Twine -  http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LizEngland/20150313/238709/What_is_Twine_For_Developers.php GameMaker -  http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker Scirra -  https://www.scirra.com/ Flixel Game making Library -  http://flixel.org/ Unity 3D Game Engine -  https://unity3d.com/ Sites and Forums Free Game Dev - http://forum.freegamedev.net/ Lemma Soft - https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/ Tools Grid drawing tool - http://sporkforge.com/imaging/grid.php Hexagonal Grids - http://www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexagons/ Grid Drawing - http://www.griddrawingtool.com/ Dungeon …