Snaking Around the For|Next Loop
It was in discovering Linux (Fedora, originally) in 2006, that I discovered participatory culture (Miro, specifically). And it was in discovering Miro that I discovered TED; and it was in…
Our Second Home
Looking back on 10 years in Oak Bluffs… Recorded here in the attic on April 7, 2013. I’m playing a Giannini acoustic “Country & Western” 6-string, Sarah’s Univox bass, and…
Transformation
At the end of last summer, Ben and I bought helicopterhideout.com and a hosting plan with our Zoo Comics Kickstarter rewards; since then, we’ve delivered issue one of our comic,…
Green is Good, "Gamma Rays!" and Collision
I saw some interesting informal presentations today in COMM class. Thought I’d share: The initial challenge was to present a specific example of communications-related technology and discuss its relevance to…
Dead Eyes and a Logarithmic Scale
He and I knew each other pretty well. Or rather, at first, he knew me enough to know that I wouldn’t tell stories. And he knew that I rarely spoke…
Introduction
People can get enough of my speculation, I suppose because they don’t see a point in it. They are capable, it seems, of imagining what I describe; but they hold…
004: De-Cruft; Install Software Center
In order to restore my e17 mini machine to a “like new” state, I need to simply run the command: sudo apt-get remove e17 But to really de-cruft, I will…
Review: Open Access Journals
This past Monday, Neal Conan interviewed Peter Ludlow on NPR to discuss Ludlow’s recent Chronicle piece, “Aaron Swartz was Right.” Listen to the story yourself to get caught up on…
The Mathy Scienceness of Writing
A student who shall remain nameless once picked on me by saying, “It wouldn’t be English class without Bert’s math ideas and science diagrams.” This is because I spent a…
003: E17
sudo apt-get install e17 The video below shows me logging into my mini Ubuntu VM and installing a program called e17. In case you’ve never tried it before, here’s what…