Blog Posts
Tips to survive teaching an online course
At the onset of COVID-19, teachers all over the world have had to quickly move to an online teaching format to ensure social isolation. In this blog post, I'll give you some teaching tips that may make that transition easier.
How to write an academic technical textbook
I've written many, many books. And I've been asked by many, many people what's involved. This blog post is their answer.
I finally beat Tetris!
You read that right. I beat Tetris. Read my blog post to find out how I did it...
2019 in review
Each December, I like to take some time to reflect on the events of the year - and this year was AWESOME!
Reviving an ancient BSD UNIX workstation
I was gifted a really rare NS32016 BSD UNIX workstation prototype from the early 1980s!
Why you should use technology less
We should always be aware about our relationship to technology, and whether technology is becoming a diminished substitute for key things that comprise our humanity.
What it's like a year after quitting Facebook
Yup. I quit Facebook a year ago and never looked back. Read this post to see why that's a great thing.
How to learn vi (vim)
vi (vim) is arguably the best text editor ever made. You should master it if you haven't done so already. To do that, start by reading this post.
What Nokia tells us about the Internet in 2008
Digging up this early mobile Internet tablet and the Nokia promotional video that it shipped with uncovers how we viewed the Internet in 2008.
The different faces of open source software
Because there are many different types of open source software licenses available, not all open source software is the same. And knowing the differences between licenses is key in the open source world.