Failed Battery
I have had this 17-in MacBook Pro for a few years… perhaps about 8 years? Probably a bit more? In any case, I have it more as a memento than anything else as I have… Read More »Failed Battery
Technology
Technology, Computers, Code
How to start thinking like a Data Scientist – by T Redman
This is a reblog of a post by Thomas Redman in the Harvard Business Review: Slowly but steadily, data are forcing their way into every nook and cranny of every industry, company, and job. Managers… Read More »How to start thinking like a Data Scientist – by T Redman
Enable NTFS read and write in your Mac
I was confronted with an old issue, that had not been an issue for a while: writing to an external hard drive that was formatted with Windows (NTFS) from my mac. I used to have… Read More »Enable NTFS read and write in your Mac
Getting the latest version of Jekyll to work
I have been playing on and off with Jekyll and I find it very interesting, useful and once installed, easy tool for creating posts. However, the installation may or may not be that easy. Last… Read More »Getting the latest version of Jekyll to work
Navigating the terminal
The work computer of one of my colleagues has recently closed the circle and he has now a shiny new apple computer. He is very well-versed in a bunch of computer related tasks, nonetheless he… Read More »Navigating the terminal
An alternative way to reduce the size of PDF in a mac
I am sure you, like me, have had the need to reduce the file size of a PDF. Take for example the occasional need of sending a PDF by email just to find out that… Read More »An alternative way to reduce the size of PDF in a mac
Aquaterm plotting issue with Octave and Gnuplot (Mac)
I recently updated my version of Octave using Homebrew and something went a bit eerie… Nothing major except that instead of plotting to the Aquaterm terminal, Octave and Gnuplot were only happy with X11. Not… Read More »Aquaterm plotting issue with Octave and Gnuplot (Mac)
Web Application Development with R using Shiny – Review
I have been invited to write a review of a book I got as a prize for answering a question posed by Chris Beeley during the lasted LondonR meeting. As a form of of disclosure… Read More »Web Application Development with R using Shiny – Review
Furigana (ふりがな) in LaTeX
Some time ago I wrote a post about adding furigana using MS Word for Mac. It seems that the post has been quite useful to a few readers, nonetheless some of you have contacted me… Read More »Furigana (ふりがな) in LaTeX