Crawling your own website
I used R to write a crawler and downloaded the text and the images. Leads to nice analyses, e.g., a nice word cloud of the tags and categories.
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Writing
iPad 5 mini — Ideal reading and note taking everywhere device
I tried out an iPad 5 mini, and waow, that tablet has just the right size factor. Finding a case is hell, though.
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Well, that actually did work out.
Trying out a lot, some things do work out long term, others don't. Here's a list of a few things that did work out ... long term.
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How NOT to tell stories
Lauren Chen goes through the new "Mulan" like a laser through butter.
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Method to Make Sense of Your Data: Build the Wall
A frequent problem in analyzing a situation is to make sense of your data, esp. when you have an abundance of information. In these senses it makes sense to build the wall.
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New Standing Desk Setup: Mod #1
Finding a safe place for my notebook.
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New Standing Desk Setup
Trying out building something with wood. Haven't done so before. Worked out ... within acceptable parameters.
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Microsoft Word Advanced Search and Replace
Word, can't live with it, can't delete it. But if you have to use it, have a closer look at the search and replace feature.
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Blast from the Past #4: The Girl Who Played with the Wolves
A story I wrote when a (now former) friend of mine was ... under the spell of a rather shitty human being, and used me for balance. That story made me realize that it's sometimes better to let people ... fall.
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Reading Books with Notability and GoodReader
Recently switched to Notability for Note-Taking on the iPad. It works very well for making notes when reading books as well.
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