Blog

• Quick and Dirty I/O Benchmark for Linux 2016 June 25
  • benchmarks
  • linux
  • performance

  A quick and dirty benchmark to see how much I/O bandwidth your machine has is as follows. I created this because I just learned about pv, and I’m sure its been done before.

• Creating a Database to Track How Long You Worked 2016 June 23
  • database
  • sqlite
  • tutorial

  I actually created a sqlite database to track exactly how long I worked at various jobs. I created this database, because I don’t trust the payroll system we use at work. I will share the schema and views in this post. If you don’t want to read through this post you can get it here.

• Things I Learned Setting up a Linux Lab 2016 May 06
  • life-lessons
  • linux

  This is a list of things I learned setting up a Linux lab for my university. The lab contains 10 workstations, and 1 server. The users are authenticated centrally against LDAP, and their home directories are mounted as NFS shares on the server. The lab is powered by Scientific Linux, which is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivative.

• Tutorial on Using Apache as a Media Server 2016 April 25
  • apache-httpd
  • linux
  • tutorial
  

  This is a tutorial on how to use Apache httpd as a media streaming center. I wanted to be able to stream my media across my local network, without having to mess with a lot of things, so I will explain how I set it up using apache and the built in modules. So, lets get started.

• Technology Student Association Tips 2016 January 31
  • technology-student-association

  I participated for 4 years in Technology Student Association (TSA). These are some of the things that I learned to be successful at the competition as a student.

• Tux Smashes Windows 2015 September 02
  • linux
  • photo-manipulation
  

  I just wanted to share this quick image that I made that I think is awesome. It’s Tux smashing the Windows Icon. I think it is brilliant. Don’t you?

• Idiot Engineering #2 - Star Trek: The Next Generation 2015 August 08
  • idiot-engineering
  • rant
  • star-trek

  Idiot Engineering is exceptionally visible in the ships of Star Trek. This article will focus on Star Trek: The Next Generation, because each of the series has more than enough engineering failures for one of these articles. From the many console explosions to frequent warp core breaches, the engineers of the Enterprise-D made many failures in design and the writing of emergency procedures. The designers of the Enterprise made many serious engineering flaws, and this article will investigate those errors in design.

• Review of the Pixels Movie 2015 July 29
  • movies
  • rant
  • reviews

  I recently went to see Pixels, and I thought it was rather good. Even though it had an absurd premise. There is a possibility of spoilers below, so read on with caution if you care about that.

• Indominus Rex for President 2015 July 09
  • movies
  • photo-manipulation
  • rant
  

  The Indominus rex is the ultimate president. He is smart. He is willing to go to any lengths to survive. He will eat the terrorists, and make them sorry they ever existed. He will eat the stupid pundits. Therefore Indominus rex for president. Hey, he’s the lesser of 2 evils. This year vote for the wolf instead of the wolf in sheep’s clothes. Vote for Indominus rex for president in 2016.

• Review of Drake Well 2015 July 07
  • history
  • museums
  • pennsylvania
  • reviews
  • travel

  Drake Well is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I went there on vacation recently. It is so impressive to see what people in the past accomplished with nothing more than mechanical systems. From the way they distributed power to the logistics of the well, it is really impressive. I highly recommend visiting Drake Well at least once.

• Idiot Engineering #1 - Jurassic World 2015 June 28
  • idiot-engineering
  • movies
  • rant
  • reviews
  

  I just decided to start a series about idiotic engineering in movies. The first movie I’m going to do is Jurassic World. Which is an awesome movie, however it is full of idiot engineering. So fair warning there will be spoilers below, so if you haven’t seen it stop reading now, or keep reading for a detailed examination of the engineering failures in Jurassic World, and how they could have been prevented.

• A SQLite Tutorial 2015 May 24
  • programming
  • sqlite
  • tutorial

  This is my in-depth SQLite tutorial for C++. This is the first tutorial I am doing on this website. It is really difficult to find a good tutorial for prepared statements with SQLite, and that is what this tutorial will remedy.