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Whole Earth Catalog Fall 1969 – Electronic Edition
Oct 8, ’09
5:46 PM
My WEC was the Whole Earth Catalog Fall 1969, a compendium of tools that made the future seem more limitless than it proved. It created a desire, usually wholly impracticable, to master the use of arcane tools, become expert in old timey crafts, ride a motorcycle to Patagonia, learn to play a synthesizer, cut my [...]
Gnuplot calculator « The e-Astronomer
Sep 30, ’09
12:25 AM
You can do calculations – eg print 18.3 * 27.6. You can define and use variables – eg a=pi/6, b=18.3, and then c=b**2*sin(1.3*a). You can define and use single expression functions – e.g. f1(a,b,x)=a*x**2+b*sin(x)/x; then with a and b already set you can calculate g=f1(a,b,2.3)/f1(a,b,3.2). Finally of course you can plot f1(a,b,x) – gnuplot assumes [...]
If TV ads were free
Sep 20, ’09
5:00 PM
If ads had been free, then the way people would have learned how to do TV advertising would have been by running ads.
TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time!
Apr 13, ’09
12:41 PM
If you don’t have the same shorthands for every application you’re wasting serotonin.