I’m debating the idea (hype) of flipping the classroom for one of my classes next Fall where students watch lecture videos at home (or elsewhere) so I could spend class time doing more hands-on activities like discussing the art of data analysis and how to solve problems with statistics. I think Khan Academy, Udacity, and read more
Read this interesting post where the author sets up a wordpress blog with nginx on an Amazon EC2 instance. Author claims he could handle 10 million hits a day. I should explore nginx some day.
I [wrote](http://blog.nguyenvq.com/2009/08/14/surf-web-anonymously-tor/) about [Tor](http://www.torproject.org/) in the past but I never tried using it. I [installed](https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en) it on my Ubuntu laptop and tested [using](https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-unix.html.en#using) it via Firefox and [Torbutton]. Now that it’s set up, when I want to surf the web anonymously, I just need to launch Firefox and toggle Torbutton to be on. Even though read more
I recently considered the use a paid [VPN](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network) service to connect myself to the internet. Why? The internet is a whole other world out there, and you just don’t know how much privacy you lose with all the connections you make on your computer. I see myself and the average user at a disadvantage when read more
Adobe Flash Flash Player 11 beta is [out](http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Adobe-Flash-Player-11-beta/). I immediately installed it per [these](http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/adobe-releases-flash-player-11-beta.html) instructions after downloading the binaries [here](http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer11.html) (via the `~/.mozilla/plugins` method). I am so sick of the `npviewer.bin` process always sucking up my CPU resource. So far, I don’t notice this issue anymore. I really dislike the fact that Adobe doesn’t bother read more
I recently discovered [GmailTeX](http://alexeev.org/gmailtex.html), a plugin (implemented via javascript) that displays LaTeX markup in my emails viewed through my web-based gmail account. SIDE NOTE: I implement it conkeror by creating a webjump for the bookmarklet code. GmailTeX renders the LaTeX markup via [MathJax](http://www.mathjax.org/), “an open source JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all read more
So I have to be in SF for an internship this summer. As with all relocation there is the hassle of finding a place to live. After googling to find a suitable apartment, I realized that Craig’s list is the best place to go. I tried to avoid it at first since I just wanted read more
remindo — looks like facebook of project/task management. looks very easy to use. 3gb per domain name. free.
so i spoke about open source crm services and programs before. google really made it easy for groups to collaborate. i can attest because i use it with my youth group. Many Moon came out that made project management and task management even easier and better with Google Apps (well, i don’t even think u read more
