‘Computer’ Category
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Getting MATLAB 2023b to work on Fedora 39
0January 12, 2024 by Garrett Mitchener
The basic problem MATLAB comes with a bunch of bundled stuff that isn’t quite as close to the bleeding edge …
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Quirk in VirtualBox on Linux
0November 6, 2015 by Garrett Mitchener
VirtualBox-4.3.32-1.fc22.x86_64 on Fedora 22 I suddenly started getting an error message that VirtualBox couldn’t start my Windows VM because it …
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How I used a specialty microphone in a phonetics course
0June 19, 2014 by Garrett Mitchener
In the spring 2014 semester, I ran a special topics course on phonetics and speech analysis. I invited students from …
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What geeky people do on snow days
0February 12, 2014 by Garrett Mitchener
Short answer: learn quantum mechanics The college was closed today, so instead of teaching classes and such, I’ve been at …
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Yeah, it’s been that kind of project
1May 20, 2013 by Garrett Mitchener
I just got this lovely error message from the Haskell compiler: ./build-dbg Engine [41 of 41] Compiling Engine ( Engine.hs, …
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My colloquium lecture from January 18, 2013: An experiment in video, whiteboards, and tablets
2January 23, 2013 by Garrett Mitchener
This is a video recording from when I gave the math department colloquium on January 18, 2013. It’s about the …
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Iterated function system — fractal generator
0November 8, 2012 by Garrett Mitchener
I’m working with a student at a local high school on a senior project that involves fractals. So I wrote …
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Blog spam
0August 13, 2012 by Garrett Mitchener
I get a lot of comments on this blog, and all but one or two of them are obviously spam. …
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Problem with iscsi
2February 6, 2012 by Garrett Mitchener
When I rebooted my fedora 16 linux machine today, it hung at first giving error messages like: systemd[1]: Unit iscsid.service …
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Trying out math
0November 7, 2011 by Garrett Mitchener
Brenton LeMesurier let me know that Word Press can render LaTeX markup if you enable the right tools. Here are …
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