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Building a Kite for Antarctica
Since the U.S. Antarctic Program prohibits the use of remote-controlled aircraft, i.e., drones, how might one go about taking aerial photographs at the South Pole? The answer is kite aerial photography, which of course requires a kite. While my original … Continue reading
Making Git prompt for SSH username
In what seems to be an unusual configuration—as I was unable to find any information on how to do it—I had a need to make Git prompt for an SSH username. The repositories in question are on a shared computer, … Continue reading
Building a Cosmic Coffee Table
Now that I finally have a couch (and am living in an apartment big enough to comfortably fit one, unlike when I was in grad school), I decided I also needed a coffee table. Instead of just buying one, I … Continue reading
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Pre-calculated Line Breaks for HTML / CSS
Although slowly improving, typography on the web pages is considerably lower quality than that of high-quality print / PDF typography, such as that produced by LaTeX or Adobe InDesign. In particular, line breaks and hyphenation need considerable improvement. While CSS … Continue reading
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A Case Study in Product Label Regressions
Sometime last year, the Shop & Shop and Giant (of Landover) grocery store chains began introducing redesigned packaging for their store brand products. The two chains share a parent company and share branding, so the labels only use the shared … Continue reading
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