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  • Railway Empire - Downunder Walkthrough
    6 August 2021

    This is a guide to the “Down Under” or Australia DLC (2020) for the computer game “Railway Empire” (2018).

  • nvLock client timed out taking the lock
    11 May 2019

    How to set up linux to use both an nvidia graphics card and the GPU on the motherboard. It all started with a little graphics glitch which I had a moment to try and fix. It ended up taking advantage of both simultaneously, but not without a fight.

  • Classic Python Interview Questions
    28 April 2017

    If you want a job working with Python, get ready for these classic interview questions.

  • What am I reading?
    1 February 2017
    Books I've read, mostly since 2021.
  • Frontend Development Primer
    13 November 2015
    CSS, grids, fonts, and everything a backend dev needs to survive frontend work.
  • My brush with Reality TV
    1 November 2015
    An au pair from Finland, a Finnish TV crew, and a midnight disappearing act.
  • How this website works
    15 October 2015
    Flask, Markdown, Pygments, nginx — the stack behind this blog.
  • How to send secure email through the gmail api
    20 October 2014
    Sending email via Gmail's API without storing your password in plain text.
  • The minimum wage is broken
    18 June 2012
    Wage theft is rampant — here's how workers can claim back what they're owed.
  • How to purge and reinstall Postgresql on Debian and Ubuntu
    1 May 2012
    Truly purging PostgreSQL when apt-get leaves config cruft behind.
  • A 30-second geek chair review: Aeron, Mirra, or Leap?
    30 October 2008
    Which expensive ergonomic chair is worth your back — Aeron, Mirra, or Leap?
  • The Technical Interview
    23 December 2007
    A San Francisco startup's Skype interview, and why technical interviews are broken.
  • Travel Letters from 1993-Indonesia, Hawaii, USA, Canada
    15 October 1992
    Letters home from a backpacking trip through Indonesia, Hawaii, USA, and Canada.
  • Me, John, In New Zealand
    12 August 2002
    A photo diary of three weeks on the South Island of New Zealand.
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