- What's a parent to do? on 27 Jan 2012 : With few exceptions, parents want the best for their children. When it comes to their children&rs...
- How many new cases of dengue are there, worldwide, each year? on 19 Jan 2012 : I’ve spent the last day trying to answer this question, to add to a proposal I’m writ...
- A better way to export from Keynote to PowerPoint on 17 Jun 2011 : If you are more concerned with preserving your presentation’s layout and text and image qua...
- Using the Vancouver style with BibDesk on 05 May 2011 : Note: This how-to is simply a summary of a mailing list thread. Background BibDesk is an extrem...
- Wrapping a C++ class or library for Objective-C on 13 Nov 2010 : Many thanks to Justin Souter, who solved the problem so clearly and easily. With Xcode, you can ...
- Installing OpenBUGS or WinBUGS in Mac OS X using Wineskin on 22 Jul 2010 : Note (5 Feb 2012): WineBottler doesn’t work. Use Wineskin instead. Instructions are here. ...
- The basic SIR model in R on 20 Apr 2010 : The SIR model is an extremely simple model of an infectious disease in a population that breaks t...
- Use VPN for specific sites, on Mac OS X on 03 Feb 2010 : Summary: To access a specific list of websites through a specific VPN on Mac OS X 10.6, I created...
- Setting up Debian unattended upgrades on 02 Feb 2010 : My standard setup (on Debian stable/Lenny): aptitude install unattended-upgrades cat > /...
- Using sed for find-replace on 13 Oct 2009 : In the I-can’t-believe-I-didn’t-know-yet category, here’s a command-line find-r...
- Debian netinst using PXE, Mac OS X, and Tomato on 30 Sep 2009 : On the Mac OS X box, which will act as our tftp server: Execute sudo chown username...
- Sample init.d script on 04 Sep 2009 : This is the init.d script that I used to manage my beanstalk daemon, but it can (and has been) ea...
- Argentina and away on 12 Aug 2009 : To Iguazú On my way to Resistencia, another bus passenger convinced me to give it a pass....
- Waiting, wishing, walking around on 04 Aug 2009 : I’ve spent the last week hanging around Buenos Aires. It’s a great city, but I feel l...
- Sighted: Mullets in Argentina on 26 Jul 2009 : I really have nothing more to say on the matter.
- Argentina: A few notes on 26 Jul 2009 : I mentioned that Argentina was like South America trying to be Europe. How so, exactly? I've b...
- Bolivia to Argentina on 24 Jul 2009 : After a full 24 hours and three buses, I made it safely from Uyuni, Bolivia to Salta, Argentina. ...
- World's Most Dangerous Road on 14 Jul 2009 : I went down the “Death Road” to Coroico last weekend. It may have been the most fun I...
- South American bathrooms on 09 Jul 2009 : Seen on my first night in Peru: man peeing in street. Seen on my way out of Cusco: man peeing in...
- Lost and found on 01 Jul 2009 : I found my other USB key. In my pants. While I was washing them.
- New travel plans on 29 Jun 2009 : I booked a flight from Cusco to La Paz for next Sunday (July 5th), so I’m skipping the Areq...
- Travel plans on 28 Jun 2009 : Originally, I was planning to head to Arequipa next week to walk through the world’s second...
- A bad sign on 20 Jun 2009 : It worries me that the large regional hospital in Cusco faces the funeral parlours and casket mak...
- Nothing but class on 11 Jun 2009 : The scene: two middle aged men sitting on a bench in the park. Two provocatively-dressed girls wa...
- Update from Cusco on 06 Jun 2009 : Updates, updates, let’s see… Last weekend we visited Machu Picchu, the famed Inca r...
- Peruvian driving on 23 May 2009 : Lane markers are just a suggestion, and stop signs need speed bumps to make sure people actually ...
- Peruvian food on 17 May 2009 : Today, I ate ceviche, a traditional Peruvian dish of seafood, including raw fish, marinated in le...
- Lima adventures, continued on 15 May 2009 : Last night, our amazing guide took us to a park in Lima. The park was filled with fountain after ...
- First week in Peru on 10 May 2009 : Ten days, actually, and I’ve already lost my camera. On the other hand, I’ve learnt s...
- Counting down to Lima on 23 Apr 2009 : A week left. A week until I’m in another city, country, and continent. It probably won&rsqu...
- Overplanning the equipment, underplanning the travel on 28 Mar 2009 : That pretty much describes my current approach to the impending South America adventure.