Edit 3/30, 4:15PM: this post inaccurately stated that Dr. Jackson disbanded the Faculty Senate. This is untrue; the Board of Trustees was responsible. The post has been updated to reflect this.

The situation was thusly. I have a server running in my apartment, from which I've forwarded several ports to access services on it when I'm out of the house. One of those services

Reveal.js is awesome. It generates slick presentations, it’s packed with features and plugins, and it’s got one hell of a good in-browser editor. But what if you’

Q: What does it look like when someone neglects a blog for months? A: Hi I’m Kienan, nice to meet you. I figured instead of doing what I usually do, which

As a general rule I try to remember that buying products based solely on name is a very bad idea.  Examples: "Fun Size" anything, "As Seen On TV" anything, Doritos. I ignored

Pi Fillings is a series of articles I'm planning on writing about tips and trick for working with the Raspberry Pi. They are things that I've found quite useful in everyday Pi use

Two things. One. Access control systems--the majority of them, at least--are weird. They're based on the principle of confirming identities and choosing to allow or deny access, but from my experience, that confirmation

Many people get buyer's remorse. It is a noted psychological phenomenon for no small reason. I feel it's worth noting, though, that I get it in reverse. I will sweat over the purchase

A year and a half ago, I had one of the most fulfilling opportunities of my life; I was able to take a ten-day tour by bus and foot of Ireland. It had

"Bionics is not only about making people stronger and faster. Our expression, our humanity can be embedded into electromechanics."--Hugh Herr I watch Ted talks far less often than I should. It is

Guilty secret: I've wanted to for a really really long time. Every few months the Wikimedia Foundation bundles up different compilations of Wikipedia's content, including just current text, just abstracts, all revision text,

Loss is something with which I don't deal very appropriately. Emotions often seem to pop up at the wrong time and place (and conversely sometimes don't appear when they should). I occasionally wonder

In case you can't tell by this point, I really like the Raspberry Pi. It's self-contained, it's easy to break out, it's a great learning tool, and it's portable as all heck. And

At some point in the past few months I realized that home automation and intelligent house systems are actually becoming a thing. By "becoming a thing" I mean that it's no longer a

A while back I picked up a cheap Dell Optiplex and stuffed it with Debian to serve as a server. It's been working perfectly well since then (aside from a few scary noises

A few weeks ago I had the privilege to see Keane performing live in concert at a local venue. I admit that I'm something of a latecomer to the band, having started listening

Quite a while ago I was dismayed to hear that the Borders bookstore chain was closing down multiple stores and possibly going out of business altogether. I was deeply saddened by this, as