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I am a semi-retired mathematician (quantum mechanics, differential geometry) and scripting programmer that is setting up a life to be a stay at home dad. My ultimate goals are many, but overall, I wish to give voice to the ideas in my head.

Workflows

So today I will attempt to setup/experiment with workflows. In particular, I want to start coding up the design patterns for web pages using jQuery (need to start my webserver on this machine and get going). I also intend to learn TextMate to see if it meets my needs for typing scripts. I also want [...]

scarMac

I received my new iMac yesterday right before I had to leave to teach a class. It is an impressive sight. I am now setting it up. The long running task I have is getting iTunes setup from my old library. I am copying the old iTunes onto my machine then I will combine it [...]

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iMac delayed!

FedEx failed to deliver. They said they tried, but I think they went to the wrong place since I was home, had pre-signed for it, and there was no door delivery tag. So I hope tomorrow I will get it. In the meantime, I was working with TexWorks on my PC and had to do [...]

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New iMac Pre-arrival

Today I should be getting my new iMac. It is very exciting. I will install gnuplot, python, matplotlib, mactex, geogebra, R, Sage. I also need to import iTunes and clean it up. I intend to explore Mail, iCal, and the rest and really utilize all that comes with it. I am reading Mac OS X [...]

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A New Day

Today I take my first steps into blogging. The goal is to record the mythic journey of creation of a logos masterpiece. My hope is to create a series of materials and methods that will lead to free minds. This will be the story of assembling the materials and how-to’s so that myself and others [...]

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