As any occasional reader of Edward Tufte will know, sometimes a well designed graphic can simply and effectively convey complex information. The need for graphics may be greater in the sciences than in philosophy, but even here, it can sometimes help. For example, I had a hard time explaining to my students the difference between […]
Earlier I posted about a ruby gem for a git cheat sheet. What I didn’t realize that it was so much more and way cool to boot. Basically, the ruby gem, cheat, is a command line driven wiki for cheat sheets. The inaugural blog post is here, and the online version of the wiki is […]
I would like to post more about Git, but, alas, at this I point, I am still too much of a n00b. I will be moving over to Git entirely this summer and will post more on this topic then. But for now, let me pass on this useful tidbit for fellow n00bs. If you […]
Dr. Drang recently posted about adding SmartyPants to Instiki. I like both these tools, but I ran into a few snags, so I thought I would post some updated instructions.
For those who don’t know, Instiki is a wiki clone based on Ruby on Rails. Very easy to install and use. One virtue of Instiki is […]
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