Dropbox vs. Google Drive: Why I went back to Dropbox
When Google Drive came out I was initially really stoked. I love google, their image searching features seemed awesome, and their pricing is super competitve. However, after using it for a number of...
View ArticleTool of the Week: Boosting Performance in Mac OSX
Most of these performance improvements are super minor, but when my system is pegged out with a hefty image processing job or particle tracking model: every little bit helps. These are especially...
View ArticleSmartphone Apps: 12 Must have Apps
I love having a smartphone, and although a lot of commentary could be said for being a generation that is addicted to our phones, they can be incredibly useful tools. I try to keep my phone free of...
View ArticleTool of the Week: Blocking distracting websites using the hosts file
Every once in a while i decide that I need to block a distracting website from my computer in order to remain productive. An example might be me compulsively checking Facebook or google reader...
View ArticleTool of the Week: Getting your phone to display decibles instead of bars
Here’s a pretty cool trick that I tweeted last week: This is way cool for any iphone users! No more bars telling you how strong your signal is! | redmondpie.com/how-strong-is-… via @redmondpie — Mike...
View ArticleTool of the Week: WordPress
I’m comming up on two years of having a wordpress site, and so I think it’s past due that I give a shoutout to wordpress for being an awesome blogging / website building tool. I’ve had over 25,000...
View ArticleDIY Microwave Popcorn
Mmm… Home-made microwave popcorn. I love popcorn: It’s great brain-food. Popcorn is healthy and light: Pretty much the perfect snack. Store-bought microwave popcorn is usually full of preservatives...
View ArticleFreeing up space on your iPhone: Deleting the “Other” category that takes up...
What is this 1.3 GB of “Other” On my phone?! I get a little irked sometimes on my 8 GB iPhone when I can update an app or download a podcast because I’m out of space. I usually try deleting some old...
View ArticleMatlab Tip: Change the color-scheme to be easier on your eyes
Hey Matlab users, here’s a quick tip that I hope is helpful. If you stare at MATLAB for long hours, espically late at night, then changing your color scheme is a quick an easy way to reduce eye strain...
View ArticleMonitoring Progress in Matlab
There are a lot of pre-made codes out there to make progress bars for your code. A lot of these work fine, but some will slow down your code. The last thing you want is a progress bar that hampers...
View ArticleTool of the Week: Google Cloud Print
Google cloud print is a cool tool that lets you print from any of your mobile devices, tablets, or computers to any of your printers, anywhere! It’s awesome for me because if I get emailed a PDF I...
View ArticleTool of the Week: Resetting PRAM and SMC on mac
I realize my battery probably is getting old… A few weeks ago my mac started showing a “service battery warning.” The charger would behave erratically, sometimes charging, sometimes not, and sometimes...
View ArticleSmartphone App: MTB project
This is an awesome woman. I’m very very blessed. Courtney and I recently took a trip for our 1-yr anniversary out to summit county. If you didn’t know: Summit county is awesome in late september...
View ArticleReflections on Grad School: Tools and Tricks I wish I knew all along
I’ve done it! I’ve gotten my Ph.D.! Here’s a few things I wish I had done from the very beginning. Enjoy Yourself. You’re going to take 4-8 years investing in yourself. This is time you’ve set aside...
View ArticleTool of the Week: Stack Exchange
Over the past few months I've gotten a handful of requests on this blog to help write a custom piece of code. There are a couple reasons I don't do this: Ain't Nobody Got Time For Dat! One of the most...
View ArticleReplacing Dropbox Pro with Amazon Glacier, and other services
Recently I've started auditing my tech spending to save some money. One of the things I decided to drop was my subscription to Dropbox Pro, costing me $99/yr for 100 GB. (really 140, because they...
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