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• Run Arch-Linux from a Flash Drive

  Many users have a single operating system installed at their laptops and they don’t want to risk loosing their job by installing a second operating system... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 COMPUTING, TECH

• NetBeans Tips

  

  NetBeans is a really great tool that can help on the rapid development of Java Web Applications or Java Desktop Applications, with a great community and many... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 COMPUTING, TECH

• A Great Tool Called ‘Regular Expressions’

  The simplest way to use regular expressions is when we search for a single word. For this article , we’ll use the command line tool called ‘egrep’ (egrep is... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Perl Tips (part 1)

  - Variable Interpolation This is a classic between many programming languages. When we use a double quoted string, for every variable that we put inside the... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Perl Tips (part 1)

  Perl - Variable Interpolation This is a classic between many programming languages. When we use a double quoted string, for every variable that we put inside th... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Mac OS Lion 10.7.2 Memory Problems

  As I was working using firefox I noticed the appearance of the well known 'beach ball' that shows that the operating system is struggling to acquire... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Mac OS Lion 10.7.2 Memory Problems

  Apple As I was working using firefox I noticed the appearance of the well known ‘beach ball’ that shows that the operating system is struggling to acquire... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Custom Sorting in Python

  

  A classic way in python to sort a list is by using the sort() function. For example if we have a list >>> x = [3, 8, 4, 2, 9] ...we can use sort()... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Custom Sorting in Python

  A classic way in python to sort a list is by using the sort() function. For example if we have a list >>> x = [3, 8, 4, 2, 9] …we can use sort() like... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Executing Our First Script

  Today we’ll see how to run our first program from the command line. First we should be in our home directory. To do that type : > echo $HOME In my case,... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2011 COMPUTING, TECH