Month: March 2016

Rants

vi Sucks (nano is better)

This rant makes a lot more sense for people familiar with text-editors in general (especially in the terminal window). I’m a very graphical computer user. I dislike the black glow of the terminal screen and instead like the warm colors of a UI application. However graphical text-editors can only go

Reference

Java Precedence Mnemonic

Have trouble memorizing Java Operator Precedence? Fear no more! I have one for you! Parents After Pre–Algebra Shifts (and) Compares Equations (and) answers, (eat) carrots, or (simply) bite logs if (a teacher gives an) assignment.   Mnemonic Operator Type Direction of Evaluation Parents () [] · Parentheses Array subscript Member

Writing

Metafiction in The Things They Carried

Here’s my take on Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried:   When we look at Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried, we delve into a very deeply thoughtful book about metafiction. However sometimes we need to take a step back from analysis and think as if we were

Rants, Thoughts

Monopoly — The Board Game

I remembered a while back I came across Monopoly: Ultimate Banking edition. This was Hasbro’s latest (failed) attempt to digitalize the board game yet still keeping the board. , where property cards and cash are all stored within the electronic device.   I don’t think this should be the way