LaTeX is an essential tool for anyone having to write scientific papers and assignments. However, getting the feel and look of the document just the way you want can be a lot of work. Ive been polishing my template for quite some time and figured I would share it.
So, lets admit it. The text editor of choice is a very personal preference. Some like Notepad++, others like emacs or vim. Myself am a fairly dedicated vim user, but I like to have a graphical text editor at hand as well.
I needed a simple download script that would download a file with progress reporting. So I wrote on in Python. Again, its dead simple but figured I would share it nonetheless. You can check out the github page or read on for the code.
Time for something different. I have always been fascinated by aviation and flying. Countless hours have been spent flying around in X-Plane, FSX, DCS Black Shark, Lock On: Modern Air Combat, and so on. I have also touched in on remote controlled aircraft and helicopters too but its an expensive hobby and I didnt think I was dedicated enough to justify the investment. That doesnt mean I havent tried though, with terrifying crashes as a result.
With Android 4.0 came a VPN API that can be used to reliably provide a VPN environment in Android. By using the OpenVPN app for Android you can security route all network traffic through the VPN server.
If you’re developing Android applications, you will inevitably make mistakes and cause crashes. Luckily, its usually dead simple to figure out what’s gone wrong by reading the stack trace. If you’re not comfortable with reading them, then I strongly suggest you take a few minutes and read on.