That’s not pages, it’s Apple’s Pages—the word processing and document layout application. We were talking recently about making web pages and documents accessible, in reference to this Wintel-centric document, Creating accessible PDFs. So I searched around a bit (on this query:…
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That newfangled iOS
It’s god to know how to do stuff, and I need to spend time practicing all these new gestures. Okay, they’re not so new! New to me, though. Here’s a quick intro.
Common roots of Linux and MacOS (and iOS)
Very interesting article here, and it’s from 2019. It has been a long, long time—almost 20 years—since MacOS got an X at the end. MacOS Is not Linux Distribution (Lifewire)
Videos from the early days
Perhaps I’ll move these to a page of their own. Old enough that there are significantly fewer grey hairs involved. Textbook Videos
Rockin’ it into R
Started with the R for Mac OS X FAQ, after a quick perusal of this item on Sierra and R. That document appears to argue that I should stick with Yosemite (Mac OS X 10.10). The Mac OS CRAN archive appears to only have versions for Mavericks (10.9) and…
More sites on technology for video teaching
I did a bit of casting about on the Internet in an earlier post on creating video. Here’s a shorter, more focused list. I haven’t explored all the topics at the first site, nor even tried many of them, but there is much…
Learning from the Kansas experience, and taxes
Let’s talk Kansas. Let’s talk taxes. Let’s talk 2012, … but not 2017? Please! Kansas Offers Cautionary Tale for Trump’s Tax Ambition (Bloomberg) This State’s Drastic Tax Cuts Inspired Trump. Now It Admits the Experiment Has Failed (Money) Please,…
Video, for flipping or otherwise
How to get stuff into video: some ideas, including video tutorials and examples. A bit of a mishmash; perhaps I’ll post again after I’ve done a few. [Update: skip to the bottom for a better list from an online teaching…
Crosswords and Shannon I
Of course, information theory must have much to do with crosswords! Entropy of English Also, scandal (from this security blog): Plagiarism scandal in Crosswords (Five Thirty Eight) How to Spot a Plagiarized Crossword Puzzle (Slate, Matt Gaffney)
Supply & Demand … and those axes
From about a decade ago, but this topic never loses its interest! Who invented Supply and Demand? (Mankiw’s blog) How about that Antoine Augustine Cournot! And then there’s the independent / dependent variable controversy. It’s so easy to explain while…