After resisting for several years, I finally decided make the switch from Bash to Zsh. One of the primary drivers was the visual aspects of the shell that I always saw in screenshots posted by others on the internet. But also I want to expand my mind and learn a new shell. I used the … Continue reading "The Switch from Bash to Zsh"
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Configuring the Beaglebone Black GPIO Pins (Permanently)
The majority of the 46 GPIO pins on the Beaglebone Black have different modes of operation. For example, pin 24 on header P9 can operate as a simple GPIO, a Controller Area Network (CAN) port, among others. If one is using a Debian-based Linux OS image from elinux.org, the system comes with a helper script … Continue reading "Configuring the Beaglebone Black GPIO Pins (Permanently)"
Read MoreInstalling a new Linux OS Image for the Beaglebone Black Single Board Computer (SBC)
Updating the Linux OS image for the Beaglebone Black (BBB) can be a ceremony in and of itself. Luckily, if one has the steps in order before starting, things can be easier. Having done this a few times, I have decide to create this post mainly for myself, but also for others who need a … Continue reading "Installing a new Linux OS Image for the Beaglebone Black Single Board Computer (SBC)"
Read MoreLearning Java and JavaFX: A Journal Application
In my effort to showcase what I have learned so far with Java and JavaFX, I wrote a journal application called Journaler.
Read MoreSo I started learning Java at the Beginning of this Year…
This is just one of the example programs I tried out that I really liked. It is a simple echo server. It receives a message from a client, then sends that message back. Here is the code: package simpleserver; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.net.ServerSocket; import java.net.Socket; import java.io.PrintWriter; /** * * @author … Continue reading "So I started learning Java at the Beginning of this Year…"
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