Fixing 'Corrupted MAC On Input' Error with Git/SSH/VirtualBox 4.1.6

Fixing SSH error 2: Corrupted MAC on input. when using Git/SSH with VirtualBox 4.1.6

UMich Google Calendar Updated for Winter 2012

Update: the calendar described in this post is no longer maintained. I have updated my public Google Calendar for the University of Michigan for the winter 2012 semester. Find information about the calendar and how to use it here. …

Capturing Lightning

Building an analog circuit to trigger a DSLR camera when it detected lightning.

UMich Google Calendar Updated for Fall 2011

Update: the calendar described in this post is no longer maintained. I have updated my public Google Calendar for the University of Michigan for the fall 2011 semester. Find information about the calendar and how to use it here. …

How Rdio Can Kill Spotify (and vice-versa)

A couple cool new subscription music services have recently appeared: Rdio and Spotify. There are a ton of similarities between the two – they offer instant access to a world of music, they have capable mobile apps, and they share a nearly-identical pricing structure. There are several notable differences between them, …

Removing AT&T Mobile Web Bookmark from Android Phones

AT&T adds a bunch of software and bookmarks to all the phones it sells. Once you've rooted your Android phone, it's pretty simple to remove most of the provider's crapware. AT&T also adds a "Mobile Web" bookmark to …

Making a Private Gist Public

Guide to changing the privacy of a Github Gist: make a private gist public or make a public gist private.

Shooting Concerts with Strobe Lights

Many concerts these days - mainly rock/pop shows - rely heavily on strobe lights as part of the experience. Photographing these shows is challenging, even though there's (at times) plenty of light. I ran into this problem at an Ella Riot show at Ann Arbor's …

The Twitter Busyness Average

Part of the Project Announcements series. Update: the project described in this post no longer works due to Twitter API changes. At some point last week, I realized that I could measure roughly how busy I was based on the inverse of the frequency of my posts to Twitter. Based …

Find open CAEN computers using your phone

Part of the Project Announcements series. Update: the service described in this post is no longer available. Any University of Michigan engineering student is familiar with the process of finding an open CAEN (UM's engineering computer network) computer in the library or other engineering buildings - you walk …

Moving from Wordpress to Jekyll (and a new design)

Over the last few months, I got really tired of the old design and terrible performance of this site. A redesign was clearly in order. We use Jekyll at Nutshell, and I've started to like it, so I figured I'd try using it for this site. …

UMich Google Calendar Updated for Winter 2011

Update: the calendar described in this post is no longer maintained. I have updated my public Google Calendar for the University of Michigan for the winter 2011 semester. Find information about the calendar and how to use it here. …

Michigan Asst. AG Shirvell appeared at protest in May to defame Armstrong

Photos of Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell harassing University of Michigan Student Assembly president Chris Armstrong at a May 2010 protest.

Datasheet for RadioShack Phototransistor

Datasheet and other information for RadioShack phototransistor, part number 276-0145.

Perfect ViewVC On Dreamhost

I recently set up an installation of ViewVC on my Dreamhost account.  I also found out how to implement a few useful features, and I'm going to share this process here in the hope that you find it useful and in the hope that I can find it …