Month: June 2013
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HS Day 27: Back to School
Short post tonight because I’m tired and it’s a bajillion degrees in my apartment right now which makes it hard to write. Plus I wrote a lot of technical/life posts over the past few days so hopefully that makes up for it? Aaron messaged me last night and asked me to help him with an…
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Free Linux Servers
Every once in a while, I find myself needing to quickly run linux or one of its derivatives. Here are some resources I’ve gathered that allow quick setup of a disposable linux server: 1. VirtualBox Runs on your own machine as a VM. Internet connectivity. You’ll need to download an ISO and install it. You…
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Installing VBFNLO
My friend Aaron has an internship with CERN or something like it, and he’s using a tool called VBFNLO for… something with particles. Anyway, he was concerned about being able to install VBFNLO, so he called and asked me for help. After a bit of searching, we found by using cat /etc/issue that he was…
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HS Day 26: A Full Day Off
Slept in, again. This time until around 3pm. I wasn’t even up super late – I went to bed around 2am, which normally means I can get up around 10 and be totally fine (that’s 8 hours!). I think I need a better alarm sound – the one I’m using currently is super soothing and…
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HS Day 25: Half a Day Off
I received news this morning that my grandmother, Lila Rhen, had passed away around 5:30 a.m.. Hacker School was deserted this morning – a lot of people were at a Git tutorial somewhere else in the city, so morning meetings were skipped entirely. I spent a few hours chatting with Daniel from Lawrence, and writing…
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Lila Emma Maria Rhen
I have not yet attended a funeral. When my mother’s mother died, not only had she been in an advanced state of Parkinson’s disease for most of my life. I was in the middle of school, and since I wasn’t particularly close to her, I ended up not attending the funeral. I didn’t have many…
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HS Day 24: Early to Rise
Woke up this morning at 6am, which was only three hours after I finally fell asleep around 3am. It’s not that I’m trying to stay up super late – I blame caffeine, boredom, and the bright light of my computer screen. I was up playing and watching StarCraft and sketching in my new sketchbook. I…
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HS Day 23: Walking Around Brooklyn
Woke up around noon and walked down to the Staples, where I had a delivery waiting in an Amazon Locker. Locker is pretty sweet – you walk up, put in your code, and one of the many doors pops open to reveal your delivery. Very easy, and way more secure than having the delivery left…
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HS Day 22: Natural History
Short post today, because I am lacking motivation for some reason. My dad and I spent the afternoon today at the Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.. We ate lunch at the museum, and wandered around the exhibits. Some highlights: – Walked through a genome exhibit. At the end, they have you write down…
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HS Day 21: Washington D.C.
Thursday night I arrived in Washington D.C., at Union Station, around midnight. My dad met me at the terminal, and we drove from there to our hotel in Chantilly, VA. I’m still getting used to the idea of doing things in more than one state on a given day. The west is really big you…