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Author: Brandon Rubin

Jeweler, Programmer, Gamer, and Avid Learner. Crafts fine jewelry, chainmaille, and sculpture. Brandon loves programming in Ruby, working with Linux, and building computers.

23
Jun

Install Light Table on Ubuntu with Launcher

Recently I’ve been trying out the open source editor Light Table. It has a lot of great features, my favorite being inline evaluation. The editor will run a single line of code and display the value at the end! It’s super customizable and…

19
Jun

Basic Python Threading

The Python core module Threading provides a really simple way to add concurrency to any program. Concurrency is when a computer executes several instructions simultaneously. If your code waits for a function, but there are other things it could or should be doing…

16
Jun

Inspired by Nature

On my walk this morning I was drawn to the flowers all around. Everything seems especially vibrant and beautiful today. The sun fuses continuously, shining out its reactive heat. The complexity that comes from soaking it up is truly awesome….

12
Jun
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Jun

How to Make a Portable Minecraft Installation

I love the idea of having a portable Minecraft installation. Syncing between machines or even giving your worlds and mod-setup to a friend. Before Minecraft’s updated launcher, the only way to change the data storage location away from “%APPDATA%\Roaming\.minecraft” was…