Life is a Lab! To Learn, read. To understand, think. To know, write. To master, teach.
In this blog post, I am going to share with you the high level steps needed to build the Hangman game using the Batch scripting language.
To learn more about how the Hangman is programmed using the Batch scripting language, please refer to Chapter 5 in the Batchography book.
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Continue reading “Batchography – Programming the “Hangman game” using the Batch scripting language!”
In this technical post I am going to illustrate how you can use the simple local-web-server package for NodeJS to start your web server in a few commands.
Let’s get started!
First, install NodeJS from http://nodejs.org/download/
If you are using Windows, then make sure you download the MSI package because it is so easy to install.
Keep the default options as you’re installing:
After installing NodeJS, open an elevated command prompt (i.e: run cmd.exe as Administrator) and type the following command in order to install the local-web-server package:
npm install -g local-web-server
You should see something like this:
No errors imply that the package has been successfully installed! Continue reading “3 easy steps to setting up a zero configuration multi-platform web server with NodeJS and local-web-server”
During the October 2016 Microsoft event, Microsoft announced the Surface Studio all-in-one computer and I really like it! Good job Microsoft!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMLA8YIgG0
But…I could not help but notice the time and the date on the screen poster to be 6:18 (which is also Saturday, June 18th, 2016)…
Any thoughts?
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Since I moved to the US, I collected around 350 books. I love books and the thought of giving them up is not a pleasant thought.
Each time I used to move from an apartment to another, the majority of boxes would be packed with books. Each time I travel somewhere for a long period, I miss being able to grab a book from my bookshelf and start reading (most of my books are old and they do no exist in digital format anyway). It is clear that I have attachment to those books.
To break this attachment, I had to make a couple of decisions. The first was whether to just forget about the books, leave them on the shelves and get myself busy with another chore. The other decision was whether to scan and /or give away the books. With that came other questions like how to scan books and convert them to eBooks, what methods to use, how much efforts would it take to convert the books, etc.
I decided to get rid of the books and the trim down on the space they occupy. For the reasons outlined later in this blog post, I chose to destructively scan my books. By scanning the books, I get a digital and searchable copy of my books (in PDF format).
In this blog post, I will share with you different ways you can use to digitize books and then the remainder of this blog post will illustrate how I destructively digitized all of my books and what tools I used. Continue reading “How to turn your bookshelf into an e-book library: Digitizing all of your books”
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. Aurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King’s College, Cambridge, England. After returning to India he took up various civil service works under the maharaja of the princely state of Baroda and began to involve himself in politics. He was imprisoned by the British for writing articles against British rule in India. He was released when no evidence was provided. During his stay in the jail he had mystical and spiritual experiences, after which he moved to Pondicherry, leaving politics for spiritual work. — Wikipedia
In this article, I am going to discuss my thoughts about his teaching methods and how much they resonate with my own teaching methods. Continue reading “The 8 methods of teaching – By Sri Aurobindo”
This article contains a collection of various landmarks, museums, parks, markets and other recreational sites that have been featured in this blog:
In chapter 4 of the Batchography book, I illustrate 3 methods that you can use to check if your Batch file script is running as an Administrator.
In this blog post, I will share with you the method entitled “Using known commands that fail to run without elevated privileges” from the book.
The idea behind this method is to run commands that are known to fail and return a non-zero error code if they are not executed with administrative privilege.
The Batch script would then check the return code and act accordingly:
@echo off :: :: The Batchography book by Elias Bachaalany :: net session >nul 2>&1 if %errorlevel% neq 0 ( echo Requires administrative privilege. goto :eof ) echo Script starts here...
Do you want to master Batch Files programming?
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This article is compilation of the various blog posts that contain a set of steps, table of hotkeys and shortcuts and/or other quick information for reference purposes.
The list below will be updated when new relevant articles are posted in this blog:
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I ran into the following article when researching the topic of Kangen Water.
The contents of this blog post has been compiled from excerpts from the “The Enzyme Factor Paperback – April 1, 2010 by Hiromi Shinya MD” book.
I find this article very useful, therefore I am sharing with you slightly modified version of it. It will contain 7 important diet and mental attitude tips to inspire you to have good health and longer life.
Make sure you check the other recommended articles.
You should be consuming 85-90% plant based foods and 10-15% animal based food and proteins.
Eat a 85-90% plant-based foods:
Continue reading “Seven Golden Keys for Good Health – an advice from Dr. Shinya”
I received a chain email containing these 7 simple tips to happiness:
In a previous article entitled How to get unlimited free Internet at Airports, I explained the concept behind getting free internet at airports and the concept behind the workaround.
In this blog post, I introduce a “one-click” solution to automate getting free internet at airports. This is very useful for those who don’t want to get their hands dirty!
To get started, download the application from my GitHub repository here:
When you unzip the archive, you should have the following three files:
Run the “UnlimitedAirportInternet.exe” program to get started.
If this was the first time you connect to the airport’s Wi-Fi, then you should have your free internet session for a while.
Each time you run out of free internet time, just press the “Give me more free internet” button.
You should receive an information message box when you do so. Follow the instruction as noted: Continue reading “Unlimited Internet at Airports – A free utility for Windows”
The following documentary is based on the “Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic” book. I read the book and it changed my life. I highly recommend it if you are looking to start implementing a sane and minimalistic way of life. Continue reading “Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic”