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Learn Scratch

Learn Scratch

Scratch is a tile-based visual programming environment and toolkit, which lets kids make games, animated stories, interactive art, and share with others on the MIT Scratch site.
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Learn Python

Learn Python

Python is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code brevity and readability.
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Learn Web

Learn Web

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Learn Java

Learn Java

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Using Shared Folder in a RedHat Guest VM on VirtualBox

February 24, 2014 by Jessica Chiang in mobile, virtualization | Leave a comment

Sharing folder between guest OS and the host OS is very easy in VMware. But in VirtualBox, I have to run the mount command ..

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Fix Network Card Undetected Problem in Cloned Virtual Machine

February 23, 2014 by Jessica Chiang in virtualization | Leave a comment

I ran into this problem at work. When cloning a RedHat Linux VM and imported to a different host (thus, likely different hardware). This helpful

VMware KB entry helped big time!

 

Import ESXi VM to VirtualBox via OVF

February 22, 2014 by Jessica Chiang in virtualization | Leave a comment

VMware ESXi is an operating system-independent hypervisor based on the VMkernel operating system interfacing with agents that run atop it.

At work, we use VMware ESXi to host the VMs but I run VirtualBox on my development machine. Luckily, fine folks at Oracle thought of this and make it quite easy.

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30-minutes experiment with Node.js

November 28, 2013 by Jessica Chiang in learning, web | Leave a comment

I’ve read about Node.js and finally had a chance to test it out. After 30 minutes, I found it easy to use and very powerful, and would definitely explore some more in the future. This blog documents my short experiment with Node.js

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Windows 8 Useful Tips

November 27, 2013 by Jessica Chiang in windows | Leave a comment

I’ve started to use Windows 8 about one year ago and do enjoy it and below is a list of tools to make the Windows 8 experience more enjoyable.

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Learn HTML5 w/ Aptana 3: lesson 1

November 9, 2013 by Jessica Chiang in web | Leave a comment

Lesson Video on YouTube

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Ridiculously Easy WordPress Tricks

November 6, 2013 by Jessica Chiang in web, wordpress | Leave a comment

My compiled list of WordPress tricks that I wish I would have knonw earlier:

Permalink setting

 

Use post name versus default. Default is shallwelearn.com/blog/?p=123 , and postname-based permalink is shallwelearn.com/blog/sample-post/

Drag and Drop Image to Blog Post

I can drag and drop the images from my desktop (Windows) to the post in FireFox (tested with version 25)

Prevent SPAM

Install Akismet plugin (http://akismet.com/) or just go to Plugins and search for Akismet

Re-arrange post order

I installed “Simple Custom Post Order” plugin, which provides drag and drop reordering of the posts.

Add Google Analytics to the WordPress Dashboard

Install the plugin by following the instruction from this plugin site http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/

 

Set up Django on Windows

November 6, 2013 by Jessica Chiang in python, web, windows | Leave a comment

This posts documents the steps I took to set up Django on my Windows 8 box.

What is Django

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

Who Uses Django

Disqus, Instagram, Mozilla, Pinterest, and many more

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InksScape Tips

August 28, 2013 by Jessica Chiang in general | Leave a comment

InkScape is a “Linux, Windows & OSX vector graphics editor (SVG format) featuring transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills, PNG export, and more. Aiming for capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc.” (description taken from InksScape SourceForge site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/)

Version:  0.48

In this post, I’d like to share the tips that I use all the time while using InksScape to write a game programming book

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Create a simple GWT application in Eclipse Kepler

July 18, 2013 by Jessica Chiang in eclipse, video, web | 1 Comment

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