Monthly Archives: February 2013

Weekly Random: #88

Misc Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks Maps for Major Cities Are poor people responsible for their own poverty? – Quora top answer is not great, but some others are Steroids – XKCD You can tell a car company’s expected demographic by … Continue reading

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Posting compressed JSON Content to ASP.NET Web API Controller

I had a requirement to POST gzipped JSON content to a .NET web api controller. It turns out the technique for doing this is not easy, or at least not common knowledge. (Have I mentioned lately how much I dislike working with .NET?) So I decided to post here so that I can become a .NET expert some day too. Continue reading

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Matlab Integration and Alternatives, such as SciPy

This post contains informal notes collected while researching options and techniques for using Matlab to do complex numerical programming work while integrating with existing code bases. Also includes notes and links on alternatives. I used a trial version of MATLAB … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #87

Excellent Is getting rich worth it? – 1st answer by Anon Why we (still) believe in working remotely – StackExchange Losing our religion: A look at non-religious parenting Misc When to buy airline tickets Embry-Riddle to offer degree in commercial … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #86

Excellent How to be an effective loser – James Altucher Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies Interesting Music made visible More examples Discussion w/ Chris Taylor about Kickstarter for games My three words for 2013 – Chris Brogan Murderous Cats – … Continue reading

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