
My name is Ethan Brown.
I do physics. I am the product of free public education. I believe that all information wants to be free. This website was made for me, but you can use it as well.
Jul 19 | Mathematica 7.0 slow in Ubuntu Linux (Resolving CPU issues)
Recently, I found that the newest version of Mathematica runs especially slow in linux kernals 2.6.28+. This is due to some roundabout linkage for which, for some odd reason, Wolfram does not care to provide a public fix. Nevertheless the fix is straight-forward: Read on »
Feb 18 | Touchpad not working HP Mini 311 (SOLVED)
So, this is probably the stupidest fix I’ve ever had to perform. Recently I bought an HP Mini 311 and two days ago, the touchpad stopped working. At first I thought I had just turned it off accidentally, but then I realized there is no touchpad on/off toggle button. (Note: The touchpad stopped working after I was trying to open and close both gnome-do and guake as fast as possible.) Anyways, I called HP Support today, and here is how it was fixed: Read on »
Jan 25 | Chromium: “Your profile could not be opened correctly.”
If you are using the Google Chromium ppa, occasionally things are broken (specifically user settings). For example, I have twice gotten the error:
“Your profile could not be opened correctly. Read on »
Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents.”
Aug 22 | Richard P. Feynman : Electric Field In Var Circumstances
Aug 15 | Arcade Fire : Deep Blue
Aug 15 | Arcade Fire : The Suburbs
Aug 15 | Bogdan Raczynski : Untitled
Aug 15 | Arcade Fire : Wake Up
Aug 15 | Aphex Twin : To Cure a Weakling Child
Aug 15 | Curren$y : Example
Aug 15 | Aphex Twin : Carn Marth
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