Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Musing on computing, math, electronics, de-Googling and the small web, from an old warhorse of the IT industry.
Latest Posts
Advice for students on how to do well in university level examinations, fairly and honestly. There are no secrets here, but it's amazing how many students do less well than they should because they haven't understood how university...
Well, perhaps you can play Bach on a piano, if you have the skill and the patience; but you can't hear Bach's music the way he and his contemporaries would have heard it because, in general, we don't using the same tuning schemes. This...
How character encoding actually works, and the implications for developers of choosing one character set over another.
Volts, amps, ohms, and watts, for complete beginners. This article explains electrical circuit theory in the context of domestic wiring installation.
Java's strict adherence to Unicode standards for text representation ought to make life easier for developers, and usually it does. But not always.
A military-surplus steel ammunition box makes a great housing for a high-current, outdoor 12V power supply. This article gives some ideas about how to build one.
The built-in cd command in the bash shell is not as smart as it could be; but it's a little fiddly to extend its functionality.
How a non-existent English village ended up on maps, and the implications this has for how we handle information.