Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

Windows Activation

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Since I purchased my laptop a few months back, I have reinstalled Windows Vista three times and XP twice. This is partly due to my own indecision when it comes to how I want my HDD partitioned, but also due to a freak occurrence of spyware (which infuriated ...

Blaming my inadequacy on technology

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

In this post I mentioned my frustration with Tecplot 360. Come to find out, the problem doesn't lie with the program, but with the programmer (me). If I would just parse the data files correctly, I wouldn't have anything to complain about. So, after spending my entire weekend cursing ...

Tecplot 360

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

For my research, I recently acquired a copy of Tecplot 360 that will be used to create plots and animate trajectories. After spending a large portion of the weekend messing around with Tecplot 360's help documentation and support material, I have come to the conclusion that programs like this ...

A great place to waste a few hours

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

While I was looking for a 2D modeling program, I stumbled across sodaconstructor. What's fascinating about this program is how the model adheres to life-like movement and flexibility. If I wasn't set on finding a 2D modeling program that isn't graphic intensive, I would definitely waste a few ...