Reduce the Size of PDFs on macOS
· 2 min read
The quartz filter in Preview.app can be used to reduce the size of PDFs.
The S&P 500 Vix Narrative
· 1 min read
When the capital markets are volatile, movements in an index like the S&P 500 (SPX) are more likely to catch you by surprise.
Unusual Runtime Errors: Reset Apple's App Store Catalog
· 1 min read
This is one rare error that occurred to me just now.
macOS Catalina Broke Anaconda
· 1 min read
If you, like me, depend on Anaconda for your data science needs, you would have got a surprise when you upgraded from macOS Mojave.
Removing Google's "Autoupdate" (Keystone) Software
· 2 min read
If you have software like Little Snitch, it will alert you to software that tries to contact servers on the internet without your specific permission.
Python List Comprehensions
· 2 min read
Python is undeniably cool. But one of the coolest things about python is the ability to generate lists from complex arguments over a single line of code without having to resort to multi-line for loops.
In Defence of Apple's Butterfly Switch Keyboard
· 6 min read
When Apple first released the Butterfly Switch keyboard on the MacBook in 2015 it split opinion.
Mutiple `ssh` Identities
· 6 min read
I was quickly setting up a Google Compute Engine (GCE) on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), when, out of laziness I copied over my default ssh public key which I had created many months ago principally to ssh into a local Raspberry Pi.