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  1. Installing Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 14 on Ubuntu 17.10

    After downloading DaVinci Resolve 14 from here, you should follow the instructions in the PDF to install it. However, to summarize you do unzip DaVinci_Resolve_14.3_Linux.zip -d davinci cd davinci sudo ./DaVinci_Resolve_14.3_Linux.sh After that's done, you can try running by running…
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  2. Movie Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    This is a terrible movie. It takes a seemingly simple setup, and shrouds it in meaningless mystery that once revealed left me feeling completely underwhelming. The setup is that of a cardiologist who killed a patient of his after operating on his heart while have had a couple of drinks…
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  3. Installing Ubuntu on Acer Aspire 1 (A114-31-C4HH)

    I picked up one of these Acer laptops for my shop to look up things online or play music while I'm working there. However, trying to install Ubuntu 17.10 (Lubuntu technically) on that laptop freezes during the grub2 installation step for some unknown reason to me. To make matters…
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  4. Building a coffee table

    My first woodworking project was building a coffee table for the living room. I decided to go with this http://www.instructables.com/id/Mid-Century-Coffee-Table/ Ideally I would've used walnut wood. I wanted that color, but thought I should start with a cheaper wood since I might ruin the whole…
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  5. Replacing a batch deployment script with a .NET deployment app

    One of the projects that I'm working on has this batch script that is used to build and deploy the app. That process started fairly simple that a batch file was all that we needed, but I think the project has outgrown it now and I thought I want to…
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  6. Colors.Net

    Installation: Install-Package Colors.Net Basic usage: using Colors.Net; ColoredConsole.WriteLine("Hello, World"); ColoredConsole.Write("Hello, World"); So it's pretty much the same surface as System.Console. However, to add color, all you have to do is either using Colors.Net.StringColorExtensions; ColoredConsole.WriteLine($"{"…
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