On July 24, 2012 I gave a short talk, Writing Portable J addons, at the 2012 J Conference in Toronto Ontario. I try to avoid “death by PowerPoint” with my presentations. Take a peek at the following and see if I succeeded. Click for Portable addons
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Mac JOD
JOD now runs on the Mac The J addon JOD now runs on Macs. You can update JOD, or install it for the first time, with JAL. JOD now runs on all the major J hosts: Windows, Linux and the Mac. To keep track of host specific features I have started a series of version … Continue reading Mac JOD
Turn your iPhone into a jPhone
Jsoftware recently released a free J app for the iPhone. Search for “jsoftware” in Apple’s app store and you will land right on it. There are many excellent free iPhone apps, I have half-a-dozen on my iPhone, but this little jewel sets a new standard for power in your palm. Let’s start with the good … Continue reading Turn your iPhone into a jPhone
GPX from Google Maps KML J Script
In preparation for my Arizona jaunt to watch the May 20th annular eclipse I spent a few hours on Google Maps selecting locations to visit. Here are my prime targets. After selecting targets the next step is to load them onto my “GPS device.” Currently my GPS device is the MotionX GPS iPhone app. MotionX … Continue reading GPX from Google Maps KML J Script
Turn your Blog into an eBook
Click here for an updated PDF version of this post. If you have worked through the exhausting procedure of converting your blog to LaTeX: see posts (1), (2) and (3), you will be glad to hear that turning your blog into an image free eBook is almost effortless. In this post I will describe how … Continue reading Turn your Blog into an eBook
WordPress to LaTeX with Pandoc and J: Using TeXfrWpxml.ijs (Part 3)
Click for an updated PDF version of this post. WordPress to LaTeX In this post I will describe how to use the J script TeXfrWpxml.ijs to generate LaTeX source from WordPress export XML. I am assuming you have worked through (Part 1) and (Part 2) and have: Successfully installed and tested Pandoc.Installed and tested a … Continue reading WordPress to LaTeX with Pandoc and J: Using TeXfrWpxml.ijs (Part 3)
WordPress to LaTeX with Pandoc and J: LaTeX Directories (Part 2)
Click for an updated PDF version of this post. In this post I will describe the LaTeX directory structure the J script TeXfrWpxml.ijs is expecting. To convert WordPress export XML to LaTeX with this script you will have to set up similar directories. LaTeX documents are built from *.tex1 files. This makes LaTeX more like … Continue reading WordPress to LaTeX with Pandoc and J: LaTeX Directories (Part 2)
WordPress to LaTeX with Pandoc and J: Prerequisites (Part 1)
Click for an updated PDF version of this post. There are no quick WordPress to LaTeX fixes WordPress to LaTeX Over the next three posts I will describe how to convert WordPress’s export XML to LaTeX source code. I know that many of you are looking for a quick WordPress to LaTeX fix; unfortunately there … Continue reading WordPress to LaTeX with Pandoc and J: Prerequisites (Part 1)
Blogging off for Christmas
J Christmas Wallpaper I am celebrating Christmas by combining two of my favorite things: the programming language J and the superb image editor Picture Window Pro. The other day the good folks at Digital Light and Color announced 64 bit versions of Picture Window Pro. I was delighted. PWP is my favorite image editor. It's … Continue reading Blogging off for Christmas
Common Table Expression (CTE) SQLServer Queries with J
I've been blogging long enough to observe that your awesome posts are often ignored while your little "one-offs" sometimes strike hit gold. This is particularly true for "code example" posts. When I'm trolling for code --- the geek equivalent of trolling for babes --- I don't want to read about the author's programming philosophy or what the hell … Continue reading Common Table Expression (CTE) SQLServer Queries with J
Analyze the Data not the Drivel 