http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani Just another Blogs.kwantlen.ca Blogs weblog Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:46:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi Everyone, Thought many linux users (particularly FC 12 users) would find this post usefull seeing as the RPMs for dropbox have been last updated to Fedora Core 10 and dont work in the latest release.  I have been a long time Debian/Ubuntu user and havent looked to seriously at Fedora ... http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani/2010/01/23/installing-dropbox-on-fedora-core-12/ I was looking  for a light weight editor with a compile button and an output pane on the bottom (for compile errors and console output).  While I am quite aware this is what Eclipse will give me, I am also startlingly aware that running Eclipse on a netback is not ... http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani/2009/09/26/a-minimalistic-ide/ With a new semester on the horizon perhaps this post is a little early but still very good to keep in mind.  As it is with most courses you will take, there is a large majority of work that you will complete either done individually or as some type of ... http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani/2009/04/26/studying-working-in-power-hours/ This past semester I had to write a term paper, while I am used end of term projects (common in applied degrees such as the B.Tech) I have never really had to take time to sit and write a full-on term paper.  I have a few friends both in graduate ... http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani/2009/04/13/writing-term-papers-quickly-and-efficiently/ Recently after writing my last post I noticed that in fact Lifehacker.com had published a review of the top five mind mapping applications. While FreeMind is great I used XMind, you will have to create an account to sign in and download.  It appears as though XMind is developed on the ... http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani/2009/04/13/research-and-brainstorming-update/ The pen and paper are great but... I have always been a fan of pen and paper, these past weeks I was assigned an essay in my English class. As I read through the text it suggested using index cards for my research and then using them again to organize my ... http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani/2009/03/29/tools-for-research-and-brain-storming/ I thought of a name for this blog, I've thought of a few, I've even thought of translating names from latin.  Regardless, I dont yet have a name, I suppose I will find one soon. I hope to blog here on many matters concerning the things that I am involved ... http://blogs.kwantlen.ca/rkvirani/2009/03/21/an-introduction-to-would-some-one-please-find-me-a-name/