Today I did a 5-minute lightning talk at the Central PA Open Source Conference and met a number of interesting people. I learned that there is a Lancaster Docker Slack channel and I talked with Jason about setting up my web service on Docker at … [Read more]
Lancaster Linux User Group
On Thursday, I attended the Lancaster Linux User Group for the first time and made an important connection with Nathaniel Moss, who has planned to build a fast, free Bible reference site and API. Nathaniel and I talked about how he could … [Read more]
List of Top Tasks for Collaboration
I already have a complete list of tasks to do in Pivotal Tracker, but it's not very friendly for new people to browse, so I created a new section of the site that lists the top tasks I would like collaborators to help me on. … [Read more]
Creating the text version of an HTML page
When citing sources, CiteIt removes all HTML formatting before computing the 500 characters of context before and after each selection. But although it is expedient to remove HTML tags, so as to simplify the text extraction process, it would be … [Read more]
Uploaded Docker Image to Docker Hub
I uploaded a Docker Image of my CiteIt Webservice to Docker Hub. … [Read more]
How to Use Google Speech to Text to Generate a Transcript from a Youtube Video
Here's how to generate transcripts with the Google Speech to Text api. I'm providing instructions for running this on a micro Debian instance on Google Cloud Compute Engine. Here's how to download an interview Tyler Cowen did with Malcolm … [Read more]
Cherry-Picked Quotations on the Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial: Panel Three (Northeast Portico) 6 Separate Quotations: Northeast Portico Although it looks as though the text etched into Panel Three of the Jefferson Memorial is a single quotation from Jefferson, it actually is a compilation … [Read more]
New Version Fixes Some Bugs
I released an updated version of the wordpress plugin tonight. This version handles the filename hashing a little bit differently. It escapes a list of characters such as apostrophes and quotation marks that can be problematic. The basic … [Read more]
Dear Medium, You Could Combat Fake News by Showing More Quote Context
Inspiration: Some Americans have become so disillusioned with the mainstream press that they refuse to trust basic reporting, assuming that even direct quotations may have been taken out of context. Cherry-picked quotations are an old problem, but … [Read more]
Neotext Webservice and WordPress Plugin upgraded to HTTPS
A new version of the Wordpress Plugin is out which uses HTTPS to communicate with the Amazon Cloud. This is an important upgrade because sites that run HTTPS require all javascript components to be delivered securely as well. … [Read more]
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