Backup and synchronization are inevitable problems when you work on more than one computer. There are two issues: 1) backing up work you have just performed and 2) transferring files to another computer without accidentally over-writing newer versions. The problem is of particular concern for me as a software developer working in a variety of [...]
This week, we released a new textbook on our site, Finite-element Methods for Electromagnetics. It joins the books Principles of Charged-particle Acceleration and Charged-particle Beams in our collection of free resources for scientists and engineers.
My interest in electronic texts started in 1999. I got a notice from Wiley-Interscience that Principles of Charged-particle Acceleration (published in [...]
By nature, I’m not a person who jumps into new things. A decade ago, I was telling my son that E mail was a pretentious novelty that would soon disappear. Nonetheless, I’ve been talked into trying new things that have proved to be useful and fun, such as this blog. A year ago, I recorded [...]
This week we released an educational version of the KB suite, adding to the diversity of free software for scientists available on our resource site. KB is an integrated package of data and simulation programs for shock hydrodynamics and detonations. It could be a useful tool in departments of physics, mechanical engineering and civil engineering. [...]
When I was young I dreamed of being a writer. Unfortunately, I became aware that a great deal of literature had to do with the quirks and comings-and-goings of people, a subject of which I had only a passing interest. Nonetheless, my dream and the good advice of Mr. Saperstein stayed with me, so I [...]