Computer Programming

I read the interesting book Web Usability 2.0 from Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger, and I found an advice about fonts in web writing that really matched my tastes and ideas about the topic: Georgia: the best serif font, it is the perfect replacement for the (now archaic) Times New Roman; Trebuchet MS: a very nice sans serif font; Verdana: perfect for any web site that should have professional appearance, it is the most readable (this site uses also Verdana); Courier New: monospaced, perfect for posting programming code. [Read More]

Last updated: 2021-06-27 I am currently working with the IBSimu (Ion Beam Simulation) library. It is an impressive library capable of simulating the behavior of an ion beam. Here is what I learned about its internal structure, and some useful snippets of code. It is a work-in-progress. I wrote a step-by-step guide to instantiate an instance of Amazon EC2 and install the library. I use it every time I have to start a simulation. [Read More]