Using a webcam on FreeBSD in web browsers
Apr 19, 2020
How to use your webcam with Chrome and Firefox in FreeBSD
I currently study Chemical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, and can be contacted by email. You might be interested in my LinkedIn profile, or my projects on GitHub.
This site is for sharing my solutions to problems, giving project pages to some of my open-source work, and for general informational articles (RSS feed).
Articles
Filename encoding errors in macOS Time Machine backups
Mar 29, 2020
Mysteriously failed backups can sometimes be traced to filename text encoding issues.
Adjusting acpi_video brightness increments on FreeBSD
Mar 12, 2020
Replicate the behaviour of intel-backlight in acpi_video on FreeBSD by customizing the brightness adjustment increments.
FreeBSD WiFi PCI Passthrough: Intel Wireless 8265, bhyve, 13-CURRENT
Jan 7, 2020
FreeBSD drivers for Intel 8265 are limited to 802.11g speeds. Use bhyve PCI passthrough for full 802.11ac throughput.
Review: Solution processable liquid metal nanodroplets by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization
Dec 18, 2019
Background and review of 2019 paper by Yan et al: "Solution processable liquid metal nanodroplets by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization" (Nature Nanotechnology).
FreeBSD on the Lenovo Thinkpad T480
Aug 21, 2019
Compatibility of FreeBSD on a Lenovo Thinkpad T480, notes and fixes (HiDPI, Trackpad, camera, etc).
ICC Profiles for Canon MP480 and CanoScan LiDE 700F
Apr 23, 2019
ICC profiles and colour calibration, with example scans, for Canon MP480 and CanoScan LiDE 700F scanners.
Known and available recordings of The Cangelosi Cards
Apr 12, 2019
Recordings by jazz band The Cangelosi Cards are hard to find! This page has links to those I could track down (excluding YouTube).
Expanding SZDD MS-DOS archives on macOS
Apr 10, 2019
Use a DOS emulator on macOS to expand an SZDD archive created with MS-DOS COMPRESS.EXE
Tab DJ: Balance left-right channels and volume of tabs
Feb 11, 2019
Chrome extension to adjust left-right balance and volume of tabs. Can be used with a DJ cable to DJ from a web browser.
SpectraDoze: Colored Noise Generator for the Web
Jan 31, 2019
Coloured noise generator (white noise, pink noise, etc) for the web, inspired by the Android app ChromaDoze.
How to choose music as a swing DJ: Venn diagram
Jan 29, 2019
Advice for new DJs: choose music that both you and your audience love.
FreeDNS subdomains in anonymous proxy campaign
Jan 18, 2019
Ever wonder about mysterious subdomain requests on FreeDNS? Analysis of some repeat requests exposes a censorship evasion network.
400 MHz processor in a Macintosh PowerBook G3 PDQ?
Dec 4, 2018
System Profiler reports a 400 MHz processor in a model that only came in 233, 266, and 300 MHz configurations. Is this an overclock, an upgrade card, or something else?
Avahi "Host name conflict" in FreeBSD jail
Nov 25, 2018
Turns out only one FreeBSD jail per network interface can run Avahi at the same time.
Install stand-alone 1Password from App Store on iOS
Nov 24, 2018
How to install 1Password 7 stand-alone version on your iPad or iPhone, without a subscription.
Ten ways to improve any engineering class [Video]
Sep 20, 2018
Ten easily-applied ideas taken from the literature on teaching in engineering. Presentation won second place in the Reg Friesen competition at the 68th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference.
Registering for affordable French classes at the Commission scolaire de Montréal
Aug 30, 2018
Full- and part-time French classes in Montreal for about $50 per semester? Information about these classes is available only in French: here's an overview if you're not yet fluent enough to get the details in French.
Calculate amounts from Régie du logement rent increase decisions
Jun 27, 2018
Tool to calculate amounts reported by a landlord for a rent increase decision from Quebec’s Régie du logement. Helpful for estimating the increase that would be granted by the Régie.
Whole cell biosynthesis of N-acetylneuraminic acid derivatives [PDF, 1.8 MB]
Apr 27, 2018
Undergraduate thesis for my Honours BSc in Biochemistry from uOttawa. Production of a valuable natural product in genetically engineered E. coli.
Schlachter family website (1999)
Aug 11, 2017
Many stories from Mexico in this family website recovered from an old hard-drive.
Thoughts on used bicycles
Nov 8, 2016
Things I look for when choosing or improving a bicycle.
Fix 2015 Moto G (3rd Gen) Unresponsiveness
Apr 21, 2016
Using a slow SD card as internal storage in Android 6 can cause serious performance issues!
Disable OS X kernel_task throttling
Dec 9, 2015
How to disable kernel_task CPU throttling in OS X. Tested on OS X El Capitan.
Multi-variable To-do List
Nov 25, 2015
To-do list weighing both the deadline and the value of the task. Helpful for balancing urgency and importance, tuned for university course work and exams.
Track Concatenator
Jan 24, 2015
Join together iTunes tracks. Uses ffmpeg, mp4v2, and others to interact with iTunes using AppleScript.
IM Days Presentation Materials
Nov 18, 2014
Materials for my presentation at ARMA NCR IM Days.
Build Netatalk 3 on Raspberry Pi
Nov 13, 2014
How to build Netatalk 3 (with Spotlight support) on Raspberry Pi.
The Sin of Disharmony in Coleridge’s “Ancient Mariner”
Apr 1, 2010
The Ancient Mariner’s offense explored and unified.
Comparison of the Carabid Assemblages of a Deciduous and a Coniferous Stand in Aylmer, Quebec’s Boucher Forest [PDF, 160 kB]
Mar 19, 2010
A comparison of the carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages of a coniferous and a deciduous stand of Aylmer, Quebec’s Boucher Forest. The dominant species were nonindigenous, preferring cultivated ground.
dPNG
Feb 6, 2010
Tool to convert images to PNG format, then optimize them to reduce file size. Requires Mac OS 10.6.
Love as Misunderstood in Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dec 4, 2009
Comparison of Oberon and Don Pedro’s understandings of love contrasted with the influence of Puck and Dogberry.
Jane Eyre as an Aarne-Thompson Type 425C Fairy Tale
Apr 20, 2009
Essay arguing against Jane Eyre as a ‘fairy tale gone wrong.’
Cappies 2007-2008 Season Shirt
Jul 17, 2008
Shirt featuring the names of the schools and shows of the 07/08 Canada’s Capital Cappies Season! Shows listed in chronological order. Plain colours make this shirt ideal for tie dyeing!
Exploring Subjectivity, as Seen in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time—Photo Essay [PDF, 1.2 MB]
May 31, 2008
Photo essay on subjectivity, written as a novel study project. Photos and analysis.
The Music Man—Review
Apr 22, 2008
My review of the April 22nd, 2008 performance of Sir Wilfrid Laurier High School’s production of “The Music Man”, for the Cappies.
The Triangle Factory Fire Project—Review
Apr 12, 2008
My review of the April 9th, 2008 performance of Canterbury High School’s production of “The Triangle Factory Fire Project”, for the Cappies.
Maslow’s Hierarchy and Food Complacency
Mar 14, 2008
Why don’t we care about food? Complacency?
Flowers for Algernon—Review
Dec 27, 2007
My review of Immaculata High School’s production, for the Cappies.
The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood—Review
Dec 12, 2007
My review of South Carleton High School’s production, for the Cappies.
Comic Potential—Review
Dec 1, 2007
My review of All Saints High School’s production, for the Cappies.
The Worst High School Play in the World—Review
Nov 24, 2007
My review of Cairine Wilson Secondary School’s production, for the Cappies.
George Wilson—Monologue
May 14, 2007
Internal monologue of George Wilson, a character from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, as he’s walking from The Valley of Ashes to Gatsby.
From Symbols to Thought
Apr 9, 2007
Teenage reflections on childhood experiences with writing.
The Realizations of Self as Seen in “The Cardboard Room”
Feb 5, 2007
Looking at interesting topics like hate, fear, and emotions, this was my response that I wrote for my Mid-Year English Exam. I actually put a lot of thought into this, and I suppose it was cathartic in a way.
The Portrait of a Madman: Schizophrenia in “The Tell Tale Heart”
Dec 21, 2006
Narrator of ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ as a literary schizophrenic.
The Use of Apprehension for Creating Tension in “To Kill a Mockingbird”
May 23, 2006
Out-of-place natural events as creating tension in “To Kill A Mockingbird”.
To Kill A Mockingbird—Response
May 4, 2006
Response to “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Features a drawn-out connection to the Iliad.
MMVI vs MDCCVI
May 8, 2006
Essay: how life in Quebec today is better than it was three hundred years ago.
Irony in Macbeth
Jan 20, 2006
How Shakespeare used irony in Macbeth. Favourite phrase: “relentless sinister determination.”
Macbeth—Response
Dec 11, 2005
Portraying Macbeth as weak-minded and easily manipulated.
D’Arcy McGee High School Gee Gee’s Logo
Dec 9, 2005
The logo of the D’Arcy McGee High School Gee Gee’s, as vector art (with rasters available).
Response to The Chrysalids
Oct 25, 2005
Reading response to John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids.
Aconitum aquarius [PDF, 233 kB]
Oct 2, 2003
Science project: invent an imaginary animal.