Sunday, April 5th, 2020 - Bowling Green, KY
Although I haven't posted here in a long time, I decided it would be a good opportunity to begin again, given the world's current circumstances.
I'm sure for many of us this is not how we anticipated the start of the 2020s. I know it wasn't how I intended it to start. I remember hearing in the news around a month and a half ago about this virus, COVID-19, that had originated in China, that had begun to spread globally. I had concerns regarding it, but I figured "It's still pretty far away, I'm sure we'll be safe for a while." Less than a month later, we're surrounded by it. In fact, my home county 30 minutes west of here has been infected. Definitely an eye opener.
I've been spending a lot of time isolated in my apartment. I've occasionally left to go to my parent's house, or to drive across town end-to-end. It's odd not making my normal stops each day, going to work, and seeing friends. It's odd sitting in the same seat every day, for most of the day. I hope this all ends soon, so we can return to a normal life.
Fortunately, I've had the ability to work from home, and do a lot of my daily tasks remotely. However, I feel that the social interactions that I had daily made some of the experiences fun and enjoyable.Without that, day to day life is dull.
I hope to continue to provide posts regarding this pandemic and the perspective of a guy from Kentucky during this time. I don't have much to offer, but maybe this will offer me an opportunity to tell my future kids about this period of my life, and to be thankful for the people around them.
God bless.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Monday, April 17, 2017
Issues with macOS Sierra "purgeable" storage?
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 10:45 PM - Bowling Green, KY
Update - this method does not work on APFS on newer versions of macOS.
Monday, April 17, 2017 - 5:12 PM - Bowling Green, KY
Hello everyone! I know it's been some time since I posted on this blog. But, I wanted to share with you all something I discovered the other day.
I noticed that a lot of my storage on my MacBook Pro was being taken up by "System" files. Upon investigating, I found out that Xamarin had stored a lot of Android simulator images and files in my home Library folder. Once I deleted this content, via the terminal, I discovered my Mac was reporting 160 GB+ space as "purgeable". Although the data had effectively been removed, it was not in the Trash, and I could not get rid of the space.
That's when it occurred to me - I wonder if a free space wipe would resolve this problem? So, I used the command:
diskutil secureErase freespace 1 /dev/disk3s4
[http://www.macworld.com/article/1139688/os-x/erasefreespace.html]
This process took several hours to complete. Fortunately, I performed it while I was sleeping. One thing to note is that the drive listed in this example will not be the same for everyone. For my machine, it was /dev/disk1. For others, it may be /dev/disk#s#, or /dev/disk#.
This process lowered the "purgeable" space on my Mac from 160+ GB down to 6 GB. So, if you're having issues with macOS' "purgeable" space reporting a large number, even after massive file deletion, try a free space wipe. It should do the trick.
Update - this method does not work on APFS on newer versions of macOS.
Monday, April 17, 2017 - 5:12 PM - Bowling Green, KY
Hello everyone! I know it's been some time since I posted on this blog. But, I wanted to share with you all something I discovered the other day.
I noticed that a lot of my storage on my MacBook Pro was being taken up by "System" files. Upon investigating, I found out that Xamarin had stored a lot of Android simulator images and files in my home Library folder. Once I deleted this content, via the terminal, I discovered my Mac was reporting 160 GB+ space as "purgeable". Although the data had effectively been removed, it was not in the Trash, and I could not get rid of the space.
That's when it occurred to me - I wonder if a free space wipe would resolve this problem? So, I used the command:
diskutil secureErase freespace 1 /dev/disk3s4
[http://www.macworld.com/article/1139688/os-x/erasefreespace.html]
This process took several hours to complete. Fortunately, I performed it while I was sleeping. One thing to note is that the drive listed in this example will not be the same for everyone. For my machine, it was /dev/disk1. For others, it may be /dev/disk#s#, or /dev/disk#.
This process lowered the "purgeable" space on my Mac from 160+ GB down to 6 GB. So, if you're having issues with macOS' "purgeable" space reporting a large number, even after massive file deletion, try a free space wipe. It should do the trick.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Personal Website Update
Monday, March 7th, 2016 - 9:18 PM
In an attempt to continue my blogging streak of two days, I have decided to update the world on my personal website project.
Over the past few months, I have worked on creating a personal website to reflect my personal and professional life. So far, I have made good progress on getting the site up. However, I am continuously interrupted with other projects, classes, and work. My goal is by Summer of this year (2016), I want to have the site up and running completely.
If I fail to do so, I may need to re-evaluate my approach and re-plan. That is a possibility, but we'll see how it pans out.
In an attempt to continue my blogging streak of two days, I have decided to update the world on my personal website project.
Over the past few months, I have worked on creating a personal website to reflect my personal and professional life. So far, I have made good progress on getting the site up. However, I am continuously interrupted with other projects, classes, and work. My goal is by Summer of this year (2016), I want to have the site up and running completely.
If I fail to do so, I may need to re-evaluate my approach and re-plan. That is a possibility, but we'll see how it pans out.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
First Post in a Really Long Time!
Sunday, March 6th, 2016 - 2:40 PM
When I started this blog exactly three years ago, I thought I would post on it more frequently. I intended to post code segments that I had written to share to the world, as well as commentary on things happening in the realms of technology, business, and life in general. I see now that I have failed to do that.
So, with the motivation of buying a couple of domain names for myself, I now feel the need to restart this blog. I can't wait to see how far this thing can go, how many people I will reach, and if I may be inspired by some thing(s) along the way.
When I started this blog exactly three years ago, I thought I would post on it more frequently. I intended to post code segments that I had written to share to the world, as well as commentary on things happening in the realms of technology, business, and life in general. I see now that I have failed to do that.
So, with the motivation of buying a couple of domain names for myself, I now feel the need to restart this blog. I can't wait to see how far this thing can go, how many people I will reach, and if I may be inspired by some thing(s) along the way.
Friday, June 28, 2013
GSP Resolution
June 28, 2013 - 5:25 PM - Morehead, KY
Hello everyone! I realize I haven't blogged in a while. But, as I have been attending the Governor's Scholars Program, we have taken a variety of classes. in one class, we were asked to make a resolution of things we would like to do differently. Posting to my blog more often was one of my resolution items. I hope to keep my promise and post at least once daily. So tomorrow, I'll share some of my thoughts. Thanks everyone, and have a blessed weekend!
- Trevor D. Brown
Friday, March 8, 2013
First Code Publish - Text Marquee
Update: I've posted a VB.Net app that does the original scrolling effect mentioned below, and some others as well, to GitHub. Check it out!
I decided to publish my first bit of VB.Net code today. It's a program (with source) that makes a text marquee effect similar to the one found on the Music app on iOS. I decided to publish this code because every other piece of code for a text marquee effect was terrible.
Download 'Text Marquee' Project (The website I posted this to is now down. Will upload again sometime.)
The compiled program can be found in the project folder, in the "bin" sub directory, and finally in the "Release" sub directory.
I decided to publish my first bit of VB.Net code today. It's a program (with source) that makes a text marquee effect similar to the one found on the Music app on iOS. I decided to publish this code because every other piece of code for a text marquee effect was terrible.
The compiled program can be found in the project folder, in the "bin" sub directory, and finally in the "Release" sub directory.
Warning : The code, from my perspective, is a little lengthy. However, it looks pretty cool. I have put detail into the comments so you may see what each event does and how each line plays into the overall package.
Feel free to distribute this program, project, and its source files with anyone you would like. I hope you enjoy and find this code useful!
Have a great Friday, and a great weekend!
- Trevor D. Brown
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
First Post
March 6th, 2013 - 04:05 PM - I finally created a blog! I'm hoping I can share information about computers and electronics with the world! I'm also hoping to have some Visual Basic.NET code published as well. Have a great day!
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