November 2011
1 post
October 2011
3 posts
“I mean, for various reasons I think this [faster-than-light neutrino] result...”
– How a Physicist Sees the Universe: Messy and Sublime | Wired Science | Wired.com
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June 2011
1 post
SparkleShare, the true open source Dropbox... →
guillaumeb:
Looks interesting and i could definitely try it out someday.
From the Linux Journal :
We love Dropbox here at Linux Journal. It’s cross-platform, offers a decent free offering and generally “just works”. It has some problems though. Dropbox is proprietary. Dropbox stores a copy of your data in its own data repositories. Dropbox is limited in size, especially with its free...
May 2011
1 post
“There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers”
– AFP: Heaven is a ‘fairy story’, says Stephen Hawking
April 2011
3 posts
March 2011
1 post
Speeding Up Your Website’s Database →
February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
1 post
Marsala Glazed Mushrooms →
December 2010
9 posts
Demand growing for open access science texts and... →
http://www.nature.com/scitable
November 2010
2 posts
Radiation Rings Hint Universe Was Recycled Over... →
October 2010
4 posts
“Cloud Printing: Print Remotely With Smartphone, Dropbox”
– Cloud Printing: Print Remotely With Smartphone, Dropbox | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
“Want to live forever? Want to be young again?
…
Do things you don’t know...”
– How To Live Forever! Or Why Habits Are A Curse : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
“if you practice for 20 minutes, and then you are passively exposed to stimuli...”
– How Much Should We Practice? | Wired Science | Wired.com
September 2010
5 posts
“Mood boosters
* Write a diary. Simply writing about a positive experience has...”
– How to be happy (but not too much) - life - 28 September 2010 - New Scientist
“there is an optimum level of life satisfaction - around 7 or 8 out of 10 on the...”
– How to be happy (but not too much) - life - 28 September 2010 - New Scientist
Advisory Group Recommends New Addictions Institute... →
The SUAA Working Group presented the options to the full SMRB at a meeting in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14-15. Members voted to recommend creating a single Institute on Addictions.
“The Perfect Salary for Happiness: $75,000”
– The Perfect Salary for Happiness: $75,000 - The Wealth Report - WSJ
July 2010
7 posts
mounting remote file system via ssh -sshfs
sudo apt-get install sshfs
sudo adduser yourusername fuse
sudo mkdir /mnt/remotedir
sudo chown yourusername /mnt/remotedir
sshfs yourusername@remote_computer_ip:/path_on_remote_comp /mnt/remotedir
original instructions here
“Distressed Ravens Show That Consolation Is For The Birds, Too”
– Distressed Ravens Show That Consolation Is For The Birds, Too : Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
June 2010
2 posts
May 2010
2 posts
“stellate ganglion block for PTSD. How could it work?...”
– Pentagon Scientists Inject Necks to ‘Cure’ PTSD | Danger Room | Wired.com
April 2010
6 posts
Ice Discovered on Asteroid, Suggests Earth’s... →
“PowerPoint’s worst offense is … rigid lists of bullet points (in, say, a...”
– Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com
“essential oil from thyme - a spice frequently used in Mediterranean cooking -...”
– Study: Plant Oils Highly Effective Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria | Health | English
Create poster using R and Openoffice on Kubuntu
To generate eps files in R:
postscript(file ="xx.eps", onefile=F, paper=special, height=xx, width=xx)
To generate poster in Openoffice Impress:
set page size
To import eps files with preview into Impress:
#!/bin/sh
outfile=`basename $1 .eps`_so.eps
pstools -t6p $1 $outfile
To print to PDF:
Install cups-pdf package
print on A0 paper
