A non-coders attempts at writing useful code
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2010
Sorry for a grouchy new years post , but I figured I will attempt to get started blogging for the year with this post. I had authored this post a while back ( October 09) when I struggled with deployment of a python app. Much of what I talk about still holds true. Indeed python [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2009
Since October 2008 my good friend Atom ( Deepak singh to most of you) and myself have spent many of our Sundays recording the coast to coast bio podcast. With the last episode the c2cbio podcast has completed 25 episodes, and we are thrilled. These 25 episodes have seen us talking about everything from version [...]
Posted in Python, Uncategorized on Jul 1st, 2009
Its been a while since I blogged . Just a lot happening on the crystallography side of things to allow me the time to blog.
I have also been coding a lot lately and have gotten started with some GUI writing in wxpython.
This post is about trying to get back into the groove by telling you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2009
I own a kindle2 and its very easy to push pdfs to the kindle. Unlike the misconceptions out there , the Kindle2 is NOT protected and offers “free” ( see below) conversion of pdfs to the *.azw format that you can then “push” to your kindle2.
Here is how it works:
When you buy a kindle2 . [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 2nd, 2009
Command lines interfaces to programs are very empowering. I started using computers with the Linux command line and I have never strayed too far from programs that are predominantly command line based. Whether it was rasmol , povray , phenix or ffmpeg I always found that the command line gave the program a more transparent [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 13th, 2009
My Mac-laptop’s been running Leopard ( OSX ) for quite some time. For the times when I wanted to use a windows app I had installed both VMWare fusion and Parallels Desktop ver 3 . Both of these did get the job done , but that came at a price ( $49 to $75)
A few [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2009
I dont know why I feel so ecstatic at the thought of running an experiment remotely . Maybe its all the NASA TV I watched as a Graduate student or the several telemicroscopy talks I attended next door at the NCMI. This post is a little about the wonders of robotics and the great things [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2009
The protein crystallization grid project I am undertaking has convinced me of the virtues of version control. Knowing I can revert back to an older version has ensured that I spend more time being adventurous , than being paranoid of going down the wrong track and not being able to trace my path back.
On Coast [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2009
Over my few years writing scripts in Python or Perl , I always told myself that the next time I had to solve a problem I would make my code more object oriented and re-useable. Like an addict trying to break a habit , I always failed miserably. It was just too easy to just [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2009
Almost two years ago I first started writing the codeitch weblog about my code ambitions on wordpress ( codeitch.wordpress.com) .This blog was driven by a strong desire to get better at writing code and importantly building solutions that enabled better science. To do that I had decided to pick up python , Java [...]