Archive for September, 2009
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
NumPy is a requirement to work with PyTables. This is the second step in the install process, after getting HDF5 set up.
These instructions are based on the ones found on the NumPy site, but I'm summarizing things for my own use later on.
First, you'll need to install the Fortran ...
Posted in fortran, mac, numpy, python | No Comments »
Monday, September 21st, 2009
I'm trying to evaluate pytables as a replacement for very large Python dictionaries, but having some issues getting HDF5 installed on my Mac (OS X Snow Leopard).
I've been getting this error:
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
I haven't been able to figure out what's wrong yet - anyone ...
Posted in hdf5, python | No Comments »
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Over the last 5 years, I've read so many articles about how X doesn't scale. PHP, MySQL, SQL Server, Apache, you name it - everything gets a bad rap. Everyone has a different idea of scale and size, and sadly most people think their site with 1 million ...
Posted in rant | 4 Comments »
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
This is more of a note to myself, but I had a hard time figuring out how to jump to a matching brace in eclipse.
on a mac: apple+shift+p
on a pc, under linux: ctrl+shift+p
I like how BBEdit handles this. If I double click on a brace, it selects ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
I finally got fed up enough to look into this. I've previously used Samba mounts, but this in theory should be better.
http://www.turingtarpit.com/2009/04/mounting-remote-filesystems-on-osx-leopard-using-sshfs-macfuse-and-macfusion/
If you're using Snow Leopard, the drive will not be able to mount. You can get around this by deleting /Applications/Macfusion.app/Contents/PlugIns/sshfs.mfplugin/Contents/Resources/sshnodelay.so
Posted in mac, sshfs | 3 Comments »