Latest Asterisk on Ubuntu
I recently changed my web server, and had to re-install Asterisk. I wanted to compile from source but I had an “input/output” error, which means either my drive is bad or I’m having issues with the...
View ArticleXterm – Alt key and copy + paste
I recently went back to using xterm as my default terminal since in Gnome-Terminal, Alt-V gets sent to the menu, and not to emacs when it is running. In Xterm, the Alt key did not work immediately; it...
View ArticleAmazon EC2 free hosting (micro instance) for 1 year – Ubuntu + WordPress +...
I use old laptops as web servers at school. However, they really aren’t built to be running continuously; I have disk problems on both of my old laptops. Amazon Web Services offer a free usage tier of...
View ArticleTesting a hypothesis and hypothesis generation
I like this podcast. It discusses some recent findings about genes possibly relating to Alzheimer’s Disease. In it, the guest speaks of not having a hypothesis going into the study. Then the host (or...
View ArticleLPR printing on command line
These days, with Linux distros such as Ubuntu, printing is quite easy. You can add and remove printers and print files just as easily (or even more so) compared to Windows or Mac. Sometimes I might...
View Articlesftp with restricted folder
I recently needed to set up an ftp server (or sftp server) that allows the user to transfer files. I had some restrictions: The account cannot have ssh access since I don’t want an unauthorized person...
View Articlespacing between items in itemize or enumerate environments (lists)
In LaTeX Beamer, I wanted to adjust the spacing between items in an itemize environment. This post shows how to do it for each individual itemize environment: <pre class="src...
View ArticleWriting and publishing books on Kindle
Thanks to the digital book revolution, it is quite easy to publish your work yourself without convincing a publisher to publish them for you or pay hefty fees to have them publish. This post on Linux...
View Articleemacs keybindings in xpdf and xdvi
I’ve been using xpdf and xdvi for reading documents I’ve downloaded or my LaTeX-generated documents on the laptop more and more these days due to their speed. The one thing I require (desire) in all...
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