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Install wmii snapshot 20090703 on Ubuntu Jaunty

l Date: 2009-07-13 | Modified: 2009-07-14 | Tags: linux, preferences, python, ubuntu, wmii | 4 Comments

On Friday I installed the latest snapshot of wmii, the lightweight, tiling, dynamic, scriptable, keyboard navigatable window manager. (See my wmii tag for more posts about wmii.) Wmii orangizes windows into columns. Traditionally there has been three modes for each column: default, stack, and max. "Default" shows all windows in a column. "Stack" shows only one window at a time with the title bars of the other windows showing. "Max" shows only one window without any other titlebars. I usually use two columns each in stack mode. To navigate windows, I use Mod4+j/k to move among windows in ...

Free Computer Science courses online

l Date: 2009-06-30 | Modified: 2009-07-08 | Tags: algorithms, preferences | 3 Comments

I found out there is a video lecture series to go along with my new book The Algorithm Design Manual. The audio level is really low, but I think it will complement my book reading nicely. There are also lecture notes and homework assignments. It also turns out MIT has a huge collection of free courses online. Not all of them have video though. I listed some interesting Computer Science related courses with video below. After more searching, I found UC Berkeley also has a number of free courses online, including four Computer Science courses with video. The final source ...

Using wmii with Gnome

l Date: 2009-03-19 | Tags: linux, preferences, softwaretools, ubuntu, wmii | 2 Comments

Thanks to Glyph, I can now use wmii as the window manager for Gnome. I like wmii because it makes good use of screen real estate, is keyboard-navigatable, is scriptable1, and uses minimal resources2.

It is possible to use gnome-panel within wmii-- just press MOD+P gnome-panel RET. And you can manually fine tune your .xinitrc or .xsession by adding your required stuff such as gnome-power-manager and nm-applet. (This is what I had been doing (and may continue to do depending on how this full on Gnome thing works out ...

Somewhere on your Python path

l Date: 2008-08-05 | Modified: 2008-12-16 | Tags: install_setup, preferences, python, ubuntu

As I install new python packages, I sometimes see instructions which say something like "check out the code, and place it somewhere on your Python path". These are very simple instructions, but since it is not automatic like a Windows installer, or Ubuntu's package management system, it causes me to pause. Where on my Python path should I put it? I could put all my packages in random places and update my PYTHONPATH environment variable every time. I also thought about putting new packages in Python's site-packages directory. This is probably a good option. However, I tend to ...

Recommended books

l Date: 2008-04-17 | Modified: 2011-01-22 | Tags: c_cplusplus, django, linux, preferences, python, sql, ubuntu | 2 Comments

I love having a subscription to Safari Books Online. Currently my company provides a free subscription, but if I get a new job, I might consider subscribing myself. Since I get to browse a number of books at no cost, I thought I'd note which books are my favorites. (Note, I am not being paid by Safari Books Online.)

General Software¶

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Second Edition, Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, MIT Press, ?year?
I learned about this book through a job posting. It might bring you to tears if you get it. I'm ...

Conkeror: "Firefox for Emacs users"

l Date: 2008-01-28 | Modified: 2009-04-01 | Tags: conkeror, emacs, keyboard, preferences, softwaretools | 6 Comments

I recently discovered Conkeror via Bill Clementson's article, Firefox for Emacs users . I must say it is pretty sweet. It's the type of thing that makes you have to get up and go to the bathroom because it's so exciting.

So I switched over to Emacs from Eclipse about 4 months ago. Though it has been slow learning everything in Emacs, I am starting to feel pretty comfortable now and actually feel uneasy when I'm using another editor. It is very nice to be able to do everything with the keyboard in Emacs. I can do ...

My software tools list

l Date: 2007-08-10 | Modified: 2010-05-28 | Tags: android, c_cplusplus, colinux, conkeror, cygwin, django, eclipse, emacs, git, hardware, keyboard, linux, mercurial, preferences, python, softwaretools, subversion, ubuntu, urxvt, wide, wmii | 6 Comments

Inspired by Mark Pilgrim's 2006 Essentials list, below is a list of my current software tools. If you notice a lot of "I switched from ..." statements, keep in mind that I am a programmer who likes shiny things.