Action points are set. Go CP, go! You have a MSc to finish!
30 Sep
Finished two paper reviews. Too bad I had to recommend their rejection... :(
30 Sep
Today I've been reworking the cost model.
23 Sep
I've produced valid XML data files. Now I have some work to do with an in-memory representation. Tomorrow.
22 Sep
Eclipse still sucks. Just lost 30 minutes with a stupid refresh bug! I just had to delete the workspace and import the project to fix it!
22 Sep
DTD hacking... it has been a while :)
22 Sep
De vuelta al trabajo, lleno de energía
5 Sep
2011-09-30
2011-09-26
Asus U41SV-WX111V
A good combination of capabilities, weight (~ 2 Kg) and price
More information: http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/U41SV/
More information: http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/U41SV/
2011-09-23
Screen capture
Screen captures are useful for most computer users. You might need to show a screen to someone for help, or to include a computer screen in a report, or just to keep a hard record of something you saw in your computer.
In Windows you can capture the screen using the "Print Screen" key. Just press it and then you can paste the image into any program capable of handling graphics. Also, if you want to capture just the active window, use "Alt" + "Print Screen".
If you want to automate the screen capture task or have additional control, I strongly recommend the Greenshot tool. It's very simple and very effective. And it's also open-source and free!
Also, since Vista, Windows also includes a snipping tool.
To complete the topic of screen capture, I also use the ScreenGrab Firefox extension. It's especially useful if you want to capture a complete web page, without having to scroll the window.
In Windows you can capture the screen using the "Print Screen" key. Just press it and then you can paste the image into any program capable of handling graphics. Also, if you want to capture just the active window, use "Alt" + "Print Screen".
If you want to automate the screen capture task or have additional control, I strongly recommend the Greenshot tool. It's very simple and very effective. And it's also open-source and free!
Also, since Vista, Windows also includes a snipping tool.
To complete the topic of screen capture, I also use the ScreenGrab Firefox extension. It's especially useful if you want to capture a complete web page, without having to scroll the window.
2011-09-22
Relation vs Relationship
When should you use "relation" and when should you use "relationship" ?
Examples and more information available at source article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv235.shtml
A relationship is a close friendship between two people, especially one involving romantic feelings.
Relationship can be used in two other ways. It can describe two things and the way in which they are connected.
It can also describe close ties between people or groups of people and the way they feel and behave towards each other.
Relation also describes the link between people, groups or countries and the way they behave towards each other. In this sense there is very little difference between relations and relationship.
Most of the differences are context specific in this sense. For example, we talk about diplomatic relations and race relations, not diplomatic relationships or race relationships.
Your relations are also members of your family. Your blood relations are the people who are related to you by birth, not through marriage. If you say that they are your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are members of your own family.
Examples and more information available at source article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv235.shtml
Student advice
My (unsolicited) advice to all students: let the first week of the year be the first week of study.
Get a calendar, set the deadlines, and find ways to spread the effort across the weeks. This will change the game from "trying to pass" to "trying to ace" courses.
Good work!
Get a calendar, set the deadlines, and find ways to spread the effort across the weeks. This will change the game from "trying to pass" to "trying to ace" courses.
Good work!
2011-09-13
More PDF Hacking
I've been using the pdftk tool to make command-line changes to PDF files since December 2010.
Here are a few more useful examples:
:: Add a stamp image to an existing PDF file
pdftk MyDoc.pdf stamp Stamp.pdf MyStampedDoc.pdf
:: Extract pages from a PDF file
pdftk MyDoc.pdf cat 1-2 output Pages1and2ofMyDoc.pdf
:: Split select pages from multiple PDFs into a new document
pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output combined.pdf
Feel free to share more useful commands in the comments section!
Here are a few more useful examples:
:: Add a stamp image to an existing PDF file
pdftk MyDoc.pdf stamp Stamp.pdf MyStampedDoc.pdf
:: Extract pages from a PDF file
pdftk MyDoc.pdf cat 1-2 output Pages1and2ofMyDoc.pdf
:: Split select pages from multiple PDFs into a new document
pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output combined.pdf
Feel free to share more useful commands in the comments section!
2011-09-07
First citywide energy audit
An energy audit – an assessment of how well a home holds in its heat or cooling – typically takes hours for just one house. But MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma’s new method can conduct an energy audit of a building in only seconds. His team uses special heat-sensitive cameras mounted on a car.
(Image Credit: Long Phan)
Source: EarthSky
2011-09-06
Install Windows ISO using a USB flash drive
Microsoft has released a tool to burn a Windows disc image to a DVD or, more interesting, to a USB flash drive.
However, when I tried to use it, it complained that it did not change the boot record. So, I had to use a tool called bootsect.exe to create the boot sector, with the following command:
bootsect.exe /nt60 o:
2011-09-05
De vuelta al trabajo
"De vuelta al trabajo, lleno de energía." - Back to work, filled with (Spanish) energy!
Lots of work ahead in the following months. It will be hard, but it will be worth it!
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