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Comment on Installing MatPlotLib on Snow Leopard with MacPorts by Jackson Lee

Jackson Lee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:20:34 +0000

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for this how-to! A couple of details I had to work out other users might want to know about:
1. I had to set the string ‘/opt/local/bin’ in front of my ‘/usr/local/bin’ in my .bash_profile to give MacPorts packages precedence. Otherwise, the Snow Leopard packaged version is executed.
2. I had to set the following line in my .matplotlib/matplotlibrc file to enable the MacOSX backend or graphics wouldn’t display:
‘backend : macosx’

Comment on New look for new posts by Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:02:03 +0000

I am quite pleased with the new look: I had wanted something much simpler for a while.

Comment on New look for new posts by Liza

Liza — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:50:21 +0000

Nice to see you back on the blog! I like the new look, too.

Comment on Programmers Ranks by Sandra R

Sandra R — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:20:23 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Habits by Liza

Liza — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:30:20 +0000

Welcome back! I missed your blog updates!

Comment on Window Managment on Large Monitors by Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:43:46 +0000

Cheers Jani, I’ll need to check out GridMove too. Sorry about the delay in approving your comment.

Comment on Window Managment on Large Monitors by Jani Hartikainen

Jani Hartikainen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:06:50 +0000

In the Windows-world with Win 7 this will no longer always require an app if you don’t need any more precise controls – I’ve found the standard “Aero Snap” thing which makes a window half of the screen (and some other small things) is quite good for my use.

The only problem with it is that so far I haven’t managed to activate it on the border of the monitor which is shared by both monitors – it only seems to work on the side of the screen which doesn’t “continue” past the monitor.

Earlier I used an app called GridMove on Win XP which seemed pretty good, so there’s another tool for Windows users if you don’t find WinSplit to your liking.

Comment on Inertia by Habits at Endlessly Curious

Habits at Endlessly Curious — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:04:29 +0000

[...] to my writing can be enough to disrupt my writing habit sufficiently to halt it. At which point Inertia comes into play with devastating effect, to make the restarting of the habit hard. It seems that [...]

Comment on What done looks like for tasks. by Friday Linkage 06/02/2009 at Endlessly Curious

Friday Linkage 06/02/2009 at Endlessly Curious — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:18:12 +0000

[...] written about what done looks like before as it is something software engineers get wrong a lot: every witnessed an engineer claiming [...]

Comment on Writing dirty by Liza

Liza — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:10:45 +0000

White boards! Before I had an office, I would take a conference room (in the off-hours) and work through my thoughts on a large white board. Lots of space, multi-coloured markers, easy to erase and to literally step back and look at the big picture, a white board is an essential tool in my problem solving process, both by myself and in collaboration with others. Concept sketches, process flowcharts, lists… with a digital camera or an iPhone it’s easy to capture the results. The point is, it doesn’t matter how or where, but the premise of dirty writing remains: get something down.