been having problems with my ata 4gb siliconmotion ssd that came with my asus eeepc, just missed the 1yr warranty by 2 months so I'm stuck with it ...
some useful info from my google travels
Linux disk utilities
http://felipecruz.com/linux-disk-utilies.php
TestDisk / PhotoRec -- fine data recovery tool
www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
UltimateBoot CD
www.ultimatebootcd.com/
UNetBootin -- bootable usb images
unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Damn Small Linux (DSL) ~50mb
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Install_to_USB_From_within_Linux
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Natural Language Processing - NLP
Good summary of current NLP tools that are available
http://torg.media.mit.edu/rob/index.php/NLP_Seminar
http://torg.media.mit.edu/rob/index.php/NLP_Seminar
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
MKL and Numpy
http://www.shocksolution.com/2008/09/19/installing-numpy-with-the-intel-math-kernel-library-mkl/
Intel MKL (math kernel library) http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mkl/ install with Numpy
1. Unpack the tar file with: tar xfvz numpy-1.0.4.tar.gz
2. cd numpy-1.0.4
3. cp site.cfg.example site.cfg
4. vi site.cfg
5. python setup.py install –home=~
[mkl]
library_dirs = /opt/software/intel/mkl/10.0.1.014/lib/em64t
mkl_libs = mkl, guide
lapack_libs = mkl_lapack
include_dirs = /opt/software/intel/mkl/10.0.1.014/include
http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2007-November/029881.html
http://www.scipy.org/Installing_SciPy/Linux#head-7ce43956a69ec51c6f2cedd894a4715d5bfff974
Intel MKL (math kernel library) http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mkl/ install with Numpy
1. Unpack the tar file with: tar xfvz numpy-1.0.4.tar.gz
2. cd numpy-1.0.4
3. cp site.cfg.example site.cfg
4. vi site.cfg
5. python setup.py install –home=~
[mkl]
library_dirs = /opt/software/intel/mkl/10.0.1.014/lib/em64t
mkl_libs = mkl, guide
lapack_libs = mkl_lapack
include_dirs = /opt/software/intel/mkl/10.0.1.014/include
http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2007-November/029881.html
http://www.scipy.org/Installing_SciPy/Linux#head-7ce43956a69ec51c6f2cedd894a4715d5bfff974
Monday, September 14, 2009
Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing high-yielding crops
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE58C0KM20090913?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Norman Borlaug, the U.S. agricultural scientist who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing high-yielding crops to prevent famine in the developing world, has died at age 95, Texas A&M University said.
Borlaug, hailed as a central figure in the "green revolution" that made more food available for the world's hungry, died on Saturday night from cancer complications in Dallas, the university said in a statement.
The "green revolution" -- the development of crops such as wheat that delivered better yields than traditional strains -- is credited with helping avert massive famines that had been predicted in the developing world in the last half of the 20th century.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Norman Borlaug, the U.S. agricultural scientist who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing high-yielding crops to prevent famine in the developing world, has died at age 95, Texas A&M University said.
Borlaug, hailed as a central figure in the "green revolution" that made more food available for the world's hungry, died on Saturday night from cancer complications in Dallas, the university said in a statement.
The "green revolution" -- the development of crops such as wheat that delivered better yields than traditional strains -- is credited with helping avert massive famines that had been predicted in the developing world in the last half of the 20th century.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Dr. Richard Bruskiewich - International Rice Research Institute
http://beta.irri.org/index.php/Home/Welcome/Frontpage.html
International Rice Research Institute - IRRI
http://www.sfu.ca/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding/
Dr. Richard Bruskiewich, BA ’87 - Academic Achievement
Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics, International Rice Research Institute – Manila, Philippines
Dr. Richard Bruskiewich is one of the world leaders in Bioinformatics. After completing his degree at SFU with a minor in Computing, Richard trained in Biological Sciences at UBC and became interested in combining computational analysis with biology. As a PhD student he became renowned for being the first person to transfer the genome database, Acedb, to the PC. This led to post-doctoral research at the Sanger Centre in England, one of the most internationally prestigious centers for computational genetic analysis. During this time he made salient contributions to many important genomic analyses, including the analysis of the human chromosome 22. With several world-class opportunities available to him, he took the road less traveled by choosing to carry out his research in a developing country, joining the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. At the IRRI, he is responsible for using bioinformatics to decipher the genetic structure of rice, one of the largest and most important food crops in the world. His work develops both understanding and prediction of those genetic features that are critical to crop yield and environmental and disease resistance under various conditions. Since food – particularly rice – is one of the biggest health determinants in the third-world, Richard’s research impacts the developing world in ways often overlooked by the western world.
International Rice Research Institute - IRRI
http://www.sfu.ca/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding/
Dr. Richard Bruskiewich, BA ’87 - Academic Achievement
Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics, International Rice Research Institute – Manila, Philippines
Dr. Richard Bruskiewich is one of the world leaders in Bioinformatics. After completing his degree at SFU with a minor in Computing, Richard trained in Biological Sciences at UBC and became interested in combining computational analysis with biology. As a PhD student he became renowned for being the first person to transfer the genome database, Acedb, to the PC. This led to post-doctoral research at the Sanger Centre in England, one of the most internationally prestigious centers for computational genetic analysis. During this time he made salient contributions to many important genomic analyses, including the analysis of the human chromosome 22. With several world-class opportunities available to him, he took the road less traveled by choosing to carry out his research in a developing country, joining the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. At the IRRI, he is responsible for using bioinformatics to decipher the genetic structure of rice, one of the largest and most important food crops in the world. His work develops both understanding and prediction of those genetic features that are critical to crop yield and environmental and disease resistance under various conditions. Since food – particularly rice – is one of the biggest health determinants in the third-world, Richard’s research impacts the developing world in ways often overlooked by the western world.
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