Monthly Archives: January 2010
Reading BIOS information in Linux
ShareA lot of information about a personal computer is stored as part of the BIOS and can be retrieved using data structures defined in the SMBIOS specification. On Linux operating systems, this information can be easily viewed using the dmidecode … Continue reading
Mathematical Equations in WordPress
ShareThere are several WordPress plug-ins available for including mathematical formulas in WordPress articles. However, a lot of these plug-ins require that LaTeX be installed on the server. This is not an option for my site as I am using GoDaddy’s … Continue reading
Check if a TCP port is in use on Windows
ShareA combination of netstat and findstr commands can be used on Microsoft Windows to check if a specific TCP port is being used by another application. For example, to check if any application is accepting connection on port 80 use … Continue reading
Preventing RDC Timeouts
ShareSo, a client provides you with remote access to their network via (ughh) Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. As a die-hard Linux user, you launch tsclient to connect to their network and all is good. Right? Alas, when you start doing … Continue reading
Putting date and time into Linux clipboard
ShareWhile entering notes on Trac or during meetings or commenting code, I find it useful to quickly enter a time stamp in the text. Some text editors have built-in support for entering a time stamp using a keyboard shortcut while … Continue reading
Processing outdoor pictures using Gimp
ShareGimp is an extremely powerful and useful tool for processing digital images. I have been using it to process my pictures from hiking and backpacking trips for almost twelve years now. However, I did not know about many of its … Continue reading
Python for Window$
Share I use Python programming language for a lot of scientific work and projects. Even though I do most of my work on either Linux or Mac OS X, occasionally I come across cases where a client uses Microsoft Windows. … Continue reading
Pictures from Death Valley…
ShareI had a wonderful time in Death Valley during the holidays at the end of 2009. This national park is huge and extremely beautiful. I did one trail run every day and spent rest of the day exploring several touristy … Continue reading
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Tagged death valley, golden canyon, photoblog, pictures, trail running
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pagey.info is on WordPress !!
ShareMy home page has been moved to WordPress after trying several different options. I hope I can stick to WordPress in the future.
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