Simple Recipe for PDF Stitching

How to merge / stitch pdf files together.

VMWare Server 2.0.2 on Ubuntu 9.10

Last night I downloaded the latest VMWare Server from Vmware website, it was version 2.0.2. I needed it because I was trying to experiment with several Open Office server solution, and I need to simulate tiered environment. First attempt to install it in my Kubuntu 9.10 host, running kernel 2.6.31-16-generic-pae didn’t work, VMWare server fails [...]

Better Than Grep: ack

This morning I was thinking about people that I am indebted to, possibly forever. Linus Torvalds is definitely one, not just because of the kernel, but also because he is a good role model. In terms of tools, I am certainly indebted to Joseph H. Allen, for his own editor. I also thought of ‘grep’ [...]

Coincidence ?

This morning I received this in my email: Hi Ezra, I’m searching for a method for utilizing GA to create starting weights for FANN to predict price fluctuations for NASDAQ securities. When I learned, through a search related to GA/FANN, that you were working on a similar project by the same means I was pleasantly [...]

EMC is buying Sourcelabs

Here is an unsuspecting new years news: EMC is buying Sourcelabs for an undisclosed amount, here are some sources: EMC buys SourceLabs, operator of open source site Swik.net EMC reportedly buys SourceLabs, but for what purpose? At conception, SourceLabs had been touted as Spikesource’s direct competitor. Both companies were building opensource stacks. However, as time [...]