Monthly Archives: March 2011

Styling Emacs Scrollbar in Ubuntu

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Lex

Emacs uses GTK by default in Ubuntu. In your ~/.emacs file, there should be no (scroll-bar-mode nil). Then add the following to ~/.gtkrc-2.0 style “contrast”    { GtkScrollbar::has_forward_stepper  = 0 GtkScrollbar::has_backward_stepper = 0 bg[NORMAL]   = “red” bg[PRELIGHT] = “dark red” bg[ACTIVE] = … Continue reading →

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Interesting Graph Theory Terms

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Lex

The following is a few of the more unique graph theory terms which I have misused in the past. A giant component is a connected subgraph that contains a majority of the entire graph’s nodes The order of the graph is … Continue reading →

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Bash Script to Determine Terrorist Threat Level

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Lex

I’ve really been immersing myself into the world of Bash scripting lately. There is an incredible amount of productivity-increasing scripts available online, and I have already written several of my own that make my programming life just a little easier. That … Continue reading →

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PHP IDE: Avoiding Emacs

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Lex

I love Emacs. I consider this a problem, because while it’s an exceptionally powerful and productive environment for a programmer, I feel like it’s a tool that has a good chance of being left in the dust of quickly developing … Continue reading →

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Flatten Directory Structure in Linux

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Lex

Move all the files with extension pdf in the directory tree starting at the current location as root to directory bla. find . -type f -name “*.pdf” -exec mv {} bla \; So for example it would find ./path/to/image/lex.pdf and … Continue reading →

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Prevent Figures from Floating Outside Sections in LaTeX

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Lex

LaTeX floats a figure for you as if it was a rotting raft in the middle of a stormy ocean. Most folks learn to tame this beast of burden, but I find that there are times when I need my … Continue reading →

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To Do List Management

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Lex

There’s a ton of apps / methods out there to keep your to-do list(s) organized. I’m a big fan of free web-based services. Remember the Milk is the one I’ve used for the past 2-3 years. But I just came … Continue reading →

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Where’s Waldo: Finding False Anomalies

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Lex

Observed anomalies in the data lead to discoveries, but you have to be absolutely sure the anomalies are genuine, reproducible, etc. I had a very interesting result this morning (in the form of a plot) that turned out to be … Continue reading →

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