Emacs as Python IDE

http://www.enigmacurry.com/2008/05/09/emacs-as-a-powerful-python-ide/

Linux and the Unix philosophy

A very good book. It should be one of the first readings any college student should do, in my opinion.

Here is part of the book made available by Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=ZSagwFkxfWMC&dq=linux+and+the+unix+philosophy&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=0YZJwBXlhY&sig=Q2lS05PW1F7fQLEVBAmdwCs9Jwo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result

OpenOffice 3 on Ubuntu

The broken Ubuntu repository for OO3 has been fixed. Now it is possible to follow the instruction to upgrade from OO 2.4 to OO 3: http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Install-OpenOffice-org-3-0-in-Ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml

Here is an interesting review of different open source office suites: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212201932

Creating R packages

Here are some detailed instructions:

http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~maman/computerstuff/Rhelp/Rpackages.html

NIH proposal in LaTeX

I never would think NIH proposal can be done in LaTeX: http://www.cs.duke.edu/brd/NIH/tips/

Another truly amzing LaTeX resource: http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/latex.html

How to write a LaTeX package: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=writecls

Automatic table making using R

R provides several facilities to automate the table making process. The XTABLE package can produce summary tables and tables for single model results. HMISC and DESIGN have some facilities to get the results into LaTeX (I have not tried them); MEMISC can produce multiple model result table; and this tiny package, APSRTABLE, seems to provide quavalent functionality and more flexible.

Here is another approach and some examples: http://www.r-cookbook.com/node/11

Using g++ with numerical recipes

Some instructions: http://linux4research.blogspot.com/2006/11/use-g-and-numerical-recipes.html

Here is another interesting post: http://mingus.as.arizona.edu/~bjw/software/boycottnr.html

Ubuntu vs. OSX

1. How to install Ubuntu on a Macbook: http://regebro.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/installing-linux-on-a-macbook-without-os-x/
2. Ubuntu vs. OSX: http://regebro.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/os-x-vs-ubuntu-ubuntu-ftw/?referer=sphere_related_content/

Now I realize that these two posts were from the same person: http://regebro.wordpress.com.

Two more papers of mine

• http://repositories.cdlib.org/ccpr/olwp/CCPR-012-08

• http://repositories.cdlib.org/ccpr/olwp/CCPR-013-08