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mailpie - e-mail full text search [software/mailpie]
Stippler: Turning photos into dots [stippler]
… I have packaged the "stippler" software (which runs on Unix machines with OpenGL). It can create…
popen2(), a C function for bidirectional communication with a child process [01108826729]
mail2page.py for vmobl.com [updated 2005-04-21] [software/01112017832]
This Python script intelligently excerpts e-mail and forwards it to a vmobl.com mobile phone
Æther with a real editor [01116212431]
As much as I like Æther, it does bug me a little that I'm forced to do the
editing of the pages in the substandard "TEXTAREA" of the browser.
Commandline tools for Æther [software/01116250593]
Editing this page in the 'vim' editor
This Python program can create new pages,
edit existing pages, and upload files to
an Aether blog.
Aether commandline tools v2 [software/01116607184]
This new version fixes the problems associated with GETting the preview page.
Swishing revisited [software/01117920360]
The updated version of the swish-based full text search function
for aether
Comments for Æther [software/01117935874]
This module adds comments to Æther blogs and other pages.
a plug for Eagle3D [01117938653]
… into a neat piece of software the other day. Eagle3D renders circuit board designs using the…
Controlling EMC with a joystick [software/01119021973]
This Python program, which uses the emc module from AXIS, lets you use any Linux-supported joystick or d-pad
as a jogging pendant.
New version of aethertool (formerly called commandline tools for Æther) [software/01119035634-new-aethertools-version]
… related. This version of the software requires the external programs pngcrush and jpegtran, and Python 2.3…
Aethertool 0.6 Released [software/01120415783-aethertools-0.6]
A new version of aethertool, 0.6, has been released. Compared to 0.5,
it features mostly cleanups.
Timestamp-based caching for filesystem-based dynamic websites [software/01121349427-cache_cgi]
aether is nice, but it's a bit slow, especially when many local files
must be parsed to produce a single page. cache.cgi is a simple program that,
in cooperation with any filesytem-based dynamic website, can serve from a
cached copy of the page when it is appropriate to do so.
Myth! Myth! [01124028698]
… Linux over that any day. Software suspend works just dandy these days.…
Fuse-python 0.9 rereleased under LGPL [software/01126277815]
After a request for an LGPL version of fuse-python, I have repackaged
the 0.9 release to include an LGPL copyright notice. Except the license
change, this release is not useful. It's untested and almost certainly doesn't
run at all with modern versions of fuse.
So I had a memory leak... [01132262035]
Hershey Vector Fonts [software/01132595691]
The best assertion ever [software/01132614188-best-assertion-ever]
Stippler 1.0 source release [software/01133127497-stippler-source-release]
… clear GPL license. Stippler is software for turning greyscale images into "stippled" images. I have have…
Decyphering an assertion [software/01133403001]
… some future maintainer of my software, the first time he sees my macro. Don't worry. This…
… change the way I write software...…
Netflix to Aether converter [software/01134091849]
Reverse Engineering the Samsung ML-2010 laser printer [software/01134173186]
… plan to disassemble the binary software provided by Samsung. To begin with I am going to…
Aether: getting rid of the extra URL component [software/01137128545]
Aether likes to have its own directory component, which I called "index.cgi" on
all the sites I've set up. Finally, I have changed my webserver configuration
to get rid of this need, while keeping the old site layout working (I think).
ET-ARM Stamp [projects/01141702410]
… clone and the right Linux software. As you'd learn from the documentation included source code, the…
… I haven't used it from software of my own yet. What's missing? So far, I've only…
Off to CNC-Workshop [01147626509]
Post-Fest Post [01148166363]
I had a lot of fun at fest/cnc workshop, met in person a lot of the people I'd met online, and got to see some machinery I'd never run into in my regular life.
Skencil output converter for emc2 [software/01153065922]
I've written a g-code output filter for the Python vector drawing
program Skencil, formerly known as "Sketch".
Tired of missing OpenGL manpages on Ubuntu [01157053957]
Software Uploader for Pluto-P board [01164408418]
… failed to get the Altera software to run under wine. Xilinx does have no-cost software for…
More on the pluto-p (including FPGA pin numbers for the "JTAG" connector [01165081407]
There are a lot of questions about the pluto-p that are left
unanswered by the website and the "getting started" document to which you're
given a link to after you order. I've tried to answer them for myself,
and now I'm sharing those answers with my readers. The most important thing
I report here is the ACEX pin numbers for the JTAG connector.
Pluto_servo progress: It's running cradek's lathe! [01165199941]
… (expanded to 32 bits in software), index pulse supported. The axis with index pulse must have…
Acronym of the day: STEWD [01165420801]
Do not buy: PCI-8255 [01165433819]
… made a mistake in my software, it appears that the board will routinely crash the PC…
Pluto-Servo: EMC2 Servo Controller [01166412010]
… with Chris to switch from software PWM generation and encoder counting to the Pluto for his…
… of pluto_servo_rbf.h are not GPL software and are not redistributable. When it comes to running the…
Pluto_Servo has landed [01166994496]
fuzzbuzz in terrible ways [01172617016]
Reading about interview questions is always a geektrap, calling for writing the program in
the fastest (if it's a question of speed) or most perverse (if it's not) way
possible. I feel I've risen to the challenge on this occasion, with several
stomach-turning programs.
Files currently attached to this page:
fb.Makefile408 bytesfb.bash267 bytesfb.c1.2kBfb.cc535 bytesfb.m4171 bytesfb.py297 bytesfb2.py167 bytesExplanations of each file are below the fold...
Breezy Apt Repository / Deb Mirror [01186407274]
l2h: A new converter from LyX to HTML (updated) [software/01191763220]
… is also viewable online. The software is released under the GNU GPL. Update: l2h is now…
As seen on the internet [01195490306]
Making a YouTube video of X program [01196105360]
Instructions for recording any X program into a video suitable
for upload to youtube
As seen in hell.... [01198272480]
Collate this! [01198877098]
turd: Tape Usage of Real Disk [01206402027]
mailpie 0.1: full-text search of large e-mail archives [software/01209229437]
mailpie: updated to version 0.2 [01209677603]
hiff: hashing diff [01210216375]
This is an idea that floated around in my head long ago, and I took the time
to write it. I doubt it's of practical use to anybody.
Call graph from powerpc elf file with debug symbols [01212754043]
wiifuse + net [01212803011]
I modified wiifuse to work over the wireless network. unfortunately, for me
it crashes very shortly after starting. Update: after fixing two memory leaks
(one in wiifuse-server, one in libogc), it works for minutes at a time.
Update2: New feature in version net3: if you don't specify an identity with
-i, the one on the disc inserted in your wii is used (no need to extract
the tmd/tik/cert first).
First crack at a wii dvd API [01212889187]
Update, 2012: I'm pretty sure that most of this stuff is long since
irrelevant and superseded by stuff in libogc.
Based on the information at http://wiibrew.org/wiki//dev/di
with hints from a few good guys on efnet/#wiidev, I got a basic wii
dvd interface done. It includes
zeldaTp.dat exploit analysis (part 1 of ?) [01213050575]
Since a source release for either of the major hombrew methods does
not seem to be forthcoming from the original creators, I've started reverse
engineering the zelda exploit. My ultimate goal is to create a hombrew method
which anyone is free to build from source code. I will be concentrating on the
'rzde2' version of the Twilight Hack, since that's the disc version I own.
zeldaTp.dat: complete corresponding source code (part 2 of ?) [01213121447]
… gold standard for a Free Software license, requires that you distribute the "complete corresponding machine-readable source…
zeldaTp.patch: Nintendo stepped in (part 3 of 3, I guess) [01213703595]
… an important piece of Free software to being an uninteresting footnote, so I'm not going to…
How to tunnel vmware over ssh [01214491052]
… network, and install the vmware software on the remote machine. To create the tunnel, run a…
The sump.org digital logic analyzer [01216696167]
… consists of GPL hardware and software, but there don't seem to (presently) be any pre-built boards…
… so relieved to have the software working at all. Besides the start-up problems, I've hit one…
Marking anchors in HTML with a javascript bookmark [01218632479]
Cairo-based waveform demo [01218769184]
High speed transfers for sump.org logic analyzer [01219362482]
… the dual-channel 200Msps boards. keyword software embedded electronics…
Two-element capacitative touch sensor [01219970985]
… resistors. With a combination of software running on the microcontroller and in the PC, the sensor…
Xilprg: Zoltan Csizmadia's xilinx jtag programmer [01220321934]
I was thrilled to discover xilprg. Now I can test a new FPGA firmware by just
typing ":make flash" in vim: It successfully programs the xc3s200 fpga and
xcf02s platform flash on the digilentinc.com s3board using their parallel
cable, without requiring proprietary linux kernel modules. Apparently it also
works with the digilentinc USB cable.
at90usb162 gotcha: PC0 vs XTAL2 [01223089539]
Autoreprogram for DFU devices [01223124878]
You got Election in my Blog! [01225758203]
Based on the xkcd page using
Intrade state-by-state prediction market prices, I have written my own program
to fetch intrade data and show some statistics based on it. You can view its
final output here or get the source.
Domino Sweeper [01226670165]
lurg and epic: the 1-2-5 progression extended to real numbers [01227137105]
Media file hosting change [01228142467]
… but found that my blog software is not well-optimized and performed poorly on the shared hosting…
Macromedia "rip guard" marketing dreck [01229392012]
Userspace driver for resistive "pen tablet" of XO-1 laptop [01229800877]
Smart gnumakefiles are smart [01231198019]
Red Alert Box [01233419381]
… socket), and a bit of software. Buying all the parts at once would have been a…
… to go with them. The software on the avr end is very simple (programmed in the…
Canon Digital Rebel XSi (450D) on Linux Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 [01234628660]
cropgui: A Linux GUI for Lossless JPEG Cropping [01235516977]
Cropping a tiny insect
Update: See the newer version of cropgui
Of the pictures from my recent trip I'd like to put online, I've found
that in 75% of the cases where I want to retouch the photo, it's to crop
it and nothing else. Since I shoot in jpeg, it's a lossy process to
load the jpeg in gimp, crop it, and write the result.
But it turns out that debian's jpegtran has a "-crop" flag which
performs lossless cropping of jpeg images as long as the crop is to a
multiple of what the manpage calls the "iMCU boundary", a (usually?) 8x8
block of pixels. This feature was pioneered by Guido of jpegclub.org some years ago.
There's apparently a nice Windows front-end to this program, but I didn't find a Linux one. So I wrote one! It's pretty basic,
but it gets the job done. You can download it below.
Facepalm of the day [01236908015]
I wrote this code for my red alert box and tested it
using a shorter timeout than 60 seconds--it worked fine with a 10-second
timeout. Just today I realized that the 60s timeout wasn't working; even after
several minutes without communication, the globe was still showing green. The
cause of the bug is left to the reader, but a hint is available if you click
"more inside".
void loop()
{
unsigned long now = millis(); // time since boot in milliseconds
if(Serial.available()) {
level = Serial.read() % 4;
last_message = now;
} else if(now - last_message > 60*1000 && level < 3) {
// if no message received after 60*1000 ms, increase alert level
last_message = now; // well, sorta
level ++;
}
if(level != oldlevel) {
set_led_color(level);
oldlevel = level;
}
delay(50);
}
Show recent e-mail in screen title bar or status bar [01237306768]
Beta release: emc 2.3.0beta2 [01238343287]
… models added interpolated position to software encoder counter - allows threading with low ppr spindle encoder…
… hostmot2: use same behavior as software stepgen for controlling velocity and acceleration freqgen: fix loadrt error…
g++ trick for initializer lists [01242138812]
Twilight hack source code [01243342699]
CropGUI 0.1.1: now with gtk [01248401946]
Gtk version of cropgui
Earlier this year, I released a
program for lossless cropping of jpeg images. This week, based on
feedback from Ingrid, I ported the program to gtk (it originally used
tkinter).
RELEASED: emc 2.3.4 [01256740634]
I'm pleased to announce the next bugfix release in the emc 2.3 series,
emc 2.3.4. A number of problems with the last release have been fixed.
The new packages are now available for Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" in the
package repositories. Packages for Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake" should
follow within the next few days. If you have already installed an
earlier 2.3.x version of emc, this will be offered as an update.
RELEASED: emc 2.3.5 [01267622149]
hostmot2-firmware 0.5 [01267622561]
I'm pleased to announce the next release of the hostmot2 firmware packages.
These packages are compatible with emc 2.3.5 and above, and will be the
standard firmware packages for emc 2.4.
hostmot2-firmware 0.6 released [01272896838]
The main improvement since 0.5 is a new experimental xml format for
describing bit files. There are no functional changes in the firmwares since
0.5. Packages for Ubuntu Hardy are on the linuxcnc.org package server. The
files attached to this page may be useful to people using other OS distributions.
Mandelbulber fractals [01306845584]
(M)(L)Floater
After the video a few weeks ago, I've continued
playing with mandelbulber. Here are a number of images I particularly liked.
Towards my GPS LED Light Clock [01308773950]
… the "algorithmic" parts of the software designed. I have the parts (arduino, gps, led, pwm led…
Enabling caching of my blog... [01314571773]
tnef2mime: automatically extract parts from winmail.dat [01316544582]
… berate these prisoners of proprietary software, so I set out to provide her with an easy-to-use…
Focus Stacking Success [01318303039]
csql: perform sql queries on csv data [01318779088]
… on this data without additional software. I'd rather not fire up Open Office or try to…
WWVB CRT mock-up [01330998066]
Cancellation error [01331134959]
I was recently reminded of the importance of choosing numeric algorithms that
don't behave catastrophically for certain inputs. One example is the
calculation of 1-cos(θ) for small θ. In this case, cos(θ) is very close to 1,
leading to a large
cancellation error in the subtraction step.
Concept: Using rolling shutter for digital IS [01331648764]
Google Literal Search for Firefox [01331737454]
A use for log1p [01338296613]
The ANSI C math library includes a few curious functions such as log1p,
which is duly copied (or wrapped) in other languages like Python.
The programmer without a background in numerics may wonder why such a function
is necessary or useful. Here is a real world example in calculating the
likelihood of a random collision in a Birthday Attack.
StippleGen 2—Stippler, turned friendly [01339591793]
… However, it was pretty user-hostile software and doesn't even build with current versions of Linux without…
… to see StippleGen 2, free software (LGPLv2.1+) that performs a similar function but with a nice-looking…
Friendlier unicode entry in rxvt-unicode [01340900642]
The script in action
I recently was hanging out on #rxvt-unicode where a fellow user mentioned
that entering unicodes via the shift+ctrl+
Fitler: munge long headers for display in mutt [01345429804]
Ingrid often interacts with people who don't know how to bcc; in mutt this is
particularly irritating because you have to page past all the recipients. If
you're afflicted by this, consider trying my little program "fitler".
Connectbot patches for Nexus 7 + Bluetooth Keyboard [01349736626]
Android "Birds of Australia" unpacker [01354324334]
For our recent trip to Australia, we purchased the Birds of Australia app;
it was really handy during our travels when we were trying to identify birds
(though there are some things about the UI which could be better).
As a tinkerer, I was interested in finding out how the app stores the
bird data and what modification opportunities may exist.
OpenID Delegation is easy! [01354380749]
New hardware [01355170883]
Screen-scrape ting device usage [01357331859]
Ting offers great inexpensive cellphone service,
so when Ingrid's organization needed to provide a cellphone for an employee, I
naturally suggested she use them. However, Ting doesn't presently have an API
to check usage. So I put together a Python program that can screen-scrape this
information.
Hash saturation calculator [01358170953]
In the quest to "prove" the quality of the numbers output by my Arduino Random Number Generator, I've come across
the concept of hash
saturation while reading about the turbid random number generator which uses
noise plus hash to give high quality random numbers. Implicitly I've
relied on hash saturation all along, but now I have is a mathematical
basis for this reliance.
The growth of Unicode over time [01360162755]
The growth of Unicode over time
This graph shows the number of defined code points in unicode from its first
release in 1991 to the preset; the last data point is the number of code points
in Unicode 6.2 plus all characters from the "pipeline table" of proposed new
characters (retrieved January 2013). However, it is likely that only a subset
of those characters will be in the next unicode standard.
Online Anagrammer with AJAX [01361313774]
At the office, we frequently do a scrambled word puzzle from the
newspaper. Occasionally I overlook the answer for minutes at a time.
In the past I've used various websites or
programs to find solutions to these problems, but now I've written my
own very fast one from scratch. It includes commandline and web
interfaces (including ajax for lightning-fast updates).
You can try it or get the source.
Adventures in localization [01362578353]
When a linuxcnc developer reported testsuite failures, a fellow developer
discovered that our tests don't run right in non-English locales—in particular,
locales like de_DE where the decimal separator is "," instead of ".". But I'm
not here to talk about how to fix the testsuite. Instead, get a load of this
behavior inside a bash that was started with LC_ALL=C:
$ printf "%f\n" 1.23
1.230000
$ LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 printf "%f\n" 1.23
1.230000
$ env LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 printf "%f\n" 1.23
1,230000
I hope my kfreebsd box is still bootable... [01368125019]
Rotary Delta Kinematics [01373992365]
Debugging realtime components in UBC3 [01379554481]
Here's how to run the debugger on realtime code in the "unified-build-candidate3" branch from linuxcnc.org. This assumes you are using a run-in-place tree with a userspace realtime model, and that you understand the basics of gdb.
GNU 30th—Celebrating 30 years [01380550743]
… GNU project and the Free Software movement are two of the most important computer-related things in…
… on many pieces of GNU software (such as gcc). This blog is hosted on a system…
SNTP from Python: getting server's esimate of time quality [01385230755]
mailpie moves to github [01386012620]
My e-mail full text search software mailpie is now hosted at github: https://github.com/jepler/mailpie…
Better pasting for irssi in X [01403613340]
While it's otherwise an excellent irc client, I've been frustrated by pasting
in irssi. There are two main problems:
Proven Delights (and what are proofs anyway) [01438780429]
… the CBMC Bounded Model Checking software, and it gave me the idea to combine the two:…
… with a so-called "proof" from software like CBMC, you only learn that the computer says the…
DragonBoard™ 410c with rt-preempt failure [01441118358]
Talking directly to in-process tcl/tk [01728224101]Didn't find what you wanted?
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