What I'm Researching...

Jim Barry's Rexx Tutor Part2 Posted: 13 Nov 2008 01:00 PM CST great summaries on the classic rexx functions.

Project Aardvark Posted: 13 Nov 2008 12:53 PM CST Joel on Software's Real World. A must see!

Reading List: Fog Creek Software Management Training Program - Joel on Software Posted: 13 Nov 2008 12:50 PM CST great reading list!

In Python how do I sort a list of dictionaries by values of the dictionary? - Stack Overflow

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 09:29 PM CST

nice efficient sorting of values in a python dictionary.

AT&T Labs Research - Yoix / YWAIT Posted: 07 Nov 2008 07:36 AM CST Interesting way to build a web application. Wonder how complex this would be to use versus traditional web-based systems (LAMP)? This may be easier to deploy if the goal of the software is simulation/visualizations. Something to toy with.

AT&T Labs Research - Yoix / Byzgraf Posted: 07 Nov 2008 07:33 AM CST Another great looking toolset using Yoix that enables plotting functions: line, bar, histograms, etc.

AT&T Labs Research - Yoix / YDAT Posted: 07 Nov 2008 07:32 AM CST Extremely cool visualization toolset from AT&T Labs Research. Handles graphviz files.

What I'm Researching...

Linux Server, Linux Hardware Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:28 PM CDT pre-installed linux provider

system76, Inc. Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:26 PM CDT pre-installed linux computers (laptops, desktops, servers).

The R fCalendar package (pdf) Posted: 26 Oct 2008 11:18 AM CDT date, time, calendar manipulations in R. Sample functions are diffTimeDate, isWeekday, isWeekend, and the very cool timeNdayOnOrAfter, timeNthNdayInMonth, timeLastNdayInMonth.

How To... Mount Your Computer Screen Posted: 26 Oct 2008 10:17 AM CDT details how to wall mount your monitor. very cool.

Javascript style dot notation for dictionary keys unpythonic? - Stack Overflow

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:59 AM CDT

great thread on object-style dot notation. instead of stock['id'], this thread shows how to create stock.id.

vizierfx - Google Code Posted: 22 Oct 2008 12:38 PM CDT really cool flex library to display graphviz graphs. haven't explored the flex toolset before...but may have to check it out.

z/OS Workload Manager - How it works & How to use it (pdf) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:18 AM CDT Great summary on Workload Manager (WLM)...including tips for setup and troubleshooting existing setups.