Recently I installed Google Chrome for linux. It is a much faster browser then Firefox but it did not come with flash. Also the flash install is not what I would call trivial.
Step One: Download the flash plugin from adobe.
Step Two: Extract the file from tar.gz archive using your archive manager.
Step Three: Go to the directory were you installed Chrome (for me it is: /opt/Chrome/opt/google/chrome)
Step Four: Create a directory called plugins
Step Five: Place the libflashplayer.so in the plugins directory.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Bioinformatics
There is a great blog at http://bioticcomputer.blogspot.com/ on bioinformatics. I think this offers excellent insight for beginners that want a jump start on the subject.
The blog takes you step by step showing you how information in biology can be represented in programming. Even better the author uses the python programming language, which happens to be one of my favorite.
Not only is the blog good for people interested in bioinformatics but for novice programmers in general. It brings an interesting view on how real life data can be represented and manipulated by computers. Almost anything in the real world can be broken down into a language the computer 'understands'. Though the data being produced is often of far greater benefit to human understanding.
I suggest any novice to intermediate python programmers check out that blog.
The blog takes you step by step showing you how information in biology can be represented in programming. Even better the author uses the python programming language, which happens to be one of my favorite.
Not only is the blog good for people interested in bioinformatics but for novice programmers in general. It brings an interesting view on how real life data can be represented and manipulated by computers. Almost anything in the real world can be broken down into a language the computer 'understands'. Though the data being produced is often of far greater benefit to human understanding.
I suggest any novice to intermediate python programmers check out that blog.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
CronStalk
CronStalk is a new Open Source project that Eric Ringeisen, TJ Rodgers, and myself have started as a small side project. CronStalk's purpose is to manage a list of programs to be executed at preset times. Scheduled tasks can be created, modified and removed with a graphical user
interface.
This all came about when I posted a thread on DaniWeb with the idea to start a small project with a maximum of 2 - 3 developers. At the time I wasn't really sure what type of project to work on, I just wanted something small and collaborative. Eric (Gribouillis) was the one who suggested a "a robot which executes other programs". After a few e-mails and many thread posts TJ coined the name "CronStalk". We also decided to host the project on Google Code. Google has come threw for us again giving us a free place to collab on code, write documentation, and host discussions about the details of our project.
CronStalk is still under development at the time of this writing but I will be sure to let everyone know when the first stable release is made.
interface.
This all came about when I posted a thread on DaniWeb with the idea to start a small project with a maximum of 2 - 3 developers. At the time I wasn't really sure what type of project to work on, I just wanted something small and collaborative. Eric (Gribouillis) was the one who suggested a "a robot which executes other programs". After a few e-mails and many thread posts TJ coined the name "CronStalk". We also decided to host the project on Google Code. Google has come threw for us again giving us a free place to collab on code, write documentation, and host discussions about the details of our project.CronStalk is still under development at the time of this writing but I will be sure to let everyone know when the first stable release is made.
Google Chrome for Linux
Yesterday I received word that Google chrome has finally been ported to Linux. Almost one year after the official release on windows. All though the project lagged behind the windows release, it was well worth the wait.
Google chrome has been one of my favorite web browsers since the first release. Minimalistic, fast, and now full of extensions that are sure to make your web experience more enjoyable. Some of my favorite extensions are Gmail, and Wave notifier. They integrate small buttons to the right on the URL bar that show you when you have new e-mails or waves. All my bookmarks and saved passwords were imported from firefox seamlessly and with out any extra work from me.
Google chrome has been one of my favorite web browsers since the first release. Minimalistic, fast, and now full of extensions that are sure to make your web experience more enjoyable. Some of my favorite extensions are Gmail, and Wave notifier. They integrate small buttons to the right on the URL bar that show you when you have new e-mails or waves. All my bookmarks and saved passwords were imported from firefox seamlessly and with out any extra work from me.
I also happen to be using Google DNS. While I noticed an immediate speed increase after switching using Firefox, Google chrome makes he web even quicker. Combined these two technology's give excellent results.
Lately Google has been releasing product after product of amazing quality. This powerhouse is sure to lead the web and computing to the future.
