Archive for April, 2010
Identi.ca Weekly Updates for 2010-04-28
- Interview with an ESRI engineer in geoprocessing team: understanding processes matters! http://esriurl.com/dls RT @mattartz #geostatistics #
- Cool water fountain with messages – or a poster? http://bit.ly/cqZrNE (via @welldone) #
- India to Create Museum of Statistics http://bit.ly/cwCrAB (via @alexlundry) #
Identi.ca Weekly Updates for 2010-04-21
- More pictures of #Eyjafjallajokull http://bit.ly/8Y2YSy [BG Big Picture] (via @highlyanne) #
- How to Solve America's #Water #Crisis according to Robert Glennon. http://bit.ly/9sTJUX (via @loticwater) #
- Some of the most spectacular pictures I've seen of a natural event. http://bit.ly/ahd3JZ It's sucks but its sure is pretty. (via @mekentosj) #
- Peter Gleick's book 'Bottled and Sold-The Story Behind Our Obsession with #Bottled #Water' is out http://bit.ly/aqImwC (via @thewatercrisis) #
- From @big_picture, amazing photos of Iceland's recent volcanic activity. http://ow.ly/1zigk (via @NatGeoChannel) #
- Is Recent Earthquake Activity Unusual? http://bit.ly/avWeCs (via @USGSNews) But what's the expected frequency? #
- water fun: temp. free access to Journal of the Institute of #Brewing & #Distilling /via @olllllo http://ff.im/-j0MWb (via @beersage) #
- Water Becomes the New Carbon for World's Largest Companies | Business | GreenBiz.com: http://bit.ly/aCpMyG (via @ConservationM) #
How to Setup a MBOX ( Uni Stuttgart ) Calendar in iCal on OS 10.6
Here is a little description for how to setup an mbox calendar of the University of Stuttgart under iCal on OS 10.6
- in iCal go to Preferences, to the “Accounts” tab, add a new account by clicking on the plus on the bottom left
- fill everything like in the first screenshot;
- in the blurred out section, put your user name
- instead of “iws” put the abbreviation of your institute or department
![Title Alternative Text](http://www.planetwater.org/wp-content/images/mbox1.jpg)
first screenshot
- if an error message occurs, don’t give up, but try again!
- fill the second screen as shown in the second screenshot. Again: in the blurred out section, put your user name
![Title Alternative Text](http://www.planetwater.org/wp-content/images/mbox2.jpg)
second screenshot
That’s it! You should be ready to go!
Enjoy!
iPython Shell to Execute both Python and traditional Shell commands
Wow, I just learned about this today: I am running gstat fairly frequently, for simulation purposes. Here is a nifty little way to run this from a shell that understands both python and traditional shell commands.
open such an shell typing
ipython -profile sh -pylab
Let’s assume you want to simulate 30 fields, then type:
import time for i in range(30): !gstat.exe "{name of gstat setup file}" !move "{gstat output file}" ${ "%03i" % (i,) } time.sleep(12)
Here are some explanations:
- the gstat output is copied into folders that are named 001, 002,… up to 030
- in order to invoke traditional shell commands they need to be preceded by an exclamation mark
- the time.sleep command is placed, because I found that for a new random seed to happen in gstat it needs to pause for a little while. I am not sure if this is correct or if there are better ways to do this. If you are aware of any, please let me know.
- a “$” is necessary in front of a python command if it is inside a shell command, so it is processed before it is passed to the shell.
- important: “cd” is to be treated like a python command! so do NOT use “!cd ..”
Big thanks to Thomas, master of many things and especially of PyMF!
This is so wicked! I also discovered folder actions in OSX yesterday. How awesome are these two discoveries? 🙂
Well, it’s weekend now, and three machines are running full throttle. Cheers!
Identi.ca Weekly Updates for 2010-04-14
- RT @IrrigationInfo: Global Water Supply & Irrigation Systems Market to Exceed $37 Billion by 2015 http://goo.gl/fb/CfnNw (via @loticwater) #
- It's Play-Off time! I drew up a #NHL #StanleyCup #Schedule http://bit.ly/9KXnhX http://twitpic.com/1f1lmj #
- On #data and #models and false believe in true models http://ke-we.net/th #modelling #statistics #
- GIS & Geostatistics: Growing Role in Design http://bit.ly/9E02Ke Geostatistics have an important role in the future… (via @Vector_One) #
- AGU assembled a Twitter list with 257 geo/space/ocean scientists on it? (including some hydro people) http://bit.ly/9oWiAc (via @theAGU) #
NHL Stanley Cup Play-Offs Schedule
It’s Play-Off time!
And the season ended with an awesome goal by Daniel Sedin and with Patrice Bergeron scraping the puck off the goal line!
This sets the expectations to a fairly decent level! So I drew up a schedule (pdf)
NHL Play-Off schedule for 2010
Enjoy!
🙂
update Thursday; April 15, 2010: I hope I can update the scores on a regular basis!
Identi.ca Weekly Updates for 2010-04-07
- Largest Companies Fall Short in #Managing Disclosing #Water #Scarcity #Risks http://ke-we.net/qo #
- CBC: Canada's escalating #water #crisis: http://ke-we.net/qm #
- Does the increasing ease of data mapping & visualization lead more people to mistake correlation for causation? #wherecamp (via @cbdawson) #
- Why hot water freezes faster than cold #Mpemab effect explained, #randomness http://ke-we.net/py #
World Water Day – National Geographic Special Edition on Water
March 22nd was “World Water Day“. This day gave reason for National Geographic to devote a full issue to the topic of Water. Even more, they let you explore this issue online, for free, and with a few extras such as interactive maps and background stories. It really is a nicely done interactive version, taking advantage of browsing, searching, video and audio. The only unfortunate thing is that it is based on flash.
![Title Alternative Text](http://www.planetwater.org/wp-content/images/NatGeoWater.jpg)
Cover page of the April 2010 issue of the US National Geographic
For the same occasion, world water day, boston.com has a water-themed collection of astonishing photographs in their “The Big Picture” category