Science for Smart People
Posted by Ed Taekema on May 16, 2011 - (0)
Here is a great talk on the science behind nutritional studies. Learn how to differentiate between good nutritional studies and really really bad ones.
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Jython Development Moves to Mercurial
Posted by Ed Taekema on May 11, 2011 - (0)
After a long subversion conversion effort, Jython is now being developed on Mercurial. It is hosted on http://hg.python.org/jython.
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Require CR for Tasks in Rational Synergy 7.1
Posted by Ed Taekema on May 3, 2011 - (0)
Here are the steps to make a CR require to complete a task in Rational Synergy 7.1:
1. Start up a CLI in the ccm_admin role.
$ ccm start -r ccm_admin -d <databa se>
2. Find the task type object:
$ ccm query -n task -t cvtype
1) base/cvtype/ task/1 ac_rel ccm_root cvtype <void> base <void>
3. Check to see if it already has an attribute called “required_attributes”:
$ ccm attr -s required_attributes @
change_request
$ ccm attr -s require d_attribute @
Attribute ‘required_attribute’ does not exist on object ‘base/cvtype/ task/1′.
4. If this attribute doesn’t already exist, create it, of type text:
$ ccm attr -c required_attributes -type text @
5. Edit the attribute, and add a line with the pseudo-attribute “change_request”.
$ ccm attr -m required_attributes @
6. You can check to see that this attribute has been set correctly:
$ ccm attr -s required_attributes @
change_request
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Gary Taubes – Is Sugar Toxic?
Posted by Ed Taekema on April 19, 2011 - (0)
Gary Taubes in the New York Times, Is Sugar Toxic.
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Sugar the Bitter Truth = Dr. Lustig
Posted by Ed Taekema on April 19, 2011 - (0)
Sugar Bitter Truth about sugar by Robert H. Lustig MD USCF Professor Department of Pediatrics and Endocrinology.
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SOLD – For Sale 1982 Tanzer 7.5 Sailboat $5,000 CDN in Ontario Canada
Posted by Ed Taekema on September 16, 2009 - (6)
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Its time to move on to a bigger boat so I am selling my 1982 Tanzer 7.5. It comes with a full set of sails (Main, Furling Genoa and Jib). The roller furling equipment is Harken. It was the 7.5 Tanzer in the 1982 Toronto Boat show which is where it was originally purchased by her first owners. Latest updates to it are a new marine head and new hoses. She has a well maintained Johnson 9.9 long shaft with electric starter and a new mainsheet. More photos are available here: http://www.fishandcross.com/Tanzer7.5
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Asking $5000.00 or Best Offer. I can’t own two boats for long so I am motivated to sell. Currently in the water at Lagoon City Marina, Brechin ON. Please contact me here on this blog via a comment or at 905 472-5675 or ed<dot>taekema<at>gmail<dot>com to view.
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A little knowledge goes a long way
Posted by Ed Taekema on July 9, 2009 - (0)
To correcting the crazy media angle that always vilifies saturated fat and gives carbs and sugar a free pass. For some reality based critique of ABCs latest anti fat screed, check out Michael R. Eades M.D.
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Quick Guide to Mercurial for svn Users
Posted by Ed Taekema on July 9, 2009 - (0)
Ned Batchelder has put together a quick guide to mercurial basic commands for subversion folks who are part of the move from a centralized version control tool like subversion to mercurial, a distributed version control system. You can read it here. Mercurial (and other dvcs tools like git and bzr) seems to be gathering steam with Python recently announcing that they are moving off of subversion to mercurial.
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Jython 2.5 and a book!
Posted by Ed Taekema on July 2, 2009 - (0)
Jython 2.5, the latest version, is out and available. Get it here: http://www.jython.org/. This brings Jython to compatibility with CPython 2.5 so it can run more python than ever.
Additionally, there is an open source Jython book in the works called The Definitive Guide to Jython. The book is a collaboration of multiple people close to the Jython project (Frank Wierzbicki, Jim Baker, Leo Soto, Vic Ng, and Josh Juneau) and will published via Apress. For now you can see the book as it progresses here but it should make an appearance at www.jythonbook.com soon.
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Southpark RSC Invite Video
Posted by Ed Taekema on June 4, 2009 - (0)
Here is the South Park video invite to the RSC 2009 conference incase anyone is looking for it. The video that was up on the big screen today:
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A good summary of Gary Taubes
Posted by Ed Taekema on May 21, 2009 - (0)
Here is a good summary of Gary Taubes’ Good Calories Bad Calories with an emphasis on thermodynamics and the general silliness that people gain weight because they eat too many calories.
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FatHead Movie – Extra Footage Excerpts
Posted by Ed Taekema on May 13, 2009 - (0)
Tom Naughton is putting up extra footage from his Fat Head Movie that brings in some good interviews around how animal fat was so demonized … inspite of the science. Good stuff … get it here.
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Visceral Fat Leads to Depression? More fuzzy diet thinking …
Posted by Ed Taekema on April 29, 2009 - (0)
Rush University Medical Center researchers have publsihed a study that shows there is a connection between increased belly fat (visceral fat) and a high incidence of depression. Read about it here. For some crazy reason they assme that because there is a relationship between these two conditions, it is the visceral fat that causes the depression … It could also be the other way around, namely that depression leads to conditions that make accumulating belly fat more likely … What is probably closer to the truth is that there is a common underlying cause of both of these conditions. This is the point made in one of my favourite documentary movies Fat Head. A diet that is low in fat and high in carbs leads to an accumulation of body fat AND results in a higher incidence of depression. The depression seems linked to the brain’s need for dietary fat for normal function. Of course more study is required … particularly studies that prove causation rather than just correlation.
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Vitamin E and Male Pattern Baldness
Posted by Ed Taekema on April 29, 2009 - (0)
It seems that there may be a glint of hope for us dome tops … Here is a study linking oral Vitamin E (special kind of Vitamin E I gather) and improved hair growth: Read study here.
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Viewing MOD video files using VLC
Posted by Ed Taekema on April 3, 2009 - (2)
Certain video cameras save their files as .mod files. These are modified mpeg4 files and vlc has built in support for this file type. Install VLC from their website for your platform. Once vlc is installed, you need to delete one file prior to running VLC and viewing the MOD files. First make sure that VLC is not running (it runs after the install by default). Then delete the following file: c:\program files\videolan\vlc\plugins\libmod_plugin.dll and then restart vlc. You are now ready to view MOD files. Run VLC from the Start menu and select the media Menu, then open the MOD file and enjoy.
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Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfed scanner on Ubuntu
Posted by Ed Taekema on April 3, 2009 - (8)
Just a quick post to remind me how to setup the Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfed scanner on Ubuntu. This is actually the scanner used by NeatReceipts, which i have purchased. Their software, though, is less useful to me and i have been looking for a way to use their very travel friendly sheet fed scanner independent of the software. Their scanner is a repackaged Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfed scanner and xsane will support it via the plustek driver. To get it to work, you must also copy the firmware file into this path: /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/cism216.fw. You can get the firmware file here: http://gkall.hobby.nl/gt6816-07b3-0412.html. I verified the plustek worked with both xsane and gscan2pdf.
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Jython 2.5 nears release – Beta 3 is out
Posted by Ed Taekema on March 10, 2009 - (0)
Things seem to be settling in for Jython 2.5. Frank Wierzbicki announced that Beta 3 is out of the oven.
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Good Gary Taubes Interview – Science of Low Carb
Posted by Ed Taekema on March 6, 2009 - (0)
Gary Taubes on Getting Your Money’s Worth.
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Lighter Linux Web Browser for Netbooks
Posted by Ed Taekema on February 21, 2009 - (10)
My penchant for firefox plugins has had a notable effect on its size and performance of late, so I’ve poked around looking for lighter weight browsers. I still use firefox now and then, but I need something for every day browsing, running Google apps, and so on. I initially tried Opera, but it didn’t run much faster than firefox. Instead I have landed on a couple of alternative browsers that really work well on my under powered netbook. So far my browser of choice is Galeon, although I have been playing with Epiphany as well. Both seem to be pretty lightweight, work on most of the websites/tools I frequent and are quite a bit faster than firefox. These two, being Gnome friendly work well with the Ubuntu setup I have on my Asus.
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Why is common wisdom so …. uncommon?
Posted by Ed Taekema on February 19, 2009 - (0)
Please go watch Barry Schartz at Ted … and then ask yourself “What have we changed to make common wisdom so uncommon?”
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Mobile Jython – Jythonroid
Posted by Ed Taekema on January 19, 2009 - (2)
Jythonroid is a build of Jython now available for your Android based phone. Cool! I wonder if we will get android based phone up in the frozen north any time soon…
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Tacoma Travel Notes – Mad Hat Tea Company
Posted by Ed Taekema on January 14, 2009 - (4)
Tea Infuser / Tea Cup
Just found a gem of a tea shop in old Tacoma. Mad Hat Tea Company is a great find for tea aficionados. Managed to stock up on Rooibos tea and pick up this great travel friendly tea infuser / tea cup. Highly recommended!
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Best Replacement Shell for CMD on Windows XP?
Posted by Ed Taekema on December 12, 2008 - (23)
I’m looking for a replacement shell, preferably free, for Windows XP’s cmd.exe. I have considered cygwin, but am really looking for something that is still windows-ish … Google turns up a few options that are for pay … Any recommendations out there? If it could be extended with Python, that would be perfect …
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Launchy Available on Linux
Posted by Ed Taekema on December 10, 2008 - (0)
Super charge your linux environment with Launchy the best program launcher for Windows .. now available for linux. If you are running Ubuntu-eee download and install the deb file. Works like a charm!
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Turn your Asus eee into an XBMC Media Center
Posted by Ed Taekema on December 9, 2008 - (0)
Since I am running Ubuntu-eee on my Asus eee 900, I figured I would try out media players. The eee works nicely as a video player for those long flights from the west coast. VLC works pretty well, but my personal favourite is the Xbox Media Center. It installs fine onto Ubuntu-eee and playback and sounds work great. Here is the link for the instructions I followed to get it working. You’ll need some space to install it (I think it was around 2 gig total …) but definitely worth it.
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