My photos, article by Jeff Marlow: http://www.atmagazine.co.uk/content/view/853/94/
Articles by Adam (keflavich@gmail.com)
PHP and CGI working in the same directory
While it's not possible to get CGI and PHP to work within the same file, you can get .html and .htm files to use cgi/php scripts alternately in the same directory with the following .htaccess file:
RemoveHandler .htmlAddType text/html .htmAddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .html AddHandler server-parsed .htm .html
If anyone can prove the previous statement false, please do! I spent hours googling and hacking to try to get php and cgi to work within the same file. Also, the way the above file is parsed makes no sense to me. It is inverted from how I would have thought it should work.
Port vs Fink
Port failed to install: adam-macbook ~$ sudo port install py25-matplotlib---> Building py25-hashlib with target build---> Staging py25-hashlib into destroot---> Installing py25-hashlib 2.5.2_0---> Activating py25-hashlib 2.5.2_0---> Cleaning py25-hashlib---> Fetching py25-zlib---> Verifying checksum(s) for py25-zlib---> Extracting py25-zlib---> Configuring py25-zlib---> Building py25-zlib with target build---> Staging py25-zlib into destroot---> Installing py25-zlib 2.5.2_0---> Activating py25-zlib 2.5.2_0---> Cleaning py25-zlib---> Fetching py25-setuptools---> Attempting to fetch setuptools-0.6c8.tar.gz from http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/---> Verifying checksum(s) for py25-setuptools---> Extracting py25-setuptools---> Applying patches to py25-setuptools---> Configuring py25-setuptools---> Building py25-setuptools with target build---> Staging py25-setuptools into destroot---> Installing py25-setuptools 0.6c8_2---> Activating py25-setuptools 0.6c8_2---> Cleaning py25-setuptools---> Fetching py25-tz---> Attempting to fetch pytz-2007k.tar.bz2 from http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/source/p/pytz/---> Verifying checksum(s) for py25-tz---> Extracting py25-tz---> Configuring py25-tz---> Building py25-tz with target build---> Staging py25-tz into destroot---> Installing py25-tz 2007k_0---> Activating py25-tz 2007k_0---> Cleaning py25-tz---> Fetching py25-dateutil---> Attempting to fetch python-dateutil-1.4.1.tar.gz from http://labix.org/download/python-dateutil---> Verifying checksum(s) for py25-dateutil---> Extracting py25-dateutil---> Configuring py25-dateutil---> Building py25-dateutil with target build---> Staging py25-dateutil into destroot---> Installing py25-dateutil 1.4.1_0---> Activating py25-dateutil 1.4.1_0---> Cleaning py25-dateutil---> Fetching fftw-3---> Attempting to fetch fftw-3.1.3.tar.gz from http://www.fftw.org/---> Verifying checksum(s) for fftw-3---> Extracting fftw-3---> Configuring fftw-3---> Building fftw-3 with target all---> Staging fftw-3 into destroot---> Installing fftw-3 3.1.3_0---> Activating fftw-3 3.1.3_0---> Cleaning fftw-3---> Fetching py25-nose---> Attempting to fetch nose-0.10.4.tar.gz from http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/---> Verifying checksum(s) for py25-nose---> Extracting py25-nose---> Configuring py25-nose---> Building py25-nose with target build---> Staging py25-nose into destroot---> Installing py25-nose 0.10.4_0---> Activating py25-nose 0.10.4_0---> Cleaning py25-nose---> Fetching py25-numpy---> Attempting to fetch numpy-1.2.0.tar.gz from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/numpy---> Verifying checksum(s) for py25-numpy---> Extracting py25-numpy---> Applying patches to py25-numpy---> Configuring py25-numpy---> Building py25-numpy with target buildError: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-numpy/work/numpy-1.2.0" && /opt/local/bin/python2.5 setup.py build " returned error 1Command output: setup_package() File "setup.py", line 89, in setup_package configuration=configuration ) File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-numpy/work/numpy-1.2.0/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 184, in setup return old_setup(**new_attr) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-numpy/work/numpy-1.2.0/numpy/distutils/command/build.py", line 37, in run old_build.run(self) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/command/build.py", line 112, in run self.run_command(cmd_name) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-numpy/work/numpy-1.2.0/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 130, in run self.build_sources() File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-numpy/work/numpy-1.2.0/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 147, in build_sources self.build_extension_sources(ext) File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-numpy/work/numpy-1.2.0/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 250, in build_extension_sources sources = self.generate_sources(sources, ext) File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-numpy/work/numpy-1.2.0/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 307, in generate_sources source = func(extension, build_dir) File "numpy/core/setup.py", line 87, in generate_config_h raise SystemError,"Failed to test configuration. "\SystemError: Failed to test configuration. See previous error messages for more information.Error: The following dependencies failed to build: py25-numpy py25-tkinter tcl tkError: Status 1 encountered during processing. I don't want to deal with it so I'm just using Fink.
Postscript to PDF conversion
ls *.ps | sed 's/\(.*\).ps/ps2pdf \1.ps \1.pdf/' | bash because it's impossible to view multiple postscripts in a single window.... how annoying. Corollary: ls *.pdf | sed 's/\(.*\).pdf/pdf2jpeg \1.pdf \1.jpg/' | bash
ps2pdf keep resolution, crop to bounding box
`` ps2pdf -dEPSCrop -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true l007_displaycrop.ps `` ref: this post
PSDs, cross-correlation...
scipy is capable of doing fft-base cross-correlation, convolution, etc., but it requires the stsci package, which is not generally easy to install. For that matter, scipy can be a pain some of the time. So agpy now includes a 2D cross-correlation code and a power spectrum / power spectral density code. These are pure-numpy codes that should be easy to use without any other bothersome dependencies. EDIT: I have them check for scipy (which can cause crashes if you have a bad scipy install, e.g. 32 bit executables on a 64 bit system) because scipy uses FFTW and numpy appears not to. Also, this code & related stuff has been discussed on astrobetyter agpy correlate2d psds
pstopng
Following this thread and my need to convert IDL .ps files to .pngs so that I can view them in Mac Preview without having to go through an (often failed) conversion process led to a few discoveries. First, it is challenging to get ImageMagick's convert to make an opaque background for the .ps file without seriously degrading the resolution. This can be accomplished by passing both the -alpha Off and the `` -density 300`` simultaneously. This is slow, though, and recommendations to speed it up using the -limit area 4096 -limit memory 4096 tags actually made it slower! However, the thread pointed out that ghostscript can do the conversion directly: gs -dBATCH -sDEVICE=png16m -r300 -dEPSCrop -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=XXX.png XXX.ps -sDEVICE sets the output to png, -r300 tag sets the density to be 300 pixels/inch, -dEPSCrop is necessary to get the right sized image out (otherwise it defaults to a portrait 8.5x11), and `` -dBATCH `` prevents the gs command line from activating after the command is executed. I'm not sure if -dNOPAUSE is necessary, but apparently if you don't activate it you have to do something after every page is processed. My code to do batch ps-to-png conversion is available at http://code.google.com/p/agpy/source/browse/trunk/agpy/pstopng. Timing demonstrations (units are seconds, R is 'real' or clock time, 'U' is user time, and 'S' is system time): /usr/local/bin/convert -density 300 -alpha Off deline_zero_10hz_timestreams_003.ps deline_zero_10hz_timestreams_003.png TIMING: R: 3.126 U: 2.948 S: 0.084/usr/local/bin/convert -limit area 4096 -limit memory 4096 -density 300 -alpha Off deline_zero_10hz_timestreams_003.ps deline_zero_10hz_timestreams_003.png TIMING: R: 3.800 U: 2.970 S: 0.161gs -dBATCH -sDEVICE=png16m -r300 -dEPSCrop -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=deline_zero_10hz_timestreams_003.png deline_zero_10hz_timestreams_003.psTIMING: R: 0.801 U: 0.781 S: 0.017
pwv
precipitable water vapor, precipitable water vapor, go away, come again some other observer's day little HARPy wants to receive so clear up before I leave stupid bumping-head old man.
pyspeckit: an astronomical spectroscopic toolkit
Jordan and I have been working on our python-based spectroscopic analysis tool for a while now: pyspeckit is a pretty awesome, now functional but incomplete (and incompletely documented) tool.
Python 64 bit!
I got python 64 bit to compile, but it required a number of tricky steps. First, this guy has the instructions I followed: captnswing However, it didn't work entirely as advertised. I ran the configure as advertised: ./configure --enable-framework=/Library/Frameworks \--enable-universalsdk=/ \MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 \--with-universal-archs=all \--with-readline-dir=/usr/local then the make install, but /usr/local/bin/python pointed to the wrong place, so I replaced the symbolic link in my python path with the correct one: sudo rm /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python-64 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python Now python is 64 bit: eta ~$ python -c "import sys; print sys.maxint"9223372036854775807 I haven't checked whether it works yet though... Update: Had to reinstall with gnu readline installed. Also have to install PyQt4 and might have to recompile numpy... numpy won't compile with python 2.6.2: C compiler: gcc -arch i386 -arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch x86_64 -isysroot / -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypescompile options: '-Inumpy/core/include -Ibuild/src.macosx-10.5-universal-2.6/numpy/core/include/numpy -Inumpy/core/src -Inumpy/core/include -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 -c'gcc: build/src.macosx-10.5-universal-2.6/numpy/core/src/_sortmodule.cIn file included from numpy/core/include/numpy/ndarrayobject.h:26, from numpy/core/include/numpy/noprefix.h:7, from numpy/core/src/_sortmodule.c.src:29:numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_endian.h:33:10: error: #error Unknown CPU: can not set endiannesslipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /var/folders/ni/ni+DtdqFGMeSMH13AvkNkU+++TI/-Tmp-//cceaWIvZ.outIn file included from numpy/core/include/numpy/ndarrayobject.h:26, from numpy/core/include/numpy/noprefix.h:7, from numpy/core/src/_sortmodule.c.src:29:numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_endian.h:33:10: error: #error Unknown CPU: can not set endiannesslipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /var/folders/ni/ni+DtdqFGMeSMH13AvkNkU+++TI/-Tmp-//cceaWIvZ.outerror: Command "gcc -arch i386 -arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch x86_64 -isysroot / -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Inumpy/core/include -Ibuild/src.macosx-10.5-universal-2.6/numpy/core/include/numpy -Inumpy/core/src -Inumpy/core/include -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 -c build/src.macosx-10.5-universal-2.6/numpy/core/src/_sortmodule.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.5-universal-2.6/build/src.macosx-10.5-universal-2.6/numpy/core/src/_sortmodule.o" failed with exit status 1 That sucks.