Better Zotero file management with Zotfile
07 Feb 2016
In this post I'm detailing my Zotero setup. It took me a while to figure out all the bits and pieces and I figure describing my configuration might be helpful to someone else.
A reproducible research environment with Sumatra and Docker
04 Feb 2016
Docker is a promising candidate for a computational research environment that allows for easy replication of computations and results. Sumatra is an automated laboratory notebook for computational research projects. Do Sumatra and Docker work well together?
A LaTeX Beamer two-column frame template with proper vertical spacing
01 Feb 2016
I made a LaTex Beamer template for creating presentations in a two-column format. I use this style to have figures on the right and text on the left. Here's the presentation the template produces:
Introduction to Sumatra - Automated tracking of scientific computations
12 May 2015
I gave a seminar on how I use Sumatra as an "automated lab-notebook" for my computational research. These slides present a tutorial to Sumatra and detail how to get started:
Matplotlib figures with Helvetica labels - helvet vs. tgheros
11 Apr 2015
I recently spent a frustrating amount of time figuring out a good way to have labels and text in the Helvetica font in Matplotlib. Here's what I found:
Python: File operations & Data parsing lecture
01 Nov 2014
In the latest edition of the Introduction to Scientific Programming in Python lecture at my institution, I held a tutorial on "File operations & Data parsing". Below the lecture slides:
Setting up Emacs with Compiz and wmctrl
28 Sep 2014
I recently spent some time to set up GNU Emacs 24.3.1 properly in my Ubuntu 12.04/14.04 environments with the Compiz windows manager. I wanted to
- start Emacs in a specified position and size, and
- set focus (activate) Emacs in the current workspace
Arrowheads for axis in Matplotlib
25 May 2014
This is a short demo showing how to make abstract plots in matplotlib that have arrows pointing in the x and y direction as axis.