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diff --git a/_expat.page b/_expat.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0583474 --- /dev/null +++ b/_expat.page @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +====================================== +On The Merits of Expartiatization +====================================== + +"Hairshirting" must be avoided: the benefits of all human progress should be +leveraged going forward, and technologies and lessons learned under flawed and +unjust organizations should not be ignored. The point is not to drop off, +abandon, or boycott the polical grid, it is to create a new and improved +subnetwork of the grid. + +Change happens when things are done well. + +The United States, and arguably many other developed western captialist +democracies, is stuck in a rut: political and social progress has slowed to a +halt and momentum has been lost. It is unclear whether there is a significant +backslide taking place or if this is just the perception from a lack of +progress. + +Other Places +--------------- + +Unused infrastructure is good. + +A balance of resources is good: enough to not be desperately dependant, but not so many that outside forces will be attracted. + + diff --git a/books/wanted-books.page b/books/wanted-books.page index 485c7d4..6c16e63 100644 --- a/books/wanted-books.page +++ b/books/wanted-books.page @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Technical * **Euclid's Elements** * **C Programming Language** by Brian W. Kernighan * **Mathematical Physics** by Robert Geroch + * **The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing** by Steven Smith Math ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ Novels * **Return From the Stars** by Stanislaw Lem * **Mortal Engines** by Stanislaw Lem + * **The Moon is a Harsh Mistress** by Heinlen Non-Fiction ----------- @@ -62,6 +64,5 @@ Other ------- * **Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow** by Zak Smith * **The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783** by A.T. Mahan - * **Tempo** by Venkatesh Rao * **A Perfect Vacuum** by Stanislaw Lem (fictional book reviews) * **Imaginary Magnitude** by Stanislaw Lem (fictional book introductions) diff --git a/electronics/fpga-toolchain.page b/electronics/fpga-toolchain.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..37ff174 --- /dev/null +++ b/electronics/fpga-toolchain.page @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +FPGA Toolchain Notes +========================== + +Setup Xilinx 13.3 WebPack on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit +------------------------------------------------- + +Installer archive is ~5gb, extracted will be about 5gb, install will be about +14gb. You'll probably need root. + +Download the appropriate WebPack ISE archive from the Xilinx website; you'll +need to create an `account <http://bugmenot.com>`_. While the download is +running, generate a WebPack license file (Xilinx.lic) and save that to your +home folder. + + $ mkdir /tmp/ise_install + $ cd /tmp/ise_install + $ tar xvf ~/Xilinx_ISE_DS_Lin_13.3_O.76xd.1.0.tar + $ cd Xilinx_ISE_DS_Lin_13.3_O.76xd.1.0/ + $ sudo ./xsetup # install as root! + + # agree to license agreements + # + # select WebPack + # + # defaults for license: "Acquire or Manage..." and "Ensure Linux + # System...". "Install Cable Drivers" failed for me. + # + # extract to /opt/Xilinx/13.3 + # + # in the license manager that pops up, go straight to "manage licenses" and + # import the one you generated + # + # done! + +To start the IDE run `/opt/Xilinx/13.3/ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin64/ise` (set it up as +an alias or with a wrapper script). + diff --git a/microcontrollers.page b/electronics/microcontrollers.page index 6753487..6753487 100644 --- a/microcontrollers.page +++ b/electronics/microcontrollers.page diff --git a/networking/dns.page b/networking/dns.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dcda2fd --- /dev/null +++ b/networking/dns.page @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ + +Recommendation Tools +---------------------- +http://domai.nr/ + +http://impossibility.org/ + +Registrars +------------ + +http://1984.is + +http://name.com + +http://gandi.net diff --git a/ethernet.page b/networking/ethernet.page index d455f21..d455f21 100644 --- a/ethernet.page +++ b/networking/ethernet.page diff --git a/scratch.page b/scratch.page deleted file mode 100644 index e7e9009..0000000 --- a/scratch.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ - -null webmail client -http://www.nulllogic.ca/webmail/ - -The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein - diff --git a/software/misc.page b/software/misc.page index 623b6aa..6fb7918 100644 --- a/software/misc.page +++ b/software/misc.page @@ -17,3 +17,15 @@ http://code.google.com/p/semicomplete/wiki/GrokDiscovery http://txt2re.com/ +Executable Compression +----------------------- + +UPX: Ultimate Packer for Executables http://upx.sourceforge.net/ + +Webmail +------- + +the null webmail client http://www.nulllogic.ca/webmail/ + + + diff --git a/software/vim.page b/software/vim.page index 9fe5176..fb821f0 100644 --- a/software/vim.page +++ b/software/vim.page @@ -65,3 +65,9 @@ Search for trailing whitespace, or just strip it all:: /\s\+$ :%s/\s\+$// + +Links to more... +------------------ + + - `vim anti-patterns <http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/vim-anti-patterns/>`_ + |