Category Archives: Toolbox

various software packages that form part of our toolbox

Best Best Practices Ever!

Every once in a while I read something that is so insightful, so clearly written and so well documented that it enters my own personal pantheon of “Best Ever” documents. I recently added a new, simply divine article titled Best Practices …   read more …

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WordPress for Collaborative Editing

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Using WordPress

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Using WordPressWorking with others to create a document can be a trying affair. Authors on different computers have to deal with minor differences between Microsoft Word for PC vs. Mac …   read more …

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Running CentOS 6.0 on an iMac

After a very long wait, CentOS 6.0 is finally out. If you are developing code to be run on a CentOS web server this is very good news. The CentOS 5 packages were horribly out-of-date for those of us using …   read more …

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WordPress as a ‘wrapper’ for User Interfaces

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Using WordPress

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Using WordPressBuilding good web based user interfaces is hard work. It involves good programming, good design skills and an understanding of the target audience. Building good interfaces for scientific data …   read more …

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Subversion Best Practices

If you are human, you will occasionally forget where you put something.  If you are in a hurry, you may not always finish what you start.  If you are creative, you may not always remember … umm … uhhh … …   read more …

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