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Tetr on 64bit ubuntu

I recently started using tetr, a user friendly program for setting up DFT calculations among other things. Tetr, has to be built on the users (unix) machine. A makefile is available, however, the...

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Ubuntu/Lubuntu on a Samsung NC10

My old trusty NC10, seemed to be on its last legs. Slowly loading web pages on windows xp, not quite being able to handle multiple programs any more, especially not anything graphical such as GIMP. I...

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SPIW toolbox released.

After years of using free software and singing the praises of the open source community, I have finally contributed by open sourcing a MATLAB toolbox which I co-wrote with other members of the...

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Effectively using MATLAB with Dropbox

I love dropbox. I love being able to have all of my files on every computer I use, both personal and work machines. And overtime I have found some useful fixes and hacks to allow an even more seamless...

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Setting up word count for LaTeX

Occasionally it can be useful to have a word count for a document I am writing. Being a nerd who hates word processors and tends to use a lot of maths in most things I write, I use LaTeX. So how can...

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Making LaTeX easier: Maintaining your own local repository

Before we start I want to make clear by “your own local repository” I am not suggesting installing all packages manually. That would make things harder, not easier! Instead I am suggesting a local...

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How can we trust scientific publishers with our work if they won’t play fair?

I am angry. Very, very angry. Personally I have never liked how scientific journals charge us to read the research that we produce, and that we review for them free of charge. But that is another...

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When it comes to scientific publishers, I just don’t know who to trust anymore.

This article is a direct follow up of my previous post: How can we trust scientific publishers with our work if they won’t play fair? When I posted my last post I knew who the good guys were: PLoS ONE,...

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