Article on High-performance Linux clustering

An article by IBM, called High-performance Linux clustering, Part 1: Clustering fundamentals seems like a good introduction to the basics.

They have also completed Part 2: Building a Cluster.

New Python Page

I have been developing some packages in python for use in analyzing and plotting model results. An essay describing the merits of python as an analysis tool, along with some packages and examples can be found at my new Python Page

Illustrator, Fonts, and Mac OS X

Often, I like to edit figures after I have made the basic plots in *LAB. I was inspired to go throgh all this trouble by Edward Tufte's excelent books. For this, I usually use Adobe Illustrator, as that is just simply the best vector editing tool around. However, there are issues. Jens Nöckel's page offers some tips on how to solve common problems in when combining Adobe Illustrator and scientific Fonts on Mac OS X