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

Atomless

Find very interesting Audio and Visuals at Atomless.

Structured grid operators

I have finished the first draft of some structured grid operators, using MATLAB. The idea is to create a very simple, minimalist set of functions that can be used to work with structured grids. For example, there are tools to average grid points to reduce the size of a matrix to match anther (like you need to do to get velocity on rho-points). There is a very general tool for extracting isosurfaces. There are a few bonus tools for working with the s-coordinate used in roms.

Take a look.

Unison File Synchronizer

A nifty alternitive to the checkout/checkin sequence required by rsync the Unison File Synchronizer. Be careful not to confuse this with the panic newsreader unison, which comes up first if mac os x is added..

Getting MacPython and TK working together

Basically just go here to get all your Python Stuff

First you need to install Tcl/Tk Aqua, then you can install the "official unofficial" MacPython 2.4.1. This version has all the goodies already installed, notably (for me) Tkinter and readline.