Various nerdy stuff from a data native
Finally: sync FitBit and Google Fit at high time resolution! I have been trying to figure out a way to sync the intra-day (i.e. high time resolution data) from FitBit to Google Fit (and other services/databases). I managed to stumble…
Multiple configurations for different monitor setups in i3wm General Figure 1: Anyone that recognize this image might find this "guide" useful! I use i3 window manager (i3wm, https://i3wm.org/) on my ThinkPad X2xx series Ubuntu Linux work laptop. At work I have…
Figure: Screenshot of GILDAS MAPPIN in action viewing an imported FITS spectral cube.Fore information on IRAM GILDAS, see http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/GILDAS/ NOTE: Updated for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus and above.Nowadays the readme file on the IRAM webpage gives pretty good instructions…
Screen brightness using Fn keys in i3wm I got a new laptop for work, Lenovo Thinkpad X260. Installed Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus and i3wm without much problem. There are several Fn-hotkeys for the F1-F12 keys, most of them do not…
What is MIRIAD? See http://bima.astro.umd.edu/miriad/ for information.Edit : Tested on the Ubuntu 13.04 Raring RingtailEdit2 : Tested on the Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy SalamanderEdit3 : Tested on the Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty TahrI am not 100% sure about the prerequisites, it should work with…
TP-Link WN725N v2 on Raspberry Pi at N speeds (150 Mbps).So I managed to get the wireless nano-dongle to work on one of my Raspberry Pi's. It's a TP-Link WN725N version 2. It has N capabilities, and it wasn't easy…
Current versions of RATRAN (http://www.sron.rug.nl/~vdtak/ratran/) does not put the FITS keyword RESTFREQ and the corresponding value in the output FITS-files by default. Below is a quick fix that I forgot to note down when I figured it out and thus…
I tried to find the atmospheric transmission curve for Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI) site the other day. There is no plot/data file showing the atmospheric transmission for the Plateaude Bure Interferometer site! Then I realized that I might be…
I have written a Python script/module to query the Splatalogue.net spectral line catalog compilation. It does not rely on any SPLAT-VO protocol at all. It queries the database through the normal web interface, which makes it possible to query with…
EDIT: There is a guide for interoperating GILDAS and MIRIAD here : http://www.iram.fr/~gildas/gildas-miriad/ I am now trying to work with data from the Submillimeter Array (SMA), calibrated in IDL with the MIR package, continuum subtracted in MIRIAD, exported to UVFITS and read…