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Making a StereoGram

Making a StereoGram

Gotta love StumpleUpon. I came across this article today that walks through step-by-step on how to make a StereoGram yourself with free open source software gimp, blender, and stereograph.  The guide is written assuming you’re running on a Debian-based distro (like Ubuntu), but maybe there are other ways to run them in other platforms, I haven’t checked. Anyway, I’ll post my own stereograms soon.

Tether Your Sprint Mogul with Windows XP

Tether Your Sprint Mogul with Windows XP

I wrote a short article previously about how to tether the Sprint Mogul/HTC PPC-6800 with Ubuntu. I’ve had to switch back to Windows XP Pro with SP3 sometimes, and this weekend, while at a Marriott I found that I was having difficulty tethering.

Theory Behind A Spelling Corrector

Theory Behind A Spelling Corrector

I stumpled upon this fairly interesting article and explanation about how a spelling corrector would be coded in Python.  This takes me back to Stat 110 at UCLA, and I thought it’s good for me to at least document this find for future reference.

Using Apache’s Rewrite Engine to Redirect to HTTPS Site

Using Apache’s Rewrite Engine to Redirect to HTTPS Site

So you’ve installed on your Apache web server PHPMyAdmin, Bugzilla, WordPress, or any other sites that prompt the user for authentication info.  One thing about asking for authentication info on websites is that you have to be very careful about how the username and password are transmitted between the browser and the server.  Without HTTPS, they WILL be transmitted in clear text, open to all prying eyes along the way. After enabling MOD_REWRITE, I added the following to the configuration…

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Built-in GPS Receiver Module Working on Sprint HTC Mogul

Built-in GPS Receiver Module Working on Sprint HTC Mogul

When I got my Sprint Mogul in Oct 2007, there were posts and rumors online about Mogul’s built-in GPS module, but that it has been deliberately disabled.  It was disabled perhaps because Sprint had planned to launch their own paid navigation service which is based on cell tower triangulation.  Other posts have said that the hardware doesn’t have this GPS module at all.

Tethering HTC Mogul and Touch Cruise with Ubuntu (8.10 and 9.04b)

Tethering HTC Mogul and Touch Cruise with Ubuntu (8.10 and 9.04b)

With the ever-expanding 3G or 3.5G coverage, it is now quite convenient to use your 3.xG phone as a modem to get your notebook connected. While the process for tethering WM6 with a Windows machine is pretty strait-forward, it may require a bit more work if you have Ubuntu. Here I will try to summarize how I manage to get my Mogul tethered with Ubuntu Intrepid.

Tips for Developers

Tips for Developers

As a developer, I have found these tools to be helpful.  Some of them are good for any developer, a few are only useful if you do web development.  In any case, this will at least serve as a reference for myself should I need to repeat the setup.