Setting up a simple email active relay
Problem: I use gmail as my primary email client (sue me). I have several email addresses and I use “Check mail from other accounts” and POP3 to fetch externa...
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Upgrading from rpy2 2.0.x to rpy2 3.0.x
Problem: rpy2 v2 interface is arcane. Solution: Update to rpy v3!
Configuring apache2 as a reverse proxy for HTTP/HTTPS
Problem: I have a vm running on ‘the cloud’, which is useful for various things, including having my www.isaacovercast.com domain pointed at it. Now, nobody ...
RADCamp-NYC2019 redux & detailed configuration of google cloud HPC backend
Recently we ran RADCamp-NYC2019 and decided to use google cloud as the backend to provide massive computational resources to the workshop participants. Each ...
Accessing resources blocked by campus IT with SSH reverse tunnels
Problem: Campus IT decides to shut down external SSH access to your lab workstations. Solution: Reverse SSH tunnels!
How to open a jupyter notebook on a compute node of your HPC
Problem: I want to run jupyter notebooks on remote systems. Solution: SSH tunnelling!
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Trance Conference Quotes and Highlights
The CUNY Graduate Center English Student Association sponsored a conference on “Trance”. I gave a talk titled “Patterns of Trance Across the Tree of Life”, t...
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Running the perimeter of all the arrondissement in Paris
Problem: Sometimes running the same old route gets boring, and also it’s nice to have random (and pointless) personal goals.