FANN python binding on ubuntu x86_64

Posted on October 21, 2009 by jay

Ok, Long time no see.. Was busy with too much work. Got a little bit of free time in the last couple of weeks and was mucking around with some Artifical Neural Network packages out there and ran into an issue with FANN 2.1.0 Beta.

I was able to compile and install the core libfann without any issues, however when I tried compiling the python binding pyfann I ran into some issues, first ubuntu did not have any of the python dev packages installed by default so installed them with

sudo apt-get install python-dev

and then installed the swig package
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Using a very short URL in MediaWiki hosted on Dreamhost

Posted on February 1, 2007 by jay

I was setting up a small wiki site to track my music collection and track details and was trying to set up short urls like “http://wiki.myhost.org/Main_Page” instead of “http://wiki.myhost.org/index.php?title=Main_Page”

From all the reading up I did on various forums and wiki’s I was preparing for a long night ahead of me to get this working. However it turned out be a anti-climax with the URL’s working after only a couple of trials. Here’s how I did it.

Installed mediawiki using the oneClick install on wiki.myhost.org and then changed

this ->
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Flash Element TD | Novel Concepts – HOWTO

Posted on January 14, 2007 by jay

Over past few months I was constantly either busy or had hectic schedules with almost no time to spare, thanks to my Work, MBA Exams, Field Project and a few development attempts.

However this Friday I fell sick with a bout of fever and cold over the weekend and suddenly had loads of time kill and found myself without the tools to do so. I was stuck at my room with a reliable but low speed internet. I started with the best way to waste time as any – Slashdot, Digg and by afternoon managed to run out of options, but just then I stumbled upon this game “Flash Element TD” by David Scott.
Boy its one wicked and addictive game and now on Sunday evening I have not only managed to blow my weekend way but also scored some decent scores for myself.

And a small howto on how to get yourself addicted to this game and score point fast.
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TorrentStats WordPress Plugin!

Posted on November 11, 2006 by jay

TorrentStats is an plugin for WordPress blogs. The plugin will help people track statistics for BitTorrent files currently hosted on an external tracker from with in a WordPress blog as an attachment to a post.

The stats appear at the end of each blog post to which an .torrent file is attached to. You can choose how much information/stats to show by selecting or unselecting the options available in the configuration page.

The plugin is currently alpha and but is usable, as you can see in this blog. It is work-in-progress and is subject to extreme changes. However if you can download use and give me some feedback is would be most grateful.

You can download it from here.

Sorry I removed the download as it wont work with the current version of WP
Thanks!

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PMetrics WordPress Plugin! – By Dave Reid

Posted on November 11, 2006 by jay

PMetrics WordPress Plugin by Dave Reid.

Looks like Dave’s site is down for upgrade, and folks are looking to download this plugin and are not able to find it, if you are one of them, here is the file.

However, Im neither the author or maintainer of this great plugin, Dave is. so if you have a query post it here.

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