This page contains information some information
of general interest and some information that is specific
to the University of Texas at Austin (and is labeled as such).
I put together a relatively simple tool to look up research papers:
type in a paper name and it'll provide links to the main sites that
host research papers in computer science. Try it yourself: Paper Search
I got an external USB/Firewire drive, the idea being to use it as a backup for
my PowerBook and Linux box. It didn't work on the first try: the mac can't
read ext2fs partitions, and the Linux box didn't recognize the disk when I
plugged it in. Read on to see how I got the two to
talk.
DSN 2004's program-at-a-glance in plucker format, for reading on a
palm: download DSN04 at a
glance.pdb. You can also get it in PalmDoc format: program_small.pdb or pure text: program_small.txt.
I have converted login's OSDI 2002 Conference report from pdf to PalmDoc format. You can read this with
standard Palm software such as Mobipocket,
iSilo, or the free Weasel Reader: simply download
the file and hotsync it to your Palm. The document contains reports
from all the presentations, as well as the work-in-progress
sessions. I wouldn't be surprised if other brands of PDAs were also
able to read these files, but I haven't tried.
For an easy way to always have train and bus schedules, check out trainsched. It's perfect
for keeping these timetables in your PDA, and the format it uses is
documented so you can make your own. The software is still beta, last
I tried it really did not like timetables with errors (beware if you
build your own), and can only keep track of 8 different bus/train
lines. It's been getting better with every version, so by the time you
read this the software may be perfect.
Here's a cool tip: it is not widely known that Abiword (available at UT) can convert text or MS Word files into the
PalmDoc format - and back. Abiword works on Linux, Windows
and MacOS X.
Memory Checkers
I have run a comparison of free memory
checkers to determine which would be most useful. Look at how much
good debugging you can get for free.
Better Research Through Mozilla
Let me show you how to be a better
researcher using Mozilla. This page includes several bookmarklets
aimed at researchers and several others of more general interest.
XML
The XML Primer presentation tells you all
about XML in a very condensed form. See how much you can learn in ten minutes!
For those who want to know more, read my XML paper.
If you type XML by hand, you should use the shorthand txml form; here
is a tool to convert shorthand to valid XML
(see the README). See also the bibliography
tools below.
Bibliography Tools
Keeping track of the many books or publications you have read can be
challenging. In the bibliography page you will find
tools that make it easier to manage bibtex bibliographies and
generate html bibliographies (demo).
Presentation tools
If you make your presentations into postscript or pdf files (for
example using prosper) you may want to print it with six pages per
sheet. You can do that with the following little script: 6-up.sh.
Alternate UT home page
An alternate home page for UTCS grad students.
Wireless at UT
Some hints about connecting to the UT Wireless Public Network using Linux.
Java Plugin at UT
For some reason, the default unix installations here at UT do not set
up the Netscape browser to use the Java Plug-in, even though the
plugin is available on the campus network. Luckily, you can configure
your Netscape to work correctly with the Java Plugin: read How to set up the Java
plug-in on the UT machines.
Using AbiWord at UT
Using Abiword on the UT machines
Getting Started At UT
The Getting Started page has
a few pieces of advice about how you can make your UT computer
environment more pleasant. Basically, things that should be there by
default but are not (yet).
[JP Martin]
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