Dropbox is actually just a python application, so it is shipping the bytecode of its modules which one could theoretically use in other applications. Also building a more lightweight dropbox-client, that does not come with its own interpreter, might be a goal. Apparently though, dropbox does not want this and makes it slightly harder to get to the bytecode. So here is a project I’ve been working on quite some time ago, which converts the encrypted python modules of dropbox to real python-2. Read More...
In my efforts towards world domination, I discovered that the key technology to master is biology. In a recent seminar I had to dive quite deep into protein design trying to figure how it works and what the fundamental concepts of this bioinformatic technique are.
So here are:
the 5-page paper introducing protein design (1mb) and the accompanying slides which I hope provide some insight into this fantastic technique and its promises. Read More...
With ElementSoup there is already a tool, that allows you to create an etree Document using the more fault-tolerant BeautifulSoup-parser. However, looking for the oposite direction (i.e. creating a BeautifulSoup document using the lxml-parser was not yet possible). In my experience, I discover BeautifulSoup’s API much more intuitive and useful, especially for quick scraping and data manipulation tasks. So the only reason to use lxml in the first place, is that its parser is much quicker and consumes less memory. Read More...
The forums tell you to run the adb-server as root. But you shouldn’t really do this. Instead create a udev-rule like the following one and put it in /etc/udev/rules.d/26-android.rules:
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct} =="0c87", MODE="0660", GROUP="adm" The vendor and product id here are for a HTC Desire, however yours may differ. You can use
sudo lsusb -v| grep -B 13 -i android to get these ids. Also feel free to change mode and group settings of the device to your likings. Read More...
Unser allseits geliebtes studiVZ ist ja schon lange nicht viel mehr als ein großer Friedhof voller Datenleichen. Immer mehr Leute entscheiden sich zurecht, die eigene Datenleiche endlich zu beerdigen und löschen ihren Account. Das hat jedoch leider immer den Wermutstropfen, dass man die ganzen Sachen, die sich da so im Laufe der Zeit angesammelt haben, seien es Nachrichten, Pinnwand-Einträge, Foto-Alben oder die Gruppenliste der Freunde, hinter sich lassen muss. Nun ja, nicht ganz: Es gibt ein studiVZ-Plugin für den generischen POP3-Wrapper freepops mit dem man mit seinem Lieblingsemailprogramm schonmal alle eigenen Nachrichten und die eigene Pinnwand herunterladen kann. Read More...
