The HTML source for my (i.e., this) web site lives in a Git repository on my local workstation. This page describes how I set things up so that I can make changes live by running just "git push web".
The one-line summary:
push
into a
remote
repository that has a detached work tree, and a
post-receive hook
that runs "git checkout -f".
After transcribing the lyrics to Anna Domino's Mysteries of America album, I turned to the older (1987) album, "This Time".
An incomplete account of a refreshing monsoon getaway to Orchha, which included wading across a flooded river, riding bicycles with no bells, and the worst restaurant food ever.
pemtrans reads an OpenSSL RSA private key and the corresponding signed public key certificate, and writes a PKCS #15 keyset that Cryptlib can use.
This brief introduction to acquiring and processing Landsat imagery is based on the notes I took while creating PAN-sharpened, false-colour mosaics of the Landsat-7 image tiles that cover my city. This was my first foray into remote sensing, image processing, and GIS, and I could have used a guide like this one when starting out.
This page is about the most potent charm in my long-standing quest for better time management: a program to help me keep track of exactly where and how my time is spent.
I am often asked to recommend a field guide, usually by beginners, or people who have just started to get interested in serious bird-watching. There aren't many available; and since I've used all of them at one time or another, here are some notes about the ones I like best.
By Krys Kazmierczak, illustrated by Ber van Perlo.
Published in 2000 by Pica Press (UK).
Reprinted in 2006 by Om Book Service (India).
If you have to pick just one book, this is the one I recommend.
My friend Gaurav Rai and I went to Uttaranchal for five days last week with a new tent (mine), a new rucksack (his), and a new camera (mine). This is a slightly delayed report.
Many small CGI programs need little in the way of access control: anyone may read, but only certain users are allowed to write. Here's an unobtrusive way to implement this scheme.
This is a list of bird species I have identified in Palam Vihar, wedged between the borders of Delhi and Haryana. It is no longer actively maintained.