Geek in progress » software http://www.itkovian.net/base I am not yet done. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:56:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Flickr favourites http://www.itkovian.net/base/flickr-favourites/ http://www.itkovian.net/base/flickr-favourites/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:41:58 +0000 Itkovian http://www.itkovian.net/base/?p=162 script I wrote to do just that.]]> As with any social networking site, people can walk out, drop content, or get banned. So if you have faved a nice selection of flickr pictures you might wish to be able to look at them, even if the owner takes them offline. A tool to check the list of your favourites, and download them if possible, in the size you prefer (e.g., medium) may come in handy. Thus I present a simple python script I wrote to do just that. You also need Brian Hall’s flickrapi.py, of which you can also get a snapshot with which the favourites script works.

You need a configuration file as explained in the favourites script file, with two sections: general and flickrapi. The former contains the name of the browser that will be used to setup your flickr account to allow access to it using the API key you want to use with this application. The latter contains the API key and the API secret, both of which you can obtain from flickr.

]]> http://www.itkovian.net/base/flickr-favourites/feed/ 4 Thou shalt not reboot later! http://www.itkovian.net/base/thou-shalt-not-reboot-later/ http://www.itkovian.net/base/thou-shalt-not-reboot-later/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:12:03 +0000 Itkovian http://www.itkovian.net/base/?p=142 Reboot or die! No avail in trying to get rid of it. Other than rebooting, that is.]]> It seems like Windows is having a good laugh at us. When setting up a webcast, suddenly the following pop-up appeared.


Reboot or die!

No avail in trying to get rid of it. Other than rebooting, that is.

]]> http://www.itkovian.net/base/thou-shalt-not-reboot-later/feed/ 1 HPM interrupt handling http://www.itkovian.net/base/hpm-interrupt-handling/ http://www.itkovian.net/base/hpm-interrupt-handling/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:16:39 +0000 Itkovian http://www.itkovian.net/base/?p=141 perfctr calls the interrupt handler and sets the offending process' signal.
Perfctr HPM interrupt handling
]]> Getting exact process information is tough, especially when the tool one uses is not behaving as one expects. To ease the matter somewhat, I drew a graph that show exactly how perfctr calls the interrupt handler and sets the offending process’ signal.


Perfctr HPM interrupt handling

The idea is to assemble correct information on the event counts per fixed intruction count interval of e.g., 100M instructions. However, due to the non-deterministic nature of a multitasking kernel, sometimes we see IPC values that are … unexpected. Hopefully this graph sets us on the right track once more. In normal circumstances, having a few counts off track, is not too bad, but for the work we’re currently doing, we require correct counts.

]]> http://www.itkovian.net/base/hpm-interrupt-handling/feed/ 1 Vista Speech Recognition http://www.itkovian.net/base/vista-speech-recognition/ http://www.itkovian.net/base/vista-speech-recognition/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:33:01 +0000 Itkovian http://www.itkovian.net/base/?p=139 ]]> I guess we will not be programming in Vista using speech control anytime soon :-)



Of course, nobody in his right mind would even try it, but I think this makes for a hilarious video nonetheless. I cannot say if the speech recognition works for the stuff it’s actually meant for, as I have no (and never will) a Microsoft Vista Operating (ahem) System.

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