Category: Open Source

This blog entry describes how to configure mod_ssl on Ubuntu. This is designed as a quick reference for configuration. Make sure the “Common Name” is. . .

My company (Videntity) has been providing support to the Earth Institute (Columbia University). One of the tasks is to build a geospatial web service for. . .

Here is a little cheat sheet for getting Postgress setup on Ubuntu and creating an initial database and dtabase user.  this will work if you. . .

So if anyone is looking for a fun, geek-out project on a Sunday afternoon, this one will do nicely. You do not need to know. . .

I like git, but it can be daunting the first time you try to use it.  So I’ve come up with this little blog post. . .

I’ve been busy refactoring and adding to the python-omhe project.This project’s source can be found here:  http://github.com/aviars/python-omheI’ve added/updated the following:- Added a testing harness (based on. . .

Type this command at the command line.  This is super handy when you need to copy something off a server and do not want to. . .

I first planned to write this article right after my submission, but then when I was told I’d been selected as the winner so I. . .

Sometimes processes can be stopped because a machine is rebooted or for some reason the process has stopped running. This short little Python program will. . .

This python class is designed to timeout a function if something it hangs for too long. It was originally created by Speno’s Pythonic Avocado (I. . .