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Python Shell Commands, /bin/sh: Syntax error

By jama22 | Published: January 29, 2010
This semester, Derek and I have been doing some work on Postgres’ buffer management system for my CSC443 Database Systems Technology course.  Derek, wrote a nice little Python script that parses various Postgres outputs and does a bit of math on it. However, when I tried to run his script on my machine, I got [...]
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Merging Text Files

By jama22 | Published: November 9, 2009
Because I’m taking a lot of “artsy” courses this year, I’m actually spending quite a bit of time to actually take proper notes when I do my readings.  When I used my Mac, this was a relatively simple task; I’d simply fired up DevonThink and just hammer away. Now that I’ve switched over to Windows [...]
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Docx to Doc Batch Converter

By jama22 | Published: July 15, 2009
As some of you may know, I had the opportunity to work in a law firm last week.  It was an interesting week and it gave me a chance to see what it is like to work in Central, HK. During my stay in the law firm, I had to write up a bunch of [...]
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Python + MS Word = A Bag of Hurt

By jama22 | Published: March 21, 2009
My uncle from Hong Kong recently contacted me about some problems that he was having with his research.  My uncle is a professor of Theology in Hong Kong; I’m not exactly sure what he does, or where he teaches, but apparently he needed some help with MSWord doc files. So I told him to e-mail [...]
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