http://jwlandry.org/blog Reviews, tips, commentary, and other miscellanea Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:11:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PyX version 0.10 is out. 3d plotting is now available. It looks ok, though there is something weird about the axis labeling in the first example. Maybe it has to be rotated more efficiently. If you aren't familiar with PyX, it is a plotting program with a Python ... http://jwlandry.org/blog/?p=4 Matplotlib is a great program with a python interface for making 2D plots, both with python scripts and interactively. It can display plots with a variety of interfaces and also output them as eps, etc. One nice feature is that using matplotlib.texmanager, you can have it use your native LaTeX ... http://jwlandry.org/blog/?p=3 I recently purchased a Maxtor One Touch II external hard drive to use for backups with my Linux and Windows boxes. Since I'm going to use rsync (using cygwin on Windows) for backups, I don't care about the one touch functionality. So I followed the excellent advice from Harish Narayanan ... http://jwlandry.org/blog/?p=2 This is the first post to the blog. This blog will contain musings on a variety of topics, from book reviews to software tips and tricks. I reserve the right to edit comments or update posts, but I will always label them as such. http://jwlandry.org/blog/?p=1