Month: January 2011

Git and Scientific Reproducibility

I firmly believe that scientists and engineers—particularly scientists, by the way—should learn about, and use, version control systems (VCS) for their work. Here is why. I’ve been a user of free VCSs for a while now, beginning with my first exposure to CVS at CERN in 2002, through my discovery of Subversion during my doctoral […]

Thou shalt save energy

I’m not sure anyone else is saying this, so I will: I think **there is a clear and unambiguous scriptural mandate to reduce our current energy consumption**. Now before you dismiss this post, this author and this blog as just another bible-thumping fanatic, remember that in certain countries, certain political parties profess strict adherence to […]

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