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{ Monthly Archives } January 2009

split_str: Split a string based on an array of character delimiters in Matlab

I recently needed to do some processing of some data in a text file within matlab where I needed to break up a given string based upon a number of delimiters. I produced the following function which can be used in MATLAB to split a string into a cell array of strings based upon a [...]

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Convert TeX .bib bibliographies into Word 2007 XML bibliographies

I’ve just released a small tool on CodePlex that lets you convert from a TeX bibliography (such as that done in JabRef) into an XML file that can be read with Word 2007. It’s called bib2Word07Xml and you can get it from http://www.codeplex.com/bib2Word07Xml, under the Releases tab. There are some limitations, these are documented on [...]

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Preventing lock screen from appearing after you’ve remoted into a host through Remote Desktop

I’ve been trying to perfect my HTPC setup recently, the latest addition being a Logitech Harmony 555 remote which lets me control all my devices from one remote control. It’s based on activities like ‘Watch Sky’,‘Play XBOX 360’ and ‘HTPC’ and switches the appropriate inputs on my TV, amp, and other devices, and assigns the [...]

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Creating your own custom Grammar, and filtering recognition based on confidence

This follows on from an earlier post, Speech Recognition and the System.Speech namespace, where I was trying to find out roughly what the the topic of a given set of unannotated lectures was. As expected, using the DictationGrammar didn’t help too much, in fact some of the results from the recogniser were pretty funny! So [...]

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Public beta of Windows 7 tomorrow. Grab a copy while you can!

It was so on the cards but it looks like we’ll all be able to get a bit of Windows 7 action tomorrow (9/01), with a public beta for what looks to be the first 2.5 million people! I’ll be checking http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ periodically
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301 Redirects with Plesk

I’ve just recently signed up with a new web host (Weycrest) to take over the hosting of my blog, and they utilise the Plesk control panel for administering the thing. I was with Dreamhost before and I had created several sub-domains of paulkiddie.com that act to redirect to another page but I couldnt for the [...]