pycrc v0.8.1 released(17 May 2013) Version 0.8.1 of pycrc is a bugfix release. It improves the compatible with Python3 compatibility and adds a function to the python library: the input to the CRC routines can now be bytes or strings. Removed the obsolete and unused direct parameter and fixed a bug in the generated main() function. Thanks to Matthias Urlichs. Fixed a bug in the handling of hexstrings in Python3. Thanks to Matthias Kuehlewein. Read more...
Command Line Network Sniffing with Tshark(07 April 2013) The page Network Traffic Sniffing with Tshark describes how to sniff a network interface with the command line took Tshark. This is very useful if you want to use the output of the sniffer in scripts. Read more...
sed-tutorium v1.9 and v1.10, epub output(21 March 2013) Version v1.9 of the German introduction to sed (released on the 3rd March) changed the DocBook style to version 5. The source file is now finally encoded in UTF-8. Welcome to the 21st Century! The text itself was only marginally changed. Version v1.10 (released in the 21st March) adds a new section describing the 'l' command. The DocBook source code is now published on GitHub. From now on I'm also generating epub output file. Read more...
pycrc v0.8 released(04 January 2013) Version 0.8 of pycrc is a feature release. Among smaller enhancements such as an improved documentation a new Code generation mode was implemented. The experimental Option bitwise-expression implements the look-up table of the table-driven mode as a boolean expression. Read more...
Added link to my new project qm.py(26 November 2012) I have published the small project of a Quine McCluskey implementation in Python. Read more...
pycrc v0.7.11 released(20 October 2012) Version 0.7.11 of pycrc is a minor bugfix release. Improved Python 3 compatibility. pycrc now requires Python 2.6 or later. Fixed a wrong "check" value of the crc-64-jones model. Use sprintf() for C89 code instead of snprintf(). Rewrote the regression test script in Python. Read more...
Notes from a coursera Finance Course(25 July 2012) Some notes about the coursera course Introduction to Finance. Read more...
Generate and remember unique passwords for each web site(14 July 2012) News about stolen user names and passwords on big websites abund these days in the media. It is therefore wise to use a different password on every website you log in. This blog entry describes a method how to generate and remember a unique password for each website or domain. Read more...