Archive for August, 2008

Perl and Python

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Today I converted a simple Perl script of mine to Python.  It was pretty easy to do and a good introduction to Python.  The script is meant to run on Linux.  It prompts the user for a command and then runs the command on a list of remote servers and ...

Google Street View in Japan

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Now that Tokyo and other large Japanese cities have street view (ストリートビュー) , I occasionally browse around looking for some interesting scenes.  For example, here is a shot of Tokyo Tower: 35.659418, 139.744843 And here is a shot looking up at a Yodobashi Camera shop in Akihabara (if you pan the ...