R-Notes

Installed kernel module for ntfs (new technology file system, nothing to do with WinNT :-) from RPM.

P.S. don't forget to make shfsmount and shfsumount user executable with chmod u+s /usr/bin/shfs*

Upgraded the kernel and so had to upgrade shfs (because it is a kernel module, not just software). Had problem with insmod, because the installation instructions are wrong (for kernel 2.6?) The correct line is
insmod shfs/Linux-2.6/shfs.ko
NOT
insmod shfs/Linux-2.6/shfs.o

Probably changed too much at once in PDA world. I switched from jpilot to Evolution on the linux box and from the Palm desktop to Yahoo Intellisync on the PC. I've had some problems with duplicating records. There is an excellent fix at the Evolution end at http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2002-November/023398.html

Finally figured out how to adjust the plotting symbol size in R to make bubble plots with the bubble proportional to some weight: the cex option in the plotting parameters. (Already too much time spent on plotting 2004 election returns).

Switched completely to gmail. Transferred more than 7,000 messages and closed out a scattering of partially duplicated email collections. So far so good. Several notes

• michaelaoash+subject AT gmail.com will get delivered to me. Can't currently search for subject with the search tools but according to Jim's Tips, can filter for subject if the filter is set up in advance. Take note when I transfer Krista over. Would be nice if could search entire header, even the gobbledygook.
  
• would like to have a bounce function
• would like to send "from" mash AT econs.umass.edu
• would like to have connection to UMass LDAP for address setting
  

Messy time installing GRASS-5.7 for Cygwin. Reinstalled a lot of Cygwin (teTeX failed for some reason). Probably need to set GRASS_WISH to /usr/local/bin/wish
Had to install cyggdal.dll in /usr/local/bin (not documented on the GRASS website).