N-Neuron Network Coherence Code

Here's some code I wrote to take spiketimes and find the average coherence between each pair of neurons. Files must be named xvoltage_raster.out, and each line should start with the time of spike for the xth neuron. The directory containing the raster files should be in this format: <neurons>_<gsyn>_<iapp>_<tausyn>_<heterogeneity>. An example would be: /50_0.35_3.0_1.0_0.038/. The method is from White et al., 1998, and the epsilon/heterogeneity function comes from Skinner et al., 2005. This is a rough draft, but if I don't post it now I'll probably forget later. Click through for the code.

Katrina Aftermath

I promised a couple of people I'd post images of some of the sights around the city after I returned. The problem now is that I can't find my digitial camera. I'm sure it wasn't lost to looters, but it may be a while before I locate it. However, you shouldn't worry; there won't be much progress in the next year or two.

Holiday Update

I was able to grab my MP3s when I went down. They're now on my Thinkpad T42 which, by the way, has been the best purchase I've ever made. Because of this, I haven't been able to stream as often or for very long (the laptop goes with me most everywhere). I'm finishing up my final exams here at LSU Shreveport, and I'm heading home on Friday! Sorry for the downtime, and thanks for listening.

Shoutcast Stream

This weekend I'm going into New Orleans to retrieve my car. While I'm there I'll try to get my MP3 hard drive. After I copy the files to my laptop the stream will return. Probably not 24/7 until I'm somewhere permanently.

New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina

I made it out fine on Saturday. I'm currently staying at my Mother's house in Shreveport, watching the news. This server is on generator power, and it will stay up as long as a week before the diesel runs dry. If you're trying to contact me via cell phone, give up. I can be reached at 318-555-1212, or through the contact form on the sidebar. I hope everyone else is doing ok.

Configuring Sendmail to Listen on Multiple Specific IPs

As a novice sendmail user, finding information on this fix wasn't easy. For a long time I was afraid to touch the sendmail.mc. If you aren't familiar with it, and you plan to administer sendmail, I suggest taking a few minutes to go through the m4 README. It's not nearly as confusing as I used to think it was.

Once you've got sendmail up with multiple IP addresses you may be interesting in the `CLIENT_OPTIONS' setting. With it you can change the outbound IP address sendmail uses for sending email.

Sendmail + Procmail + Spamassassin + Cyrus + Sieve

I've always used sendmail and qpopper. It wasn't until recently that I made the switch to imap. Getting server-side filtering was a real pain in the ass, and documentation for several of these packages is sparse to say the least. Hopefully this will point you in the right direction. This will be easiest to use if you've already got sendmail and cyrus working together. Please drop a comment if you see a mistake or have a suggestion as to how to make this howto more admin-friendly.