Odds and Ends

Another Example Visualization of LarvaMap Output

Found another old animation sample that was uploaded to YouTube. Again, Python’s visvis library used to render LarvaMap model output. While visvis is not longer being actively developed, it is still an incredibly powerful and efficient opengl toolkit for Python. Read more

Example 3D Visualization of Lagrangian Particle Behavior

Found an old animation while cleaning up my computer. Python’s visvis library used to render LarvaMap model output. Read more

Bad Hacks to Find Linux Drive Device from UUID

On linux, you can’t count on the devices listed under /dev/sd* or /dev/xvd*, to have the same names or order. With the UUID (which is how /etc/fstab usually specifies how to mount the root system device), the /dev device name can be determined using the blkid command and some hacky bash. # For a system that uses /dev/sda, etc. use 0:8 string sl... Read more