I have tried to use dselect on occasion. I thought it was just me who couldn't figure out how to deal with it. I guess that is a common ailment around users. I see now on an old debian-users mail list, dselect is really not recommended for much of anything. Continue reading "Aptitude vs apt-get vs dselect" »
Wednesday, February 14. 2007
Aptitude vs apt-get vs dselect
Tag Line, by Tom Robbins
Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.
-- Tom Robbins
Hints for Debian apt-get and Expired Public Keys
When running 'apt-get update', I encountered time out issues and this error: Continue reading "Hints for Debian apt-get and Expired Public Keys" »
Trading Sites of the Day -- A ThreeSome: Alea, Interfluidity, Coding the Markets
Today I ended upon Coding The Markets because of the name. Perhaps this would be a kindred soul who would offerup all sorts of pearls of wisdom. Continue reading "Trading Sites of the Day -- A ThreeSome: Alea,..." »
Mit Press Journals: Evolutionary Computation
In my pursuit for recent relevant information regarding Genetic Programming, I see that MIT Press has a Journal called Evolutionary Computation. And contrary to many scientific publishers, the subscription cost is actually atainable: $61 for an electronic subscription to a quarterly journal. They do have the odd free article to download as a teaser. Continue reading "Mit Press Journals: Evolutionary Computation" »
Chris Donnan: Programming - Brooklyn Style
Ahh... finally, a programmer who writes about programming in the financial markets. They guy talks about data sources, optimizers, platforms, languages, networking, and a whole raft of other stuff. I've put him on my read-frequently list.
Books on Financial Time Series Analysis
There is a course being presented on Financial Time Series Analysis by J. Michael Steele. There is a reading list titled An Eclectic Selection of Books Pertaining to Financial Time Series. I reprint it here just in case it goes away: Continue reading "Books on Financial Time Series Analysis" »
Magazine: Automated Trader -- The Portal of Automated and Algorithmic Trading
Well one magazine called Automated Trader. I'll have to follow it to see what it has to offer.
Tuesday, February 13. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- Smart Options Report: Smart Financial 'Options' For The Savvy
I don't actually subscribe to the Smart Options eReport, but I've landed on serveral of the articles of the web site through searches. The articles I've looked at have been informative and meaningful, and without marketing hyperbole. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Smart Options..." »
Monday, February 12. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- Financial Sense: Uncommon News & Views for the Wise Investor
Ok, I just realized the irony of my selection, I have a bias towards trading rather than investing. Be that as it may, I have listed an investor's site for my Trading Site of the Day: Financial Sense. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Financial Sense:..." »
Sunday, February 11. 2007
Genetic Programming and Volatility
SmartQuant QuantDeveloper provides a number of mechanisms for optimizing the parameters of an automated strategy. Some of the mechanisms built-in include brute-force, simulated annealing, and if you know how to use it, some routines for neural network capability. Continue reading "Genetic Programming and Volatility" »
Non Linear Trading
Many, many years ago, when first looking into investing, the books I read were mostly about buying stocks for the long haul based upon a review of the underlying fundamentals. Continue reading "Non Linear Trading" »
Trading Site of the Day -- The Big Picture: A Macro Perspective
The Big Picture looks at the macro perspective on the captital markets, economy, geopolitics, technology, and digitial media. A little bit of everything. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- The Big Picture: A..." »
Friday, February 9. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- Meyers Analytics: Meat and Potatoes of Algorithmic Trading
Meyers Analytics isn't afraid to explain the algorithm behind the product. The man behind the web site is Dennis Meyers. He sells pre-packaged algorithms to those who want an out of the box solution. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Meyers Analytics:..." »
Thursday, February 8. 2007
Perl based Code Colorer
In another article, I was looking at various batch oriented code colorization routines. In looking for Perl Modules for another take, I found that there is a Perl module that will do such a job, inline. It can be found at Colorer Library with another similar CPAN module at Syntax Hightlight Universal. I think that second supports about 200 different languages.