Handling BibTeX libraries with bibtexformat

I recently found this great Perl script called bibtexformat written by Ben Bulheller that allows you to speed up and simplify the whole process of creating and/or cleaning BibTeX libraries. I find it particularly useful for the following reasons.

-Different journals have different requirements about the format of journal titles. With this script is very easy to switch between full and abbreviated versions. The process is based on the EndNote term lists that already contain the different versions.
-Unneeded BibTeX entries (e.g., abstract, notes, keywords, etc.) can be filtered out in order to make the database more compact and easily scannable.
-Abbreviated page ranges can be corrected, so you get 291-298, instead of 291-8.
-Over 120 symbols and accented characters are replaced with the correct BibTeX commands.
-Moreover, bibtexformat works particularly well in combination with the publication manager Papers.

The installation is pretty straightforward and all the necessary details are specified in the documentation.

BibTexformat

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SPSS/PASW crashing regularly

If you run PASW 18 (formerly known as SPSS) on a Mac OS X with server licensing and after a while it quits unexpectedly, then this could be a solution to your problem.

When you installed the application you had to provide the server name (something like spss.youruniversity.edu). For unknown reasons the application doesn't like it. But, if you use the IP address of the licensing server (something like 123.123.12.123) rather than the DNS name, you avoid the problem.

Fixing the problem:
1. Close PASW.
2. Find the folder where PASW 18 is located (usually, in /Applications).
3. Right-click on PASWStatistics18.0 and select Show Package Contents.
4. Open Contents.
5. Open bin.
6. Open spssprod.inf with TextEdit.
7. Find the line that says: DaemonHost=spss.youruniversity.edu, and replace the spss.youruniversity.edu part with the IP address of your licensing server.
8. Save the changes in spssprod.inf.

You can now use PASW 18 without it crashing because of this reason. There might be other reasons though.
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Eyelink 1000 drift correction

Interestingly, the Eyelink 1000 system by default checks for the drift, but it doesn’t apply any correction to the calibration mapping. Earlier Eyelink systems were actually applying these corrections. To change the default setting of the Eyelink 1000 system copy the following lines in the final.ini file to force the tracker to correct for the drift.

## driftcorrect_cr_disable =
;; Disables drift correction unless in pupil-only mode.
;; Drift correction functions normally but has no effect.
;; Default: OFF
;; Values:
;; OFF or 0 = normal DC even in P-CR mode
;; ON or 1 = DC has no effect, any misfixation ignored
;; AUTO or -1 = Flash and bleep if subject is not fixating target,
;; but no correction for fixation error
driftcorrect_cr_disable = OFF


eyelink1000

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