venice is a mask utility program that reads a mask file (DS9 or fits type) and a catalogue of objects to: create a pixelized mask, find objects inside/outside a mask, or generate a random catalogue of objects inside/outside a mask. The program reads the mask file and checks if a point, giving its coordinates, is […]
Backing up TB’s of data on Mac OS X
The problem I recently had to increase my disk storage capacity and I took this opportunity to completely revise my backup strategy. I used to only rely on Apple’s Time Machine using one (big) disk located right next to my computer, but it turns out not to be sufficient for a totally handy and secure […]
Super W Of Theta (SWOT)
SWOT is a code to compute two-point statistics for very large data sets, based on “divide and conquer” algorithms, mainly, but not limited to: data storage in binary trees, approximation at large scale, parellelization (open MPI), bootstrap and jackknife resampling methods “on the fly”. It currently supports projected and 3D galaxy auto and cross correlations […]