In Britain Top Trumps cards have been favourite games of 5 to 11 year olds for at least 30 years (one of my most traumatic childhood memories is dropping my entire collection while crossing a main road and seeing it...
I've been exploring Wolfram alpha the new "computational knowledge engine". If you want to see what it can do have a look at the introductory screencast. It looks really interesting. Taxonomy and information about species is not what it does,...
I've moved out of my office while falling plaster and cracks in the wall (last years earthquake damage!) are repaired. While packing up I made a decision to see if I could get rid of most of the paper...
In my previous post I said that I needed to find out about associating data files with electronic lab book entries. I think I've got it sorted out now. Imagine you are recording an experiment and want to associate the...
In my previous post I said that I had been testing software and decided that the new version of WordPress would be my electronic laboratory notebook (ELN). This post details some of the reasons.WordPress is open software under a GPL...
Last year I posted about my search for an electronic laboratory notebook (eln). Since then I've had experience of several systems, and my ideas have changed quite a bit, so I thought it was time for another post.I listed a...
