Posted at 18:03h
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Misc
by davelunt
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...
Posted at 10:00h
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Science
by davelunt
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,...
Posted at 15:20h
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by davelunt
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...
Posted at 13:33h
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ELN
by davelunt
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...
Posted at 21:45h
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ELN
by davelunt
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...
Posted at 18:41h
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ELN
by davelunt
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...