Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

Endnote X2

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Retrieved records are added directly to your endnote library.   Or EndNote X2 automatically saves retrieved references directly to the open library.

- to stop this from happening, install the patches from endnote http://www.endnote.com/support/updates/ENX203Update.zip

Bulletproof fashion clothing

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

For the secret service agent who needs bulletproof white shirts:

http://www.miguelcaballero.com/cms/front_content.php

Interesting technology : Solar powered air conditioner

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

http://www.solarac.com/ultracooled.htm

but is probably referring to a product made by this company:

http://www.coolerado.com/

http://www.buildinggreen.com/

Alternatives to Vector NTI

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Clone Manager :  http://www.scied.com/pr_cmpro.htm

Sequencher :  http://www.genecodes.com/

ApE (A Plasmid Editor) : http://www.biology.utah.edu/jorgensen/wayned/ape/

Setting up a computer for sbgrid (Fedora 7)

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

[unfinished - work in progress] 

 Preparing a fedora 7 linux computer for stereo molecular modelling.

1) install all linux updates

  • yum update

2) Disable selinux

3) Get Livna rpm for fedora 7 - this will allow yum to automatically connect to the livna repositories

4) Install livna nvidia drivers - Assuming the installed hardware has a stereo capable nvidia card

  • yum install kmod-nvidia

5) set up xorg.conf files - can use nvidia-xconfig command for more userfriendly autoconfig.

Livna display configuration - disable all (gdm etc)

If using sbgrid, copy /programs from a donor computer.

6) In the file /etc/csh.cshrc , add this line to the end of the file:

source /programs/labcshrc

This will allow for the sbgrid programs to be called upon from anywhere.

Test with coot

Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon

Bat skeleton, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.  Middle Eocene

Data Visualization

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Some links before I forget:Genomic Visualization [very cool] :  http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/circos/ 

Britain from Above:   http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/ 

Visualizing email :   http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/19/21-ways-to-visualize-and-explore-your-email-inbox/