Laser Etching my XPS 13 Laptop: Orphan Black style
I got really cross with bioinformatics, so stuck my laptop in a laser cutter. The result was pretty satisfying.
“It’s tough, this public engagement thing.”
Deeper
Size Matters
My datasets are so big, they trigger an NFS bug in the kernel
Paths
My back of the envelope worst case calculation indicates 2.8 million decillion decillion possible valid paths so in retrospect, yes it was a bad idea to try and enumerate these to a terminal.
First
"Thank you for submitting your manuscript to Bioinformatics."
— Sam Nicholls (@samstudio8) August 11, 2015
.@samstudio8 submits first jrnl paper then says "Going to spend the week refreshing the dashboard now". If only publishing was so immediate.
— Amanda Clare (@afcaber) August 11, 2015
Surprises
Just when I think I have tricked the computer into finally doing what I want, it reveals that it has come up with a new way to fail obscurely and avoid detection.
Pipelines
![[text: 'pipelines', photograph of a standard bioinformatics pipeline transforming data from one mess to another]](http://blog.ironowl.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pipelines.png)
[text: ‘pipelines’, photograph of a standard bioinformatics pipeline transforming data from one mess to another]
Scratch
![[text: '~/scratch/', photograph of you desperately trying to pack your data for a programmatic excursion only to find that the airline charges by the bit for hold luggage]](http://blog.ironowl.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/scratch.png)
[text: ‘~/scratch/’, photograph of you desperately trying to pack your data for a programmatic excursion only to find that the airline charges by the bit for hold luggage]
My First Research Proposal
![[text: "my first research proposal", photograph of the front cover of my new fantasy fairytale]](http://blog.ironowl.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/myfirstrp.png)
[text: “my first research proposal”, photograph of the front cover of my new fantasy fairytale]