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andy_maloney

  1. Hello qtiplot, soft.proindependent.com/qtiplot.html, why were you hiding from me? Includes Python scripting! 8:26 PM Apr 5th via web
  2. Best April Fools Day publication ever, arxiv.org/pdf/1203.6902v… 7:53 PM Apr 3rd via web
  3. @Thescienceofant @experrinment Just tried out visual mapping for writing notes on an article I read. Now to make Mendeley store them... 3:39 PM Apr 1st via web
  4. .@skoch3 Just read a book called "How to write a lot" that suggests the same principle of "focused time" on writing. Excellent read. 5:46 PM Mar 31st via web in reply to skoch3
  5. My new favorite program. code.google.com/p/blacktree-no… 7:43 PM Mar 21st via web
  6. I would pay $10 for a Mendeley program that worked on iOS. Make that $20... 10:31 AM Mar 19th via web
  7. @augustmuench Yes. OMERO in a VirtualBox. 12:02 PM Mar 10th via web in reply to augustmuench
  8. @augustmuench Using imagemagick png to tiff killed all metadata. Using pngcrush to add tEXt data ended up overwriting original metadata. 12:01 PM Mar 10th via web in reply to augustmuench
  9. @augustmuench I installed an OME server. It converted my 16bit greyscale images to 8bit RGB and wouldn't allow me to add tags in the schema. 11:54 AM Mar 10th via web in reply to augustmuench
  10. bash scripting to the rescue! tarballing data into smaller chunks for easier [ up | down ]loading. 11:30 AM Mar 10th via web
  11. @augustmuench Yep. That's the problem. There's no standard for microscope images and no easy way to write to the tEXt section in a png. 11:18 AM Mar 10th via web in reply to augustmuench
  12. @augustmuench I have desperately tried finding ways to include metadata in the pngs. No standard exists. Any suggestions? 11:06 AM Mar 10th via web
  13. @augustmuench @researchremix @figshare There's the problem. How to make the files reasonable enough to download and reuse. 10:58 AM Mar 10th via web in reply to augustmuench
  14. @figshare @researchremix Don't care who gets the data. Tired of embargoing it on my HD, it's doing the world no good there. 10:32 AM Mar 10th via web
  15. @datadryad @figshare Help! Have a massive amount of data and I don't know the best way to upload ~300GB with >600k pngs. 10:11 AM Mar 10th via web
  16. @researchremix Thanks. Going to send an SOS to the tweet-o-sphere as I'm curious if other researchers have run into this problem. 10:09 AM Mar 10th via web in reply to researchremix
  17. @researchremix I have about 600k images in a tarball that I want to upload ~300GB. Will each image end up getting a DOI? 10:00 AM Mar 10th via web in reply to researchremix
  18. @researchremix What's the file size limit for Dryad uploads? 9:39 AM Mar 10th via web
  19. @jasonpriem Ha! Well, I'd love to hear more if you decide to compare Macports vs Homebrew. 2:38 PM Mar 8th via web in reply to jasonpriem
  20. @jasonpriem How do you like Homebrew? I use Macports extensively and like it. 2:14 PM Mar 8th via web in reply to jasonpriem