New release of the Python Microscope package. Almost one year of development, mostly done without access to hardware. How many new bugs does the new release brings or: how many bugs did the simulated devices and static code analysers prevent? pypi.org/project/micros…

We have a bioRxiv describing, in excruciating detail, the design choices of the #Python #Microscope package. Where does one sign up for preprint peer review #ScienceTwitter ? biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I have pushed a new release of SIMcheck with Lothar Schermelleh and Micron Bioimaging Facility . Incidentally, I have discovered that #imagej updater handles update sites on the local filesystem just fine carandraug.net/posts/2021/202…

A small number of people know the real background story to QuPath, but most don't. I didn't plan to ever tell it publicly, until a Google Alert today caught my eye. A thread about open science & academia 👇 (1/n)

Another Red Pitaya for another microscope with Python's Microscope and Cockpit.

"columns" is a program to display CSV files in the terminal. I can't believe I'm only learning about it now. meta.libera.cc/2021/03/displa…

I have found an issue with emacs. The key-bindings are not suited for when you're cradling a baby and need to type one-handed.

Our paper on Python-Microscope is now peer reviewed. Maybe read it if you missed it on Biorxiv? We took the Review Commons route and are very happy with the quality of the review (which is also public).

Anyone out there using BitTorrent to share large datasets (10s to 100s of GB)? We're looking into alternatives because our HTTP server is constantly overloaded. While BitTorrent sounds nice I fear that most universities will block it. What are others doing?

Setting up Red Hat Ansible with secrets for multiple people. Guess I can use vault-id for this but changing the encrypted content needs to be done by each person. Would store everyone's GPG keys to re-encrypt things when they change work?

I always "knew" that you couldn't save a JPEG without introducing new compression artefacts. Turns out that was a lie. You can if you edit in DCT space. So I wrote a program to blur regions of a JPEG image keeping the rest of the image intact github.com/carandraug/jpe…

Hard to believe that hidden files / dotfiles in Unix came to be, not by design but by a bug in `ls` tookmund.com/2022/03/rob-pi…

Ricardo is a good friend of mine and is looking for a post-doc to join his new lab in Oxford.

So much better. For those who don't know how to change this: on the desktop site click the little starts icon at the top of the feed and then select "See latest Tweets instead".

An obviously fake paper referenced one of my previous publications with other 258 totally unrelated references. There are a handful of authors that appear in most (all?) of the references. This is International Journal of Inclusive and Sustainable Education vol 1. What to do?

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I'm today years old when I realised that the `s` in json, pickle, etc loads and dumps methods stands for `string`. I no longer need to check documentation to find out which one handles file handles or strings.

Can anyone point me to a biography film where the real life character is still alive but the actor playing that character is deceased?