Internal ZFS performance
06:24 AM on Friday 05 May 2017
Ran a bonnie++ on the internal ZFS disk and boy was it fast.
Illumina top strand genotyping data
07:27 AM on Wednesday 26 April 2017
Due to the way that Illumina encodes their genotypes ( https://www.illumina.com/documents/products/technotes/technote_topbot.pdf ), the following are the possible allele pairs for a top strand file: A/G A/C A/T C/G So one can check for a top strand file by checking the genotype frequencies. If onl ...
My tree
04:41 PM on Saturday 01 April 2017
A watercolor painting of a tree I did while waiting for Esther.
The Live Tortoise and Turtle Museum
10:10 AM on Sunday 26 March 2017
We went to the Live Tortoise and Turtle Museum in Chinese Garden. The kids had a great time looking at the variety of turtles and tortoises.
Huge monitor lizard
08:55 AM on Sunday 26 March 2017
We saw a huge monitor lizard basking in the morning sun at Chinese Garden.
Painted paper weights
08:40 PM on Friday 24 March 2017
Esther painted these paper weights. The theme was Singapore. I like the durian one.
Lemon meringue
02:18 PM on Saturday 18 March 2017
Esther getting ready to tuck into her lemon meringue. It was so good.
Donut's first swim
03:45 PM on Tuesday 14 March 2017
We brought Donut to Sunny Heights for a swim with the kids. And here is a video of her swimming. https://youtu.be/aHQalFCP9o8
Esther's birthday party
03:06 PM on Sunday 12 March 2017
Esther had a couple of friends over for a small party. They had great fun with Donut. Pauline got them some art pieces which they did. Pauline got one of her friends to bake Esther a great looking cake. Here is a short video. https://youtu.be/E-PNmfpjivQ