Genome size
02:07 PM on Tuesday 29 July 2014
For computation of genome coverage, a bed file containing the sizes of the chromosomes is very useful. This can be done easily on the command line as follows: Coverage of some features in another BED file can then be computed using bedtools as such: This will produce a output showing the coverage ...
Snow city
10:00 AM on Monday 28 July 2014
We finally took the time to go to Snow City which is really close to our house. Esther was really upset during Chinese New Year for not being able to go there but we have finally gone there.
Esther having ice cream
03:16 PM on Saturday 26 July 2014
We had ice cream at Swensen's at IMM. Took a couple of photos of Esther, the ever willing subject :-)
Cardboard dinosaur
12:40 PM on Saturday 19 July 2014
Esther and I saw a cardboard dinosaur which was put together using cable ties. It is rather cool. This was after her art class at Fusionopolis.
A old drawing of Ernest
10:26 AM on Saturday 19 July 2014
This is an old drawing of Ernest done with him using his headphones at the airport.
Kids at the playground
06:56 PM on Sunday 13 July 2014
The kids were at a playground at Bedok and I took the opportunity to shoot some pictures of them using the GX7 and 20mm 1.7. Shooting with a fast prime is always nice. The GX7 and the pancake prime makes for a very small package which is great for traveling.
Esther having food
04:14 PM on Sunday 06 July 2014
Esther wanted me to take a photo of her eating a cheese ball. Here it is :-)
automount refresh
11:36 AM on Saturday 28 June 2014
I mount my NAS on the Mac Pro using NFS and automount. The following is the command to refresh the mounts after changes in the NAS. automount -vc
Paradise Country
07:45 AM on Saturday 21 June 2014
After Movie World, the next day we went to Paradise Country which aims to show case the Australia farm. The kids had a good time doing gold sieving. Ernest and Esther were so excited finding interesting looking stones. They did not find any gold but they had a good time. They also tried opal mining ...
Movie World
07:17 AM on Friday 20 June 2014
After Sea World, the next day we went to Movie World which is actually pretty close to Sea World. Movie World was really nice for Ernest since it had all his favourite super heroes like Green Lantern. Esther could not go for some of the rides due to height restrictions so Ernest did not take them as ...