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Category Archives: computer stuff
MacBook Pro connection confusion
Migrating from my old MacBook Air to my new 2016 Macbook Pro has involved some confusion about adapters and accessories. Overall, I like my new Macbook, but there have been a number of annoying things. The biggest is still Apple’s decision to kill the MagSafe power connector. More minor annoyances: Out of the box, the brick used […]
RIP MagSafe power
I just got a new Slate Gray 13″ MacBook Pro with the touch bar. Overall I’m sure I’m going to like it just fine, but I have to say this: Dear Tim Cook, The MagSafe power connector was probably one of the best things you ever did for laptops… and it’s really annoying that you’ve killed […]
Blocking popups by editing /etc/hosts
I think this should work. Add lines like this to /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 instantcheckmate.com 127.0.0.1 http://www.youropinionsrewarded.com then flush the settings with sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
Ethernet weirdness
Yes, the connected light is green and showing “connected” for my display ethernet even though the display is unplugged. And even when it’s plugged in my computer only connects to the net via the backup wifi while in my office. The jack on the wall and the cable are OK, because they work with an older […]
iOS 8 iBooks annoyances
I generally like the UI of iBooks better than the Kindle app, and I like being able to buy books inside the app. But there are some things about iBooks in iOS that really annoy me… some of these are new or worse in the version in iOS 8, where iBooks comes preinstalled. Updates: a […]
JSmol2wp plugin released at wordpress.org
A while ago I wrote a WordPress shortcode plugin to embed Bob Hanson’s JSmol molecular structure viewer into WordPress posts and pages. Last weekend I finally got it into the wordpress.org plugin repository. The basic usage for proteins is via a shortcode like this: [[jsmol pdb=’1LMB’]] The plugin fetches the appropriate record from the PDB […]
WP PubMed Reflist
I committed a couple of updates to my WordPress plugin for getting reference lists from PubMed. The new version allows customization of the display. I preloaded some templates that approximate a few popular formats NIH format [pmid-refs key=’jimhu’ style=NIH limit=5] ASM format [pmid-refs key=’jimhu’ style=ASM limit=5] PNAS format [pmid-refs key=’jimhu’ style=PNAS limit=5] Notes The formatting […]
Learning Artemis
For editing genome annotations, many of my colleagues use Artemis while others use Apollo. For my own use, I’ve usually just made scripts that generate GFF and visualized that in Gbrowse, Jbrowse, or IGV. For the genomics class I co-teach, we’ve had students edit GFF in a text editor (emacs!) and display it in IGV. […]
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