When standards fail...

Jim shows that some people do not think webservices standards are complex enough in itself: less than 1 minute read

An R-based genetic algorithm

During my PhD I wrote a simple but effective genetic algorithm package for R. Because there was a bug recently found, and there is interest in extending the functionality, I have set up a SourceForge project called genalg. less than 1 minute read

Molecules in Wikipedia without InChIs #3

Third in the series of blogs about molecules in Wikipedia without an InChI (see also #1 and #2 ). There a certainly false positives, but here’s the updated list: less than 1 minute read

Last Call for Open Laboratory 2007

Pedro reminded me of the last call for Open Laboratory 2007, which prints the best blog items of 2007 in book form. The list of chemistry contributions is not so large yet, so go ahead and nominate some of cool chemical blog items of the last year. less than 1 minute read

Scintilla and Postgenomic.com on Linux 2.6.17+

That’s why blogging works! I reported last Friday on using my Wii for reading Scintilla and Postgenomic.com. Alf replied: 1 minute read

Using the Nintendo Wii for serious science...

On my desktop, the Scintilla and Postgenomic.com websites do not work. It is not a browser problem, but has something to do with TCP/IP packages not reaching its destination: the browser. Euan told me they are aware of the problem, but apparently have not found a solution yet. less than 1 minute read

Cytoscape in Amsterdam

Right at this moment I am listening to Andrew Hopkins from Dundee on chemical opportunities in system biology, at the Cytoscape conference in Amsterdam . Anyone who wants to meet up over lunch or coffee break? less than 1 minute read