Der Bioinformatiker

So now the work-related news:

I currently work at the R&D Department of my Alma Mater, the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria. The project I’m workting on is not bioinformatics-related but very interesting. I got to work a lot with Python and wxPython as well as some insight into hardware development. Some possibly interesting ideas for bioinformatics may come out of this later; I have to find someone who would need it and finance it, however.

The project is planned to be finished by October, we will see what I will work on from then.

I also started working in the education part of the university. Last year, I was project coach, and this year I changed to being tutor for the Linux-For-Beginners course for bioinformatics and one half of the software engineers. Unfortunately, I may only work for 4 hours per week on education besides the research, so the other half of SE has to be taken over by someone else.

I find it very interesting to work with students. I hope there will be more opportunities in the future for that!

I’ve just seen that the current defcon status at the SANS – Internet Storm Center is at yellow. So, if you’re a sysadmin, you should perhaps check it out and read about the security issues and fixes. I also found a small widget for Konfabulator (which is now freeware, by the way – so grab it if you like it) – the ISC widget can be downloaded here.

I also got Linux working on my X30. Well, it works 90%, I still got to fix that stupid DSDT, but I found someone who is willing to take a look at it and help me. I had some display resolution issues, but they are now fixed. I even can listen to Last.fm in Linux

Work is dull. I hate VBA for Excel. I think it is a very strange programming “language” full of inconsitensies. But I bought a book, so now I can at least look it up in dead tree form if I don’t find it in the unhelpful online help.

Later today, I am invited to a housewarming party by the sister of my fiancée. I think I will take my cam with me and take some nice pixx to fill the gallery.

Ja- und sogar auf deutsch. Irgendwie ist mir grad nicht nach englisch. Jedenfalls habe ich mein erstes Projekt abgeschlossen (ein paar Sachen sind noch offen, z.B. ob das jetzt öffentlich verfügbar wird oder nicht…) und arbeite gerade an einem neuen kleinen Projekt. Es geht dabei um Excel-VBA, ich soll ein paar Vorlagen erarbeiten, um statistische Auswertung und auch die Datenerfassung so einfach wie möglich zu machen.

Ich habe auch das “lazy-gallery” Plugin installiert. Der Link befindet sich im sidebar rechts. Zu sehen gibt es derzeit nur die Fotos vom Tauchurlaub (dafür aber in besserer Qualität). Ich werde aber laufend neue Bilder raufladen, z.B. hab ich Fotos von unserer “Hütte” in Tragwein gemacht, vielleicht verstehn die Leute dann, warums mich da öfter hinzieht.

Looks like my notebook will be working real nice on linux! I found some good guides, the only problem seems to be the ACPI Table, which looks a bit buggy.
Archlinux on Samsung X30
HARDWARE Samsung X30 WVC 1500 – Gentoo Linux Wiki

I just ordered some Linux-CDs at Ubuntu CD Distribution Database. They even send them free of charge! Time to try Linux again on my laptop, maybe Ubuntu will do the trick and get all the needed things to work! I’ll keep you updated.