Open source science software has a lot to offer the scientific community. This is a far from complete list of open source science software that I’ve found useful in the past. Inkscape Inkscape is a vector graphics tool (similar to Adobe Illustrator) that is invaluable for making figures, diagrams and posters. You can also (with… Read More »
In this post I show you how you can make easy notepad journal, using Notepad.exe – the default text editor for Windows. I’ll show you how you can get notepad to automatically append today’s date to the end of a file which makes it easy to keep a track of notes or journal entries. Add… Read More »
Anaconda SPARQL Install With rdflib Package There are a few different Anaconda SPARQL options available for Python, but I’ve had some success installing the package SPARQLWrapper. You can install the SPARQLWrapper package by loading up the Anaconda Command Prompt and running: which should download and install the most recent version of the package. Go to… Read More »
How recent are the references in your thesis or dissertation? Have you only cited papers from the last few years? Or have you gone back to find dozens of pre-war publications? I thought it would be interesting to find out, so I made a python script to plot the publications in your thesis. In my… Read More »
This post shows you how to set up a virtual machine so you can try out Linux without having to do a full install on your physical system. A virtual machine simulates the computer hardware such as the storage, memory and processor and let’s you install an operating system directly to it. So if you’ve… Read More »