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 »
The myriad recommendations and requirements of the Python Style Guide can be bewildering and difficult to remember for the uninitiated. Pylint is a Python application that analyses your code and suggests where you could make it more readable and more inline with the Python style guide. Pylint takes much of the hard work out of… Read More »
With Python distributions such as Enthought and Anaconda, its never been easier to create and install python packages. In this post I show you how to build your own python packages and publish them on the PyPI python package index. Step 1. Create PyPI Account Before we can upload our package to the Python Package… Read More »
Finishing your PhD is no guarantee of being able to find a job. Check out these job hunting tips for PhD students to help prepare you for when you do finish. 1. Start Early At the start of your PhD the end can seem all too far away. You may find however that it’s upon… Read More »
Tacit knowledge is the internalised ‘know-how’ that everyone picks up from working in a particular field. Turning this into explicit knowledge usable by everyone is fundamental to the creative process. How can we use an appreciation tacit knowledge to help our science? Japanese Beginnings In the early 1990s observers were beginning to wonder why… Read More »