Monthly archives: August, 2012

Meanwhile, at Labrigger Labs

Safety first, people. srsly
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Getting NEURON to run on OS X with Python support

UPDATED!
This question has come up a number of times recently: how does one get NEURON to run with Python support on OS X.

At this time, there’s no simple way to install NEURON with Python support any more because Eilif’s package is outdated and won’t run with current EPD and XCode versions. The…



Micro-Manager

Micro-Manager (µ-Manager) is an open, ImageJ-based suite of code for controlling microscopes and associated instrumentation. Check out the list of supported equipment.



Open access soon to be free?

PeerJ is a new open access journal and their killer feature is that they charge less.

What does this mean for publishing? It means it’s getting cheap fast. PLoS journals charge $1400+ for each article, PeerJ…



Three quick productivity tips

There’s probably a 10:1 ratio between productivity tips and people implementing them. So this’ll be short.

– Stay organized, but keep it simple. E.g., one text file with a few lists. Don’t go in for complex software or systems.
– This book “Getting Things Done” is a quick read with some good tips.
– Use…



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DIY Superresolution

Quickpalm is an open source software package for DIY PALM and STORM implementations. They’re responsive on their discussion forum and have a wiki with a decent amount of technical information.