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> This professor was collecting DNA from the archaeological site, sending it to a lab to be analyzed, and then was receiving the genetic sequences back listed as characters in a digital file (called a FASTQ file). In order to find out what organisms these sequences belonged to they needed to be input into a database to retrieve accession codes.
I did some bioinformatics work back in uni parallelizing the inside-outside algorithm using C and OpenMP for long runs on Solaris machines related to adjusting the weights on a DNA sequence model. Quite fun work.
Small bit of feedback: the font size you're using for the article is absolutely leviathan at 24px on a full desktop browser. The standard recommendation is usually 16-18px.
Nice article. > This professor was collecting DNA from the archaeological site, sending it to a lab to be analyzed, and then was receiving the genetic sequences back listed as characters in a digital file (called a FASTQ file). In order to find out what organisms these sequences belonged to they needed to be input into a database to retrieve accession codes. I did some bioinformatics work back in uni parallelizing th…
Are you doing similar work now? I haven't returned to anything bioinformatics related, though I do miss it.
Nice article. > This professor was collecting DNA from the archaeological site, sending it to a lab to be analyzed, and then was receiving the genetic sequences back listed as characters in a digital file (called a FASTQ file). In order to find out what organisms these sequences belonged to they needed to be input into a database to retrieve accession codes. I did some bioinformatics work back in uni parallelizing th…
Thank you for the feedback. Would you say the gigantic font is distracting? I have yet to add a proper mobile style, so it's even larger if you're reading on a phone, lol. Are you doing similar work now? I haven't returned to anything bioinformatics related, though I do miss it.
The funny thing is that I have Firefox set to default to 80% of the regular font size and my first thought was, "This article is using a large font size" - and then when I cranked it back up to what a normal person would see, it got kind of out of hand.
I personally use 18px for both desktop/mobile on my blog to keep things consistent and find that it strikes a pretty good balance.
I do like the font choice though - Montserrat is a solid choice for the web.
> Are you doing similar work now?
Unfortunately it's been ages since I worked in the bioinformatics space - I'd love to go back to it in an academic capacity at some point though!
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Thank you for the feedback. Would you say the gigantic font is distracting? I have yet to add a proper mobile style, so it's even larger if you're reading on a phone, lol. Are you doing similar work now? I haven't returned to anything bioinformatics related, though I do miss it.
> Would you say the gigantic font is distracting? The funny thing is that I have Firefox set to default to 80% of the regular font size and my first thought was, "This article is using a large font size" - and then when I cranked it back up to what a normal person would see, it got kind of out of hand. I personally use 18px for both desktop/mobile on my blog to keep things consistent and find that it strikes a pretty…
I took a look at your blog and spent some time playing the Aladdin game, I liked that it got comically fast. One thing I really loved on your site is the changing profile picture every time you scroll away, that's a fun touch.
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> Would you say the gigantic font is distracting? The funny thing is that I have Firefox set to default to 80% of the regular font size and my first thought was, "This article is using a large font size" - and then when I cranked it back up to what a normal person would see, it got kind of out of hand. I personally use 18px for both desktop/mobile on my blog to keep things consistent and find that it strikes a pretty…
Same, there's something magical about using computers to look at genes. And thanks for your honest review. I took a look at your blog and spent some time playing the Aladdin game, I liked that it got comically fast. One thing I really loved on your site is the changing profile picture every time you scroll away, that's a fun touch.
> The name was never changed because the "Actually Two Different Old Vero Women Ice Age site" was just too much.
I forgot to mention - font size aside I really enjoyed the article. This line cracked me up. Gave me flashes of "Three boys in a trenchcoat" paleolithic exhibit / little rascals vibes.