View from the hotel
05:00 PM on Thursday 24 March 2016

Pauline and I are having a short escape at the Doubletree hotel in Johor Bahru. Here is the view from the hotel.

A beautiful bowl of duck noodles
12:20 PM on Tuesday 22 March 2016

I had a bowl of duck noodles for lunch and the uncle laid out the ingredients in such a beautiful manner. It felt ready for a photo shoot.

Kids having fun
04:48 PM on Sunday 20 March 2016

The kids never seem to get tired of bouncing castles. The kids having fun with the crossbows.

Food and beverage fair
02:16 PM on Sunday 20 March 2016

Everyone enjoying the food at the Food and Beverage Fair at the Singapore Expo.

Changing the ID of VCF files
03:11 PM on Tuesday 08 March 2016

I typically like to use the format "chr:pos:ref:alt" as the ID for genotyping data. I feel that this is better than a rsid as it is descriptive enough that I can tell the location and alleles. Furthermore there is no ambiguity when matching or comparing SNPs. To change a VCF file to use this ID, do ...

Esther's 3D gown
09:03 PM on Monday 29 February 2016

Esther did a 3D gown using the 3D pen. It looks rather nice.

Esther's new iPhone cover
09:01 PM on Monday 29 February 2016

Esther did another cover design using our labeller.

Slushie machine
04:05 PM on Saturday 20 February 2016

Pauline rented a slushie machine for the kids for their party.

Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE)
06:39 AM on Thursday 18 February 2016

Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression is a new MIDI standard for multi dimensional controllers. This could be very interesting in the design of new electronic instruments.

Esther's new phone cover
10:20 AM on Saturday 13 February 2016

Esther has a new plan to design a new cover for each of the major calendar events. This is the one for Valentine's Day.

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