Python – Excel – How to merge cells with xlwtOctober 13th, 2011 / Author: Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher)The sheet object has this method:
Style and label are optional. There is an example of its use here: https://secure.simplistix.co.uk/svn/xlwt/trunk/xlwt/examples/merged0.py Mini Searches with AnswersOctober 13th, 2011 / Author: Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher)These are links associated with recent searches I’ve done. They’re not difficult enough to warrant to their own posts but still super useful. Statistical Computing with R: A tutorial
This is a refreshingly straight-forward R tutorial. The first I’ve seen.
Requests: HTTP for Humans — Requests 0.6.2 (dev) documentation
Most existing Python modules for sending HTTP requests are extremely verbose and cumbersome. Python’s builtin urllib2 module provides most of the HTTP capabilities you should need, but the api is thoroughly broken. It requires an enormous amount of work (even method overrides) to perform the simplest of tasks. Things shouldn’t be this way. Not in Python.
Basics: Master Control Genes and Pax-6 : Pharyngula
A very interesting discussion of master control genes. Did you know you can take a single squid gene, put it into a fly cell, and have it create a fly eye?
R Tutorials
These are supposed to be good R tutorials Tags: Computervision, Django, Gene, Genetics, Http, Linux, Passport, Photo, Python, R, Sed, Statistics, Testing, Tutorial Pro Tips – Things to know before sealing a deckOctober 9th, 2011 / Author: Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher)I sealed my deck for the first time today. Here are some things I’d wish I’d known, or that you should know:
Mini Searches with AnswersSeptember 23rd, 2011 / Author: Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher)These are links associated with recent searches I’ve done. They’re not difficult enough to warrant to their own posts but still super useful.
The Mouse as a Model System
This somewhat explains why a backcross experiment would be desired or necessary. It also explains some interesting ideas about genetics in general.
Autodesk Labs Utilities Project Photofly 2.1
Allows anyone with a digital camera to create near accurate 3D models from photographs using the web.
Django Model Field to MySQL Datatype – The Glenbot
This page tells you what MySQL datatype each Django model field type uses … as of 2009. It’s still pretty handy. My search term was “django time field mysql datatype”
Tags: 3D, Backcross, Django, Genetics, Msg, Mysql, Photo, Python, R, Scanner, Statistics, Unicode, Work Fixing Django Error – Caught AttributeError while rendering: ‘datetime.date’ object has no attribute ‘date’September 21st, 2011 / Author: Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher)Just a dumb mistake I made that I thought I’d mention. I was getting this Django template error after I changed a datetime model field to a date model field:
Well, it turns out I had left the Django field as models.DateTimeField. Once I actually switched it to models.DateField, everything worked fine. |
I think I’ll tape newspaper over the siding next time.