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Using enadownloader to download fastqs from the ENA

From avrilomics – 2026-02-05T02:43:00.000-08:00

<p>I wanted to download fastq files for a long list of SRR accessions from the <a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/home">ENA</a> today.</p><p>I realised I could use the&nbsp;<a href="https://av...

Scale-able defense

From DNAZoo – Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:11:17 GMT

Fish-scale geckos, Geckolepis spp., are small and arboreal lizards endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. The base coloration of the fish-scaled gecko is generally chestnut-cream with darker/b...

Evaluating ONT barcode combinations

From Gigabase or gigabyte – Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000

<p>When using native barcoding kits from ONT we have noticed some low frequency miss-assignments between barcodes/samples. Now we don&rsquo;t know if this is an issue from the wet lab side (cross cont...

Directional markers in R/leaflet

From What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate – Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:25:16 +0000

So you have used the excellent exiftool to extract all of the GPS-related information from a directory of photos in JPG format and write to a CSV file: You&#8217;ve used R/leaflet to plot coordinates ...

How to fix a broken towel radiator

From John Lees' blog – Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

<p>In a first for this blog &ndash; as a lame attempt to counter the increasing amount of dross when you google simple household tasks, and for my own reference &ndash; here&rsquo;s a post with some D...

Video games in 2025: puzzles galore

From John Lees' blog – Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

<p>I played more games this year, particularly puzzle games. I also just bought a Switch 2, which seems good so far (nice screen).</p> <h1 id="puzzle-games">Puzzle games</h1> <h2 id="blue-prince"><em>...