Fixed an issue wrt inserting case attributes
that have the same name: #90 and #695. Read more
about this issue here.
I made some improvements on gn2’s uploader
interface: #696 and #36d2cbc. Read more
about this here.
Some [minor] work on tissue. I haven’t made any
progress with this.
I opened a new issue regarding SQL generating a
“too many connections” error in our CI. Read
more here.
New suggestion on improving some of
Genenetwork’s UI.
I had a look at Qiuiy. I think it’s mentioned in
this talk.
Grad School
Handed in some assignment on “Linear Models”– a
unit I’m enrolled in. This assignment emphasized
using Regularized models on some provided
dataset in R.
Started an advanced Bio-Informatics course to
supplement my Genenetwork work. This has had the
negative side-effect of taking my attention off
work. Juggling [SU] school work, FOSS work and
this course is demanding on my day. Good thing
is that this is only temporary. I will have
finished this course by the end of this week.
I did my first Continuous Assessment Test (CAT)
last week for the “Linear Models” unit. It was
an open-book assessment and IMO it went well.
There’s a take-away CAT whose submission is due
next week Monday.
In one of my classes, some one shared how they
used “Concept Synthesis” method to do their
literature review. I’ll adapt this to Org mode
and hopefully blog about it.
Interesting thing I learned about the grading
process at SU: for poorly performed units, the
results get standardized to get a bell-shaped
curve. I think this used to happen in UoN.
Books
Started reading Mario Puzo’s “The
Godfather”. Finished Book I, II and III. This is
a classic read.
Slow progress with: “The Sense of Style” by
Steven Pinker.
Started reading: “The Bed of Procrustes” by
Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Got physical copies of: “Team of Rivals” by
Kearns Goodwin and “Tiny Habits” by BJ Fogg.
Personal & Miscellaneous
[Week Highlight] I watched the movie: “Morbius”
with dear ones \m/\m/
My partner asked me a question along the lines:
“What does loving yourself look like?” This
probably deserves a post of its own.
I want to incorporate study(not limited to
MSc. work only) into my daily routine.
Open question: How do you deal with information
overload? How do you deal with anxiety and
over-whelm?
There’s a boiler-room event here in Nairobi this
week. Too bad, I don’t have the band-width to
attend this event.
Ideas for “deep” resting: showers, talking to
dear ones, and social events.