Author Archives: Daz

About Daz

This is the blog of Darren Oakley

My First Gem: Biomart

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Daz

A lot of my work these days involves building and querying biomart datasets. Interacting with the webservices (for queries) is pretty simple, you just have to post a piece of xml at the right url, but I found myself reusing … Continue reading →

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This Week on Twitter (2009-08-30)

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Daz

Just released my first gem, a biomart api for ruby http://github.com/dazoakley/biomart/tree/master # @neomorphic Have they finally sorted your paperwork?!?!? Good luck! in reply to neomorphic # Just watching the GP, it's all gone a bit wrong on the first lap… … Continue reading →

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Links for 2009-08-25

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Daz

GravityBlast - by Andrea Franz » 2 minutes admin layout with rails and the web-app-theme generator (tags: rails ruby ui theme)

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This Week on Twitter (2009-08-09)

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Daz

I love a server crash to deal with first thing on Monday morning… #ihatemondays #

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This Week on Twitter (2009-08-02)

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Daz

Bonus! Just been sent the first royalty cheque from my book! Good times. # Heading over to @ABarkell's for his birthday. Let's hope the weather gets better… Bring on the hog roast! #

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This Week on Twitter (2009-07-26)

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Daz

@conradbessant wouldn't that be really quite scary - as muscle cars tend not to like corners much?!?! in reply to conradbessant # @conradbessant clearly you've been watching too much Ashes to Ashes! #fireupthequattro in reply to conradbessant # Yum yum … Continue reading →

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This Week on Twitter (2009-07-19)

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Daz

The new Sanger Mouse Resource Portal is now up! http://www.sanger.ac.uk/mouseportal/ - far too much javascript madness… # @ABarkell sweaty work? o_O in reply to ABarkell # I'm spending the weekend in Cambridge - anyone got any recommendations on things to … Continue reading →

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Links for 2009-07-13

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Daz

Raphaël—JavaScript Library (tags: javascript graph chart visualization)

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Add Git and SVN Branch to Bash Prompt

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Daz

EDIT: (12-Mar-2010) slight update to the svn prompt code to give a better / more useful output… I’ve seen things like this posted on the net before but never really had a chance to play with the idea. But as … Continue reading →

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Links for 2009-05-05

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Daz

All Marked Up / Projects / jQuery URL Parser (tags: javascript jquery url parser plugin)

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