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50 cucumbers and counting

July 3, 2021 • 3 min read • Finland

50 cucumbers and counting

Pandemic + staycation = balcony gardening.
Ways how to keep a process running after logging out

June 26, 2021 • 1 min read • Technology

Ways how to keep a process running after logging out

There are many ways how to keep a process running after logging out.
Installing perl modules

June 22, 2021 • 1 min read • Technology

Installing perl modules

I have not installed perl modules for perhaps a decade or more.
Where to move to from RefWorks?

June 10, 2021 • 5 min read • Technology

Where to move to from RefWorks?

"I told you NOT to use proprietary software even if our university pays for it!"
TuKoKe success for our TET interns!

June 9, 2021 • 1 min read • Science

TuKoKe success for our TET interns!

Here in Finland, 8- or 9-graders make a one- or two-week "Introduction to working life" internship at a workplace of their choice (TET, työelämään tutustumisjakso).
Directory hard links in Linux

June 3, 2021 • 1 min read • Technology

Directory hard links in Linux

Recursive data structures are dangerous and therefore, directory hard links are forbidden in Linux.
Covid-19 vaccination

May 23, 2021 • 2 min read • Science

Covid-19 vaccination

I got my first Biotech/Pfizer shot on May 15, 2021. The injection site hurt for two days. This means that my body was reacting, which is exactly what you want from a vaccine.
Randomized controlled potato chip tasting trial

May 16, 2021 • 2 min read • Technology

Randomized controlled potato chip tasting trial

We did a blinded randomized controlled potato chip tasting trial (RCPCT) yesterday.
Multiple Python versions on Ubuntu 20.04

April 30, 2021 • 1 min read • Technology

Multiple Python versions on Ubuntu 20.04

Adding alternative – mostly older – Python versions to your operating system is often necessary to run legacy code.
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Biochemistry/Molecular biology researcher and teacher