Comments for Ocean Informatics http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu We are a self-organizing scientific and technical community with a common interest for information management, systems, workflow, and science. Sat, 17 May 2008 05:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Writely, the online editor by kbaker http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/09/13/writely-the-online-editor/#comment-484 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:05:38 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/09/13/writely-the-online-editor/#comment-484 Hey, nice use of the logo. And thanks for the pointers to the reviews. The writely versioning and merge capabilities seem like very useful features. Sadly writely does not yet support the safari browser. Hey, nice use of the logo. And thanks for the pointers to the reviews. The writely versioning and merge capabilities seem like very useful features. Sadly writely does not yet support the safari browser.

]]> Comment on Mac OS X Firefox PDF Plugin by srhaber http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/07/13/mac-os-x-firefox-pdf-plugin/#comment-394 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:06:26 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/07/13/mac-os-x-firefox-pdf-plugin/#comment-394 Safari's included pdf viewing support since OS 10.4. I've found it is faster at loading pdfs (and can quickly load them into Preview) than using the plugin. Still, if Firefox is your main browser of choice, the plugin is quite helpful. Safari’s included pdf viewing support since OS 10.4. I’ve found it is faster at loading pdfs (and can quickly load them into Preview) than using the plugin.

Still, if Firefox is your main browser of choice, the plugin is quite helpful.

]]> Comment on Upgrade to WordPress 2.0, Downgrade back to 1.5.2 by Ocean Informatics » Upgrade to WordPress 2.0.3 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/01/13/upgrade-to-wordpress-20-downgrade-back-to-152/#comment-293 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:30:56 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/01/13/upgrade-to-wordpress-20-downgrade-back-to-152/#comment-293 [...] I’ve written previously about wp2.0 after my 1st upgrade attempt. Read about it here   [...] […] I’ve written previously about wp2.0 after my 1st upgrade attempt. Read about it here   […]

]]> Comment on Learning for Free by srhaber http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/05/02/learning-for-free/#comment-184 Tue, 02 May 2006 23:20:04 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/05/02/learning-for-free/#comment-184 that's pretty sweet that’s pretty sweet

]]> Comment on ADCP data for the LTER community by lynn http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/24/adcp-data-for-the-lter-community/#comment-183 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:21:33 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/24/adcp-data-for-the-lter-community/#comment-183 can i comment to myself? my 'insider' at RDI sent me the following corrections (i should have asked him to blog them! next time...) '.ENS - this is simply the .ENR data that has been screened for good data/bad data purposes. No navigation data has been added to the file as of yet. .ENX - this data is earth coordinate transformed and has navigation data infused with it from the .N1R and .N2R files. .VMO - this is a file that provides the set up template if you wish to reprocess any data to produce the original (or new) .STA, .LTA, .ENS, or .ENX files. Note, the raw files that must be kept in order to reproduce everything are as follows: .VMO, .ENR, .N1R, .N2R, .LOG (The log file isn't super vital but it sure makes things easier when you're looking back at data from long ago and trying to answer questions. You are correct that ENS and ENX can be recreated with ENR, N1R, and N2R, but you need the .VMO too for the reconstruction to take place in VMDas rather than some home spun matlab file. ' can i comment to myself?

my ‘insider’ at RDI sent me the following corrections (i should have asked him to blog them! next time…)

‘.ENS - this is simply the .ENR data that has been screened for good data/bad data purposes. No navigation data has been added to the file as of yet.
.ENX - this data is earth coordinate transformed and has navigation data infused with it from the .N1R and .N2R files.

.VMO - this is a file that provides the set up template if you wish to reprocess any data to produce the original (or new) .STA, .LTA, .ENS, or .ENX files.

Note, the raw files that must be kept in order to reproduce everything are as follows: .VMO, .ENR, .N1R, .N2R, .LOG (The log file isn’t super vital but it sure makes things easier when you’re looking back at data from long ago and trying to answer questions.

You are correct that ENS and ENX can be recreated with ENR, N1R, and N2R, but you need the .VMO too for the reconstruction to take place in VMDas rather than some home spun matlab file. ‘

]]> Comment on Matlab Stuff by lynn http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/20/matlab-stuff/#comment-182 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:17:01 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/20/matlab-stuff/#comment-182 i started out on a PC way back when, moved to a sun workstation, then switched everything over to Mac, brought in Jesse's LOPC programs from his PC, and am now getting my MVP programs ready to go back to a PC. Generally the conversions have been very smooth, much smoother than the Matlab upgrade transitions in many cases. I haven't really had any memorable problems moving cross-platform, the only large difference (besides the more obvious path changes) is that Matlab and Windows tend to compete for space from what I have heard. I will likely know more about this next week when trying to test-run scripts for the process cruise and will update here if I learn something new. i started out on a PC way back when, moved to a sun workstation, then switched everything over to Mac, brought in Jesse’s LOPC programs from his PC, and am now getting my MVP programs ready to go back to a PC. Generally the conversions have been very smooth, much smoother than the Matlab upgrade transitions in many cases. I haven’t really had any memorable problems moving cross-platform, the only large difference (besides the more obvious path changes) is that Matlab and Windows tend to compete for space from what I have heard. I will likely know more about this next week when trying to test-run scripts for the process cruise and will update here if I learn something new.

]]> Comment on Matlab Stuff by kbaker http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/20/matlab-stuff/#comment-181 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:05:51 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/20/matlab-stuff/#comment-181 Just curious, have you had any experience(s) with moving across platforms with Matlab? Just curious, have you had any experience(s) with moving across platforms with Matlab?

]]> Comment on DBMS: Relational and Object Oriented by kbaker http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/06/dbms-relational-and-object-oriented/#comment-180 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:47:59 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/06/dbms-relational-and-object-oriented/#comment-180 Gray speaks of The Database Revolution in System Architecture with an object-relational hybrid model. There's a powerpoint here: <a href="http://www.sigmod.org/dblp/db/conf/adbis/adbis2004l.html#Gray04" rel="nofollow">http://www.sigmod.org/dblp/db/conf/adbis/adbis2004l.html#Gray04</a> Gray speaks of The Database Revolution in System Architecture with an object-relational hybrid model. There’s a powerpoint here:
http://www.sigmod.org/dblp/db/conf/adbis/adbis2004l.html#Gray04

]]> Comment on SEEDs of Change by kbaker http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/04/seeds-of-change/#comment-179 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:17:04 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/04/04/seeds-of-change/#comment-179 Communication. Communication. It feels a bit like a scientific version of the newish magazine 'Simple' where there's an emphasis on care and quality...in this case centered not on the individual but on the earth. An appealing alternative approach to sustainability. Imagine, glossy high-fashion shoots of (satellite) image-altering coccolithophores. And there's scienceblogs.com to check out as well. Communication. Communication. It feels a bit like a scientific version of the newish magazine ‘Simple’ where there’s an emphasis on care and quality…in this case centered not on the individual but on the earth. An appealing alternative approach to sustainability. Imagine, glossy high-fashion shoots of (satellite) image-altering coccolithophores. And there’s scienceblogs.com to check out as well.

]]> Comment on Data environment reads by rthomble http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/03/28/data-environment-reads/#comment-178 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:28:17 +0000 http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/2006/03/28/data-environment-reads/#comment-178 The dataspaces paper was an exciting validation of the way it looks like our data management system will have to be set up, unfortunately, I'm left feeling like it created more questions than it answered. First and foremost would be the question of how. How do we, or how have others, set up the broad spectrum querying tools, or implement an index of multiple database tables and flat files? I think that what I really wanted from this was a real world example. Not a cursory overview of a potentially applicable example, but a well documented case study in the sciences. Short of that, I'm thinking that it might be beneficial to start looking into technologies like spotlight and google desktop search for insight into the methods they've used for indexing and searching heterogeneous data models. Any ideas on websites or papers that might further develop the ideas set forth here? The dataspaces paper was an exciting validation of the way it looks like our data management system will have to be set up, unfortunately, I’m left feeling like it created more questions than it answered. First and foremost would be the question of how. How do we, or how have others, set up the broad spectrum querying tools, or implement an index of multiple database tables and flat files? I think that what I really wanted from this was a real world example. Not a cursory overview of a potentially applicable example, but a well documented case study in the sciences. Short of that, I’m thinking that it might be beneficial to start looking into technologies like spotlight and google desktop search for insight into the methods they’ve used for indexing and searching heterogeneous data models.

Any ideas on websites or papers that might further develop the ideas set forth here?

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