I live right outside of Washington D.C. I can walk to NIH, and I pass three hospitals on the way to the grocery store. Not surprisingly, I have met a few biologist that needed programming help. After helping a few biologists in completely independent situations, I began to notice a pattern. Researchers have data, can […]
Learning Python without Library Overload
I was just browsing Quora after coming back from dinner, and there were lot of night owls asking “How do I learn XYZ from scratch?” Naturally, I swooped in to assist with the Python-related questions. Believe it or not, there is a wrong way to learn Python. I have seen many people of many different […]
How Blender Redefined GUI Design
I have spent a lot of time this past year with Blender and the Blender Python API. In that time, I realized Blender does something very unique with its GUI design. Basically, everything in Blender can be modified through Python scripts. Users typically approach the Python API with the goal of developing new tools. Sooner […]
Install Python OpenCV 3 on Windows with Anaconda Environments
Recently, Satya Mallick, founder of learnopencv.com, posted an impressive (but complicated) method for installing OpenCV 3 on Windows that supports both the C++ and Python API’s. Since a lot of users will be interested in solely Python OpenCV, I figured it would be helpful to post a relatively quick method for getting Python OpenCV 3 […]