MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'greasemonkey'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4053427&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F09%2Fbiostar-users-of-the-world-unite%2F Egon writes: Can someone please plot the BioStar users on a Google Map? Sounds like a challenge. Let’s go. 1. Harvesting user IP addresses BioStar user profiles (here’s mine) include a location field. It’s free text and optional, which means that location is missing or inaccurate for many users. However, if you’re logged into BioStar (and perhaps, if you’re a moderator – I’m not sure), you’ll see a field that says: Last activity: 4 hours ago from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX where “XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX” is either an IP address or, for your own page, the text “this IP address” (assuming your latest activity was from your current machine). IP addresses can be used for geolocation – we’ll see how shortly. The problem is th... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4053427 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 07:04:46 +0100 4053427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1634957&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35021&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.pansapiens.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fa-greasemonkey-script-library-ezproxy-forwarder%2F Many University libraries use some server software called Ezproxy to do authentication and arbitrate access to full-text online journal subscriptions. Essentially, Ezproxy uses some URL mangling, rewriting all hyperlinks, to pass traffic via the proxy (rather than using a conventional browser proxy setting). For example, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/313/5785/314 is changed to http://www.sciencemag.org.ezproxy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi/content/full/313/5785/314 . If the user is not logged in to the proxy (ie has no fresh & valid cookie), a login screen is given before being forwarded to the journal site. This plugin helps mangle URLs to add the proxy domain to outgoing links from various journal sites as well as NCBI PubMed (eg, like .ezproxy.lib.unimelb.edu.au), meaning that... Your bones got a little machine. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1634957 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:08:15 +0100 1634957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1312346&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F19%2Fmy-first-greasemonkey-script%2F Seems almost compulsory for web2.0 enthusiasts to write a brief greasemonkey article these days! Here’s my attempt. Nothing whatsoever to do with bioinformatics; instead, this one resizes Flickr images on Profilactic mashup pages, such as this one. My aim is just to convince you that greasemonkey development is quite easy, even for JavaScript novices like myself. What’s Greasemonkey then? It’s a Firefox extension that allows you to install user scripts - small programs written in JavaScript which modify the appearance and functionality of a web page. Where do I learn about it? A little dated now, but still by far the best “jump in and start” resource, is Dive Into Greasemonkey. You can also try the GreaseSpot wiki. Basic JavaScript tuition is available all o... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1312346 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:39:57 +0100 1312346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1192799&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F01%2Fgoogle-reader-subscribers-greasemonkey-script%2F Via Google Operating System: a useful Greasemonkey script, Google Reader subscriber count. For any page with a feed, overlays a clickable count (click to subscribe) of GReader users subscribed to the feed. Of course, people use services other than GReader for their feeds. Go on though, admit it - you still want to know how many subscribers you have (Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate) What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1192799 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:54:16 +0100 1192799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1165295&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F21%2Fweb-trends-in-science-javascript%2F When I first started out writing simple web pages circa 1995, JavaScript was frowned upon. It was a security risk, browser support was poor, people tended to switch it off, there were different versions and we were instructed that web page code should be compact, since most people had dialup connections. Jump forward 10 years and a WWW without JavaScript is almost unthinkable, since it’s a major component of AJAX, which powers all the Web 2.0 applications that we know and love. It’s also used in Greasemonkey scripts, which have proved extremely useful to bioinformaticians and even merit academic publication. Why am I musing on this topic? I’m sitting here with Zoho Writer in one Firefox tab and my CiteULike references in another. I’m thinking: surely with a little J... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1165295 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:35:50 +0100 1165295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1126135&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F03%2Fhere-we-go-again%2F My token effort at New Year reorganisation is a change of blog theme (Garland - familiar to anyone who’s looked at a Drupal site). Others have made rather more of an effort. After 10 internet-free days there was a lot of “mark as read” happening in my feed reader, but things that caught my eye include: Open Lab 2007 winners. The extended essay is not my preferred writing style, but I enjoy reading the work of others. A timely reminder that there is some really good science writing in the blogosphere. Userscripts for the Life Sciences (my CiteULike link) challenges us once again with the question: do Javascript browser plugins make for rigorous academic publications? The answer seems to be yes and congratulations to Egon and the team on their efforts. Join Stew at F &... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1126135 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:43:38 +0100 1126135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147419&cid=t_104230_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fcommunity-moves-on-merry-xmas-and.html As posted by Deepak and Egon have several chem-/bio-informatics community members reached another milestone by publishing about userscripts in life sciences. In short, I am a believer in this technology. When reading, I got a little bit disappointed, because I got left with the feeling that I start loosing the touch to the community, though I try to follow and contribute as much as possible.Loosing grip became also clear when I read the posts of Ola and Egon. I know that the community needs a self-selecting oligarchy for moving forward. You guys meet regularly in workshops and user group meetings. Some people might not have the time for this. In other words, you are part of the hard-core development team. This means, if you are not explaining the problems in more details and post more info... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147419 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:30:00 +0100 1147419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=845678&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F06%2Fthe-wait-is-finally-over%2F At long last, Google Reader adds search. I can finally throw away that greasemonkey + co-op hack. In other news, ATI are promising AIGLX by the end of the year. I’m not holding my breath. (Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate) What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=845678 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:27:57 +0100 845678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611380&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F13%2Fgreasemonkey-for-scientists%2F Greasemonkey, if you’ve not yet discovered it, is a Firefox extension that allows small pieces of javascript to modify the look and function of a web page. It’s easy to install and sits unobtrusively down in the browser status bar, from where you can enable/disable it or add and manage scripts. It might sound like a toy for people who love endless customisation, but there are some great scripts around that can benefit researchers. A few examples: Pierre’s pubmed2connotea - adds icons to a PubMed results page to bookmark references at Connotea, CiteUlike or del.icio.us Pedro’s postgenomic script - marks articles at Nature journal pages that are discussed at Postgenomic Connotea tools - a bunch of scripts to move bookmarks between Connotea and del.icio.us Lots more ... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611380 Sun, 13 May 2007 06:15:21 +0100 611380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485257&cid=t_104230_132_f&fid=35013&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpbeltrao.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fpublishing-greasemonkey-scripts-update.html Publishing greasemonkey scripts (update)A while ago I asked if greasemonkey scripts should be published in peer reviewed journals or if blogs could be a more suitable way of distributing these tools. The blog post was triggered by the publication of iHOPerator, mentioned also by Deepak.I would like to thank one of the authors, Benjamin Good, and a BMC editor, Matt Hodgkinson, for taking the time to post their opinion in the comments. In summary they both argue that this publication helps raise awareness to greasemonkey and related technologies.For me this exchange in the comments exemplifies the usefulness of the web for discussing science. The comments on this paper are aggregated in this Postgenomic entry and anyone could, in principle, participate no matter where they are. This also rem... Public Rambling blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485257 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:28:00 +0100 485257