I’ve been stuck in the laboratory all day! I’m currently writing software to convert data from images (microscope scans) into massive 4-dimensional arrays (handled by numpy and Python) which are then analyzed statistically (that’s the code I’m working on today). Since these data files are so huge, it usually takes at least 30 seconds just to load these massive arrays into memory before the calculations can be performed (which only take a second). The frustrating part is that the calculations don’t work right, so I make a change in the code and try again, and have to wait half a minute before another failed result. After doing this for hours (with only about 10 minutes of actual work – the rest of the time spent waiting) I began screaming at my PC. It’s ironic that (in my frustration-spawned break) I logged into Facebook and noticed that Tom Hayward posted a video entitled “shouting at your computer increases hard drive latency”. Do I need to say more? [dies laughing]