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OneDrive's default setting of no limit for network upload and download rates has caused years of Internet problems at my house. Unbeknownst to us, it would from time to time consume most or all of the Internet bandwidth affecting me when on my ethernet connected desktop computer and affecting everyone else in ...

In my last post, New Version of WGS Extract, I used WGS_Extract to create 4 extracts from 3 BAM (Binary Sequence Alignment Map) files from my 2 WGS (Whole Genome Sequencing) tests. These extracts each contain about 2 million SNPs that are tested by the five major consumer DNA testing companies: Ancestry DNA, ...

Back in May 2019, I wrote about a program called WGS Extract to produce from your Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) test, a file with autosomal SNPs in 23andMe format that you can upload to sites like GEDmatch, Family Tree DNA,  MyHeritage DNA, or Living DNA. The mastermind behind this program, who prefers to ...

Remember the words inscribed in large friendly letters on the cover of the book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: DON’T PANIC I returned 9 days ago from a two week vacation with my wife and some good friends on a cruise to the southern Caribbean. While away, we had a great time, but every day ...

#Delphi25 #Delphi25th – I came across an email I sent to a friend of mine on February 6, 1997 (at 1:17 AM). I’ll just give it here without commentary, but it should amuse and bring back recollections of people who were early PC users.   --- You should find this message to be a little different. I ...

The Delphi programming language is having its #Delphi25 #Delphi25th birthday on Friday Feb 14, 2020. I’ve been using Delphi for about 23 years since 1997 when Delphi 2 was released. Delphi is an amazing language. I use it now for Behold and Double Match Triangulator, and I’ve made use of it for a number of ...

I’ve working hard to get Behold 1.3 completed. It will primarily be a newer iteration of Behold’s Everything Report. Once that is released, I’ll start my effort to add GEDCOM export followed by editing. I’ve designed Behold to be a comprehensive and flexible GEDCOM reader that understands and presents ...

The Family History Fanatics’ @FHFanatics online Winter DNA eConference has just finished and it was so much fun. Andy and Devon sure know how to put un a good show. This was the first time I’ve presented at an online conference.  I was able to do this comfortably from my office at home and my family ...

I released small upgrade to Double Match Triangulator today. It includes a few fixes to minor problems and a couple of improvements: Fixed the display of Base A-B segments in a combined run. They were always showing as single matches, but when they triangulate, they should show as Full Triangulation. ...