Updated construction website
I finally got off my butt and updated our construction web site. Last weekend we were hoping to prime/paint the pavilion, but, once again it took longer than expected to put the finish coats of spackle and sand, so it …
Search Results for: dna
Giant viruses and virophages
Viruses Reconsidered
The discovery of more and more viruses of record-breaking size calls for a reclassification of life on Earth.
http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/39244/title/Viruses-Reconsidered/
Quite interesting to me as a biochemist. So much has changed since I was in school, I need all …
Poor memory makes room for creativity?
Memory is the Enemy of Creativity
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/memory_is_the_enemy_of_creativity/
Scott’s blog entry sort of speaks to me. I have often thought that if I had been born with a better memory for details I would be a lot less creative. Because I …
Systems engineering
Goals vs. Systems
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/goals_vs_systems/
This is another interesting article from Mr. Dilbert. I suggest my reader(s) take a look, but for this post it was more or less a trigger and my post won’t focus too much on it. When …
Dearth
I was over at http://xkcd.com/, prompted by a link from a comment at a blog I follow, when I decided to catch up on the ones I haven’t seen yet. Many interesting ones, but this one stood out and …
Towel tossing
I have been unable to get any interest in my DNA sequencing project (beyond the one lonely investor who offered to help pay for the patent application). It is quite frustrating to be in the situation where just a little …
Good intentions…
After 2 decades of tracking down world’s oldest trees, group ready to begin planting clones
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/22/after-2-decades-tracking-down-world-oldest-trees-group-ready-to-begin-planting/
If you assume, as I do, that trees that have lived long lives are simply lucky, meaning there wasn’t anything intrinsic in their DNA/…
Dearth
For a dramatic change of pace, I have actually been busy at work lately. Even enjoying myself and feeling like a real programmer again! I actually worked an hour late yesterday because I was on a roll and didn’t want …
Human cyborg, relations
Knowledge is Health
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/knowledge_is_health/
This is an interesting article, but what struck me was the idea that we (as a society) have already become cyborgs (the melding of machine and man), what with our dependence on smart phones and all. …
More Autism
Since I blogged on autism recently I figured I would toss this one out to my reader(s):
Grandparents ‘may relay autism risk to grandchildren’
The risk of developing autism may be passed on through – and not just to – …