Ned Gulley’s Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2002
The Genome News Network sez: “The first head-to-head comparison of draft human and mouse genome sequences can be summarized in one word — fourteen. Fourteen genes on mouse chromosome 16 are not found in humans.” How do you like that? Out of more than 700 genes on chromosome 16, mice got everything we got, PLUS [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2002
Koylon foam beds. Forced ventilation. Living the life of Riley. James Lileks is an unstoppable creator and collector of oddball miscellany. This postcard from his Motels collection made me laugh so hard that tears were squirting from my eyes. Okay, maybe you won’t think it’s that funny. But still.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2002
Go look. It’s a Welsh blog. You won’t understand it, but it looks so cool: MorfaBlog. Or as the host, Nic Dafis says, “Yn ôl y geiriadur, rhywbeth A chanddo weflau mawr, cyriog, gwefldew. Neu, cyfieithiad diog o’r gair Saesneg ‘weblog’.” (pause for laughter) But seriously, folks…
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2002
I went to my college reunion last week and there discovered that a classmate of mine was actually in World Trade One on the 83rd floor when the first plane hit. I knew that no one in our class died in the attack, but I hadn’t considered the people I might know who had close [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 6th, 2002
Can this be real? Snoop Dogg has a blog? Check out the Snoop Doggy Blog. It looks real. It smells real. It’s not real. On the internet, no one can tell if you’re kidding. Fortunately it has a tag line at the bottom of the page: It’s a parody. Get over it. Somebody has a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2002
Here’s a good example of new information disturbing the sleepy status quo. A web site at Williams college (called Factrak) lets students anonymously rate their professors. The faculty doesn’t like it. Of course they don’t like it; having people anonymously rate you in a publicly availaible forum is hard for anybody. But what can you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2002
Don’t miss seeing Jupiter and Venus sliding within spitting distance of each other: Two Brightest Planets Converge in Evening Sky.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 2nd, 2002
Now this is something I’ve been wanting for some time: my very own three-dimensional copy of a transfer RNA molecule. David Goodsell was so kind as to point me to the Center for BioMolecular Modeling at the Milwaukee School of Engineering as a place where I might be able to buy a made-to-order protein model. [...]
