June 2008
33 posts
Potentially awful idea
As far as I can tell, there aren’t really any blogs that have much insight into bioengineering.
Is this a niche our hero could fill!?
Psychology: Bias at the ballot box : Article :... →
“Could a seemingly innocuous factor, the type of polling location where people happen to be assigned to vote, actually influence how voters cast their ballots?” Jonah Berger and colleagues asked themselves this question, and went on to answer it with two types of study.
I’ve always wondered about voting in churches in particular. Nature subscription required for the summary;...
“Metaphors matter because they are part of the storytelling that can compel...”
– Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership — questioning the “glass ceiling” metaphor for women’s lack of access to the “C-suite.”
Virus Attenuation by Genome-Scale Changes in Codon... →
This is so cool for so many reasons.
- There are lots of synonyms in the DNA dictionary. Codons are three-nucleotide DNA sequences that code for specific proteins. There are 4 nucleotides, which implies that there are 4^3 (64) possible codons. There aren’t that many naturally occuring amino acids, so a lot of amino acids are coded for by more than one codon sequence.
- But not all synonyms...
Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Hercules & Love... →
A short but oh-wow-that’s-pretty-badass interview with Andy Butler of H&LA.
“Consider, too, the Spanish clothing company Zara. It has more than 1,000 stores...”
– Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference — I think this is ultimately a really important point. More process doesn’t have to mean less human.
“With gasoline prices at less than a dollar a gallon—an all-time...”
– What’s Not to Like About Cheap Gas - washingtonpost.com (WaPo editorial from 1999!)
Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses Among Men Who Have... →
Be careful out there, boys.
During 2001—2006, male-to-male sex remained the largest HIV transmission category in the United States and the only one associated with an increasing number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses. In this analysis, statistically significant decreases in HIV/AIDS diagnoses were observed for all other transmission categories (i.e., among persons likely to have been infected through...
QuickStats: Percentage Change in Death Rates for... →
You are less likely to die accidentally of suffocation, drowning, or from fire than you were in 1999. You are much more likely to die of accidental poisoning (including drug overdoses), and somewhat more likely to die from a fall.
Micro-engineered local field control for... →
the physics in the paper are kind of scary, but the idea is pretty cool — orthogonal “filter wheels” for MRI (by chemical shift — does that really work?) that let you tag different cell substituents the way you can use differently “colored” fluorescent antibodies to tag multiple proteins at once, and then view them through filters to separate the signals.
Fewer academics could be the answer to... →
Andrew Doig has a, uh, modest proposal.
Lykke Li - Dance. Dance. Dance. | RCRD LBL | Free... →
as of the first time i heard this song the other day, it is one my favorites, ever. delicate vocals over a sparse baseline with clever left-field flourishes. allo, swedish fiddle! aloha, tropical harmonizing choir!
Cutaneous Anthrax Associated with Drum Making... →
I’m pretty sure Robin Cook mentioned this sort of thing in some bioterror-themed book from like 1998. TRUTH: STRANGER THAN FICTION?
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Infections in Children... →
take that, you hippies
m4intern: DC's most common sexual preference →
Really what can’t you find on craigslist these days…
BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Snail mail' blazes slow... →
snails in a tank with rfid chips. they ferry messages back and forth. amazing!
“The Washington area commuter is by far the most ingenious,” Homer said....”
– A Quicker Trip by Airport (but Not by Plane) - washingtonpost.com
He makes it sound so romantic.
“A gay friend who has “brooded” over his infidelity for a long time, sometimes...”
– What Makes Married Men Want to Have Affairs? — New York Magazine
How We See Ourselves and How We See Others --... →
Abstract: ” People see themselves differently from how they see others.They are immersed in their own sensations, emotions, and cognitionsat the same time that their experience of others is dominatedby what can be observed externally. This basic asymmetry hasbroad consequences. It leads people to judge themselves andtheir own behavior differently from how they judge others andthose...
HIPSTER RUNOFF: Meaningful-Core Bands →
This is a good first-order approximation of the contents of my music library. And my soul. HIPSTER RUNOFF HOW DID YOU KNOW.
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Saint Joseph Vineyard →
Wine from Ohio.
Good wine, from Ohio.
The Pinot has an intense cherry hit. The Reisling is very sweet and grapefruity. The “twenty plus one” sounds like an awful idea but is very well-balancd and otherwise delicious.
“You really have to display information to discover relativity. You really were...”
– New Young Pony Club - The Bomb (The Teenagers Crush LOU Remix) [[HIGHLY RCCD]]
“While Obama’s certainly an entire universe away from George W. Bush in...”
– Mark Morford in the SF Chronicle
Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities... →
Stay up to date.
Chlamydia is up in Boston. Gonorrhea, Lyme disease, and salmonella are down. Mumps are way down, everywhere.
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CellProfiler cell image analysis software →
“CellProfiler cell image analysis software is designed for biologists without training in computer vision or programming to quantitatively measure phenotypes from thousands of images automatically.”
This thing is amazing.
BBC NEWS | UK | MoD accused of Chinook 'cock-up' →
I love the British.
“Soaring gas prices are pushing more Americans to take public transit, with...”
– Travelers Turn to Public Transit - washingtonpost.com
