There’s been an ad campaign in NSW against speeding. The catch phrase is “No one thinks big of you.” In the ads the people wiggle their pinkie finger. I have no idea if my brother’s assignment has anything to do with that, but I was proud of his movie making efforts…
Technology
Genetically Modified Foods
Last night I was cooking enchiladas. The packet of corn tortillas, which was inside a box, said “contains wheat”. I checked the box and couldn’t find any sign saying the corn tortillas contained wheat and I thought it was a shame because there could have been someone allergic to gluten who had hoped to eat […]
The beauty of science
Today’s XKCD comic reveals a marvelous truth about science. It’s the same in biology. Put a PCR on, or something that needs to digest or wash for an hour or two and then do something interesting. 😛
Software For Starving Students
I’ve come across this package a couple of times. I haven’t paid much attention to it because I already use lots of the programs that are on there. Since I use those programs I thought it would be a good thing to promote this compilation to those who may not use the programs and who […]
Skim – it’s good!
I posted about some spiffy looking programs a while ago. At the time I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to install Skim, software for reading pdfs. Today, confronted with the prospect of reading many papers I decided to give it a go. It’s great, much handier than Preview. It has all the things preview has […]
Change of plans
I was planning on finishing up work at the end of next week and had told my boss as much. After I told him, I got the flu and couldn’t go to work the rest of the week. Then we had COW Club all the week after that. I was planning on working four or […]
