Jason Winget

Why do they even make it *possible* to put your western transfer cassette in the tank backwards?

Struggling to open lines of communication with google wave bots. So far all I've succeeded in doing is getting some to "join" a blip

Trying to find some other scientists to connect with on #wave. Wondering what the secret password is for #swlhd

Correction, also have a stack of #wave invites now. Msg me if you're on wave or would like an inv

just got my google #wave invite, but as far as I can tell I have none to give, nor is anyone I know on already. Message me if you're on it

The Zotero sync feature in Mendeley is great. Combines easy library additions with superior citation management

Finally found a few minutes to start learning jQuery last night. Amazingly cool little tool.

Up late fixated on the thought of starting a web design business for laboratories. Main hangup is a doubt that professors would pay for this

last grant application of this funding cycle due tomorrow. This hamster wheel is fun!

3rd level 80 in WoW. Feel like a poindexter

TED talk from 2006: Education inflation and impact on creativity - http://www.ted.com/talks...

Thinking about the effect that open access grant proposals could have - would there be more collaboration or more chicanery?

Are those bands on my western or ghostly artifacts of my pride?

Real Lives and White Lies in the Funding of Scientific Research - http://www.plosbiology.org/article...

Co-worker saw me using Mutt for email, now expects me to drive a steam-powered car to work.

Plotting data with matplotlib - http://biostumblematic.wordpress.com/2009...

Read a paper postulating that perseverance is the main selection pressure in generating scientists, not intelligence. An intriguing thought

Programming task that should be simple and is impenetrable to me atm: moving data through csv.reader and numpy to matplotlib

I think I have a crush on @biopython. It would be nice to contribute some code, but I don't know where to start. Bugzilla seems to be down

Sad that I'm missing the healthcare debate in the US. Meanwhile I'm loving the Canadian system. Haven't paid a dime over my (low) premiums

Lol @ fruit stand: $6.49 for 7 apples, bunch bananas, 2 tomatoes.

trying out @gwibber, a linux twitter client. In some ways it's already better than twitux

Grant "not discussed" is a real kick in the ribs

We must have missed the festival chair handout #vanfolkfest

I feel like we need a wiki/recommendation site for scientific software tools. Has this been done or started anywhere?

Really wish software docs were more complete. Spend way too much time editing configs

Looking for a way to quantitatively compare electrostatic surfaces of proteins. I have continuum electrostatics (DX) files for several proteins. Want to quantitate charge at a given location (residue center of mass?) for comparison purposes. Having trouble mapping DX grid back to structure.

Journals: when I click a hyperlinked reference in an article, take me to the abstract of this paper rather than current bibliography

Still getting used to #awesome window manager. Tinkering with config files, liking what I see

Punishment for programming failure: hours of hand-processing in OOCalc. It's good motivation to improve my coding skills