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Neil Saunders posted a message on Twitter

“you'd think a file "registry.genenames.txt" from the SGD would contain *all* genes...but no...”

Thursday at 4:10 am - Link

Jason Tsai, Ruchira S. Datta, Deepak and Chris Lasher liked this

Haha! It's so funny, because it's so true. - Chris Lasher

Oh yes, I have been burned on that one too! - Lars Juhl Jensen

Yes - and on this topic. Has anyone made a sensible little python library for translation of gene names to ORF-names and back? Sensible in the way that it doesn't get too confused by aliases etc. - Anders Norgaard

Anders, you're dreaming :) - Neil Saunders

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Crowded Proteins

Wednesday at 2:06 pm - Link

Ruchira S. Datta, Shirley Wu, Neil Saunders and Timothy Driscoll liked this

Jason Shellen posted a message on Twitter

“Mom is wearing a black dress, white jacket & silver star earrings for the California roll call. The Texas delegation may adopt her. #DNC08”

Wednesday at 3:36 pm - Link

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Dylan Parker posted a message on Twitter

“Just participated in the care+rescue of an adolescent porpoise that was injured and washed up on our beach. Wife may be on the local news!”

Tuesday at 2:13 pm - Link

Ruchira S. Datta, Laurence Gonsalves, Amit Patel and Sanjeev Singh liked this

Little things like that really give life a sense of porpoise. - ⓞnor

fnar fnar ;) - Dylan Parker

Karen Padham Taylor published photos on Picasa Web Albums

Tuesday at 9:06 pm - Link

Sheila Taylor, Jessie Norris, amelia arapoff, Emily Miller and 3 other people liked this

beautiful - xuhaimin

fun, fun, fun!!! :) - Skye Miller

Looks like you had a great time! - Anne Bouey

wow, what fun, what great food, what beautiful women.... - amelia arapoff

Looks like a blast! So what's the story behind the beads and tiara? And dancing on the table??? - Sheila Taylor

Great photos Karen...I scrolled down to the skydiving! Wow! - Mary Guerrazzi

Paul Haahr posted a link

Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Lenz Ruling Raises Epistemological Questions

August 24 at 11:19 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Ruchira S. Datta and j1m liked this

"The essence of Lenz’s claim is that when Universal sent a notice claiming her use was “not authorized by… the law,” they already knew her use was actually lawful.... Universal’s view is very different from Lenz’s and, apparently, from the judge’s—they claim that the sense of “not authorized by… the law” required for a DMCA takedown notice is that a use is unauthorized in the first instance, before possible fair use defenses are considered." - Paul Haahr via Bookmarklet

Sacca published a photo on Flickr

Happiness is...

August 22 at 7:13 pm - Link

Crystal English, Bret Taylor and Ruchira S. Datta liked this

... a warm gun - Deepak

Amit Patel bookmarked a page on delicious

Clang - Features and Goals

August 21 at 8:36 am - Link

Ruchira S. Datta, Bret Taylor, Derek Collison, Josh and nadim liked this

Clang is a C/C++/ObjC compiler frontend that compiles much faster than gcc, uses less memory, and produces much better error messages (including preserving typedefs so you see "string" instead of "std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char>>"). It uses LLVM for backend code generation. - Amit Patel

Chris Wetherell shared an item on Google Reader

I Was A Mad Man

August 20 at 6:19 pm - Link

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From William Drenttel, a advertising executive during the 70s and 80s, who talks about the similarities of his job to the atmosphere depicted on AMC's Mad Men. More infamously, William was the basis for the "Miles" character on the TV show thirtysomething. (!) - Chris Wetherell

keith kleiner posted an entry on Singularity Hub

Researchers Stop Decline In Organ Function Associated With Old Age

August 18 at 12:09 am - Link

Ruchira S. Datta and Sanjeev Singh liked this

Michael Nielsen bookmarked a page on delicious

Terry Tao: On time management

August 17 at 7:04 pm - Link

Jill O'Neill, Jason Tsai, Duncan Hull, Ruchira S. Datta and 10 other people liked this

Terry is one of the world's leading mathematicians, and produces significant mathematical papers (and books, and blog posts) at a remarkable rate. Interesting to read about time management from a great and prolific scientist. - Michael Nielsen

This is a really great article, I'd recommend it to anyone whose work includes multiple tasks/subtasks that they prioritize themselves. - j1m

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Wow, he writes physical letters, and I gather they're real letters, not bill payments. - ⓞnor

"Another thing is that my ability to do any serious mathematics fluctuates greatly from day to day; sometimes I can think hard on a problem for an hour, other times I feel ready to type up the full details of a sketch that I or my coauthors already wrote, and other times I only feel qualified to respond to email and do errands, or just to take a walk or even a nap." +1 to that. - ⓞnor

Yep, matching your task to your fluctuating mental capacity is key. - j1m

Dark family secret: Terry writes LaTeX using Microsoft Word with some heinous custom macros. Not because of any explicit reason, his workflow just kind of evolved that way, partly because his IM network (I forget which one) more or less locked him to Windows. At least, that's what he was doing when I was looking over his shoulder in 2005. - Nigel Tao

Nigel - yikes! Emacs has a great Windows implementation, with excellent Latex support, using Auctex. I like using Word for outlining and brainstorming, but would never use it to write Latex in a million years... - Michael Nielsen

Wow, Nige, what does he do to preview the latex? - Rob Schonberger

Preview!? This is the Chuck Norris of Math we're talking about here. - Nigel Tao

I want chuck norris to write a blog about time management now. - Rob Schonberger

Chuck Norris doesn't manage time. Time waits for Chuck Norris. Sorry... - Neil Saunders

Neil .. lol - Deepak

Dark family secret: Chuck does all of his stunts using Word macros too. - Jim Norris

For those of you looking at Emacs for LaTeX, here's what AucTeX mode looks like: http://www.gnu.org/software/au... - Amit Patel

"The thing to avoid is to drop a task when it is only partially finished, without any good “closure”; it then either gets lost, or weighs on one’s mind and prevents one from fully thinking about something else, or has to be redone from an earlier point when one picks it up again. But one doesn’t have to finish each task off completely as it comes, as long as it can be picked up later." Interesting, because this is something I am trying to become more aware of. - Clare Dibble

Kevin Fox posted an entry on Vimeo / Videos Kevin Fox likes

Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene

August 14 at 5:12 pm - Link

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The example video accompanying this paper is astounding. Any one of the video reconstruction effects in this paper/video would be great in itself, but together it's just astounding for a research project. Expect great things from these folks. They need to join a production house or get a director stat. - Kevin Fox

The paper and video were released in 2007: http://vis.berkeley.edu/papers... I wonder what they are up to now. - Simon

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Amazing effects! - Ken Gidley

Hey, Kevin! Did you know FF has a cool new feature that allows you to import your Vimeo in the pre-defined list of services without using the blog RSS feed? Identi.ca, too! *ducks* - Hao Chen

Hey Hao! Did you know I filed a bug when I found out that it won't import my Vimeo 'likes' unless I've actually posted at least one video to Vimeo myself? :-) - Kevin Fox

hahaha +1 - Hao Chen

Incredible! - Evan Sims

Hey, Harold! something you could use the multiple shots for maybe? - Kamilah Gill

oh, so cool... I so want to try this with a few videos where I took pics at the same time... - Harold

j1m posted a link

Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Conversation Hacks

August 8 at 10:46 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Patri Friedman, David Adam and Ruchira S. Datta liked this

asking delicate questions indirectly. Use the bluff ("the breakup must've been hard, huh?") or blame others ("so has anyone asked about your prison time?") or the indirect inquiry ("what year did you get divorced?") - j1m via Bookmarklet

I like this sort of stuff- understanding what makes people tick (which is essentially what this comes down to) is such an interestng topic. - David Adam

Paul Buchheit posted a link

Twitter / why the lucky stiff: when you don't create thing...

August 8 at 11:24 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Dread Pirate PJ, Andrew Bonventre, haron (ничего личного), Jason Wehmhoener and 19 other people liked this

"when you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

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www.hslabs.org - Harik Shazeer Labs

August 8 at 4:43 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Lode Nachtergaele, Bret Taylor, Nikpay, Ruchira S. Datta and 6 other people liked this

"Working on artificial intelligence research for a better planet." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

I still think working on A.I will result in a better planet just not one for us. - JohnBfromMemphis

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Why is it Harik Shazeer Labs and not Shazeer Harik Labs? - Amit Patel

Guess the same logic as to why HP is Hewlett Packard and not Packard Hewlett - Atul Arora

@Atul: The order of the names in HP was decided by a coin flip. - Neil Kandalgaonkar

Presumably Noam and Georges used modern, electronic randomization (if any). Well, or perhaps they used that Harvey Dent coin. - j1m

So which one of them is the evil one? - Jim Norris

Michael Nielsen bookmarked a page on delicious

Curious Expeditions: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries

August 8 at 4:47 pm - Link

Rajarshi Guha, Jill O'Neill, Pierre, John Dupuis and 5 other people liked this

It'd be fun to do this for bookstores, too. - Michael Nielsen

A well-appointed library makes me swoon. The one room I keep fantasizing about in my dream house (other than the kitchen) is the library: floor to ceiling bookshelves with a rolling ladder, a spiral staircase up to a cushioned reading loft with natural light, panoramic views, and a dumbwaiter ;) - Shirley Wu

Shirley, it's precisely why (while it won't be that fancy) why the usual living room/dining room combo in our house is going to be a study/library/reading room configuration - Deepak

Apparently a "beautiful library" does not include patrons. Also, I saw only 3 or 4 libraries with computers. - Jere

Which most resembles the Library of Babel? Perhaps the Handelingenkamer? - j1m

Sigh. Most Canadian academic libraries were built in the 1960s & 70s and tend to be on the brutalist side of things, design-wise. - John Dupuis

Jessie Norris posted a link

Contents of Africa according to the rest of the world « GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles. (AKA Song Chart Meme)

August 5 at 3:48 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Ruchira S. Datta, Carla Thompson, genieyclo, Yoan and 10 other people liked this

The rest of the world probably thinks "Sudan" is a type of car. - Jim Norris

I am surprised not to see Nigerian oil and Nigerian email spam in there. - Atul Arora

duh... where is my beloved SuidAfrican wine? I demand to fix South - throw off that blue Mandela, gimme my wine back! ;) - silpol

Typography: Nice Fish Films posted a link

Typography of the Electric Company - a set on Flickr

August 7 at 11:32 am - via Reshare - Link

Lyn, (jeff)isageek, Anthony K Valley, fatih gül and 3 other people liked this

Thanks to http://kottke.org for the find. - Nice Fish Films

Derek Dukes posted a message on Twitter

“Malcom gladwell just road past me on the street. Thankfully I didn't blink or I would have missed him.”

August 5 at 9:58 am - Link

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Benjamin Golub posted a message

“Deep fried bananas - delicious”

August 2 at 12:43 pm - Link

Space Cowboy, Ruchira S. Datta, Simon, Adam Lasnik and 5 other people liked this

With mango? - Benedikt Koehler

does... not.. sound..good :D - Josh Chandler

want - j1m

I can almost hear the banana rooms being registered. PS:http://friendfeed.com/rooms/ba... - Here's... possible248!

Typography: Anthony K Valley posted a link

Stereoscopic Parking Garage

August 3 at 12:07 am - via Reshare - Link

Lyn, Shayanlinux, icono, Tsega Dinka and 4 other people liked this

Reshare from Chris (http://friendfeed.com/l0ckergn...) here: http://friendfeed.com/e/2580f0... - Anthony K Valley

Jason Shellen posted an entry on shellen dot com

Bread!

July 31 at 6:43 pm - Link

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First time I heard that voice in the hallways, I was so confused. I couldn't tell what was going on. Was it an alert? Was someone's dog making a weird noise? Oh man, there are some aspects of Google that I will always miss and this is right up there. - Sacca

BREAD! - jenna

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i wish i could fav this more than once. :) this is the greatest thing that has ever been. - jenna

This is so clearly a ploy to flush out all the Googlers on FriendFeed. :) - Matt Cutts

I wonder if other teams at Google had as much fun as the Blogger team in imitating Craig's distinctive yet, Muppet-like alert. It got to the point where just the single word imitation would have us in stitches. Good times. - Jason Shellen

I remember the first time I heard Craig's bread-call my first thought was "who's Brad?" - Laurence Gonsalves

@Laurence Yeah, same here! - Sacca

Pedro Beltrao posted a message

“AT&T = costumer support hell; makes me not want to use them out of principle”

July 29 at 3:41 pm - Link

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For me it's "No bars, anywhere" :P - Ricardo Vidal

Do you hear me now? No, wait ... wrong company - PauloNuin

Piaw Na shared an item on Google Reader

IGDA - Articles - Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6 Lessons

July 29 at 6:24 am - Link

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Crunch mode doesn't work, but the industry foists it on us over and over again. I wonder how much of this is due to outliers who can work like madmen day after day for years without any decrease in efficiencies? - Piaw Na

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Back AWAY from the bamboo, Sir

July 26 at 10:52 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Paul Haahr, David Bittencourt, Ruchira S. Datta, Adewale Oshineye and 2 other people liked this

"Panda: OK! OK! [Paws up] I was only going to Nom a small amount—I SWEARS!" - Jason Wehmhoener via Bookmarklet

lol those eyes along with that pose. - Alan Le

Jason Wehmhoener posted a link

Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe

July 25 at 10:41 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Atul Arora, Adewale Oshineye and Ruchira S. Datta liked this

"However, in Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe, each player must place marks in two different squares. The marks are subscripted with the number of the current move, so all of X's moves are subscripted with odd numbers, and all of O's moves are subscripted with even numbers. The moves in Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe are "mixed state" moves, half in one square, half in another. One only finds out later in the game which square each move was "actually" in. Mixed state moves can share squares, becoming "entangled". There is no limit on the number of mixed state moves that can be in a square (well, nine). However, at some point, these entanglements will always become circular, and then a new type of move is required - the collapse. Collapses are how the quantum moves are converted to classical moves. Half of each pair of the involved mixed state moves are eliminated. The one that is left is the classical move, there can be only one per square, and further quantum moves into such collapsed squares are forbidden." - Jason Wehmhoener via Bookmarklet

Cute. (Nothing like actual quantum mechanics, of course.) - ⓞnor

Michal Cierniak shared an item on Google Reader

Google Chubby and the Paxos Algorithm

July 24 at 11:19 pm - Link

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Thomas Lemberger posted an entry on The Seven Stones

ISMB 2008: micro-blogging at its best

July 23 at 1:06 pm - Link

Nick Boucart, Samuli Eldfors, Michael Barton, Ruchira S. Datta and 10 other people liked this

cool, I was going to ask if it was useful for people that were not at the conference. It is good to know that it was. - Pedro Beltrao

No, it really was. Haven't enjoyed ISMB as much in recent years, the coverage made me want to be there! - Daniel Swan

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Yes, it was brilliant advertisement for the conference! It only lacks the second layer of authors who summarize blogs, into human readable 'scientific american' level pieces. - Egon Willighagen

I thought it was by far the best example of this that I have seen so far. Combined with a live video feed it would make a compelling case for not bothering to go to conferences :) - Cameron Neylon

@Egon - We are writing a conference report based on the notes so there might still be a longer and more readable version :) - Pedro Beltrao

Can I like this again? :) - Neil Saunders

Ah, so I have a lot of notes that I want to write up too. How do I contribute them? - Ruchira S. Datta

I should mention that I took them the old-fashioned way, with a fountain pen. But of course my plan is to type them up. - Ruchira S. Datta

I hope those of us at BioBarCamp can do as well. - Michael Nielsen

Paul Kedrosky posted an entry on Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed

Bad Financial Jargon du Jour: Terminal Wealth

July 15 at 10:45 am - Link

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Jason Wehmhoener shared an item on Google Reader

Incorrectly Cleaved Protein Leads To Schizophrenia

July 15 at 6:49 pm - Link