A week or two ago, I had a conversation with a couple of coworkers about the use of blogs/social media to gather information about subjects (and hence justify why I spend so many hours on Google Reader). They were fairly skeptical of the ability of blogs to do the same job that the New York [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve worked in a lab, but I remembered always being fascinated by the “tell all” posters which were on the lab walls which laid out everything in a cell/system pertaining to a specific concept in biology. What appealed to me about them is that they conveyed a the complex and [...]
Why should we study science & technology? Because it can enrich our lives. Case in point: bra’s that lift your breasts when you’re sexually aroused/attracted to someone you’re talking to (HT: The Sun). And of course, a visual representation of how it works (even though I’m quite sure this isn’t quite how it works): [...]
The financial system is healthy. You have nothing to worry about — according to Geithner’s written part of the stress test. Hat tip to Greg Mankiw:
Given the extreme panic that some people have in response to the news on the swine flu outbreak, I was going to post a quick set of common questions & answers on Swine Flu, but found that the amazing David Bradley over at Science Base has already done that. I’ve copied and pasted most of [...]
I may never run another molecular biology reaction in my life, but if I do, I will probably push my lab to buy a PCR machine from Bio-Rad . First, my college roommate and Benchpress-partner Eric pointed me to this amazing video a couple of months ago: Flash forward a few months and Eric points me [...]
Over on Bench Press, my buddy Anthony pointed out one great aspect of Qualcomm’s legendary engineer culture – apparently they have a great tradition of making April Fool’s videos. This year’s will warm the hearts of anyone who’s done biological/life sciences-oriented research: I particularly like the last guy who lays on the cutting edge [...]
I love gadgets (I just don’t have enough money to buy them). It’s no wonder that over on Xhibiting, I post a lot about cool gadgets. And its no secret that I’m chained to my Blackberry. But, I stop short at preferring smartphones to women (HT: Dilbert) Sounds like somebody needs a Blackberry patch… (Image [...]
As frequent readers of this blog know, my Benchpress-partner-in-crime Anthony and I like making ridiculous $100 offers for failing companies/divisions. One may inquire, then, given Blockbuster’s pitiful plight (which has been so poor that they’ve even been the subject of an Onion video parody), why we haven’t made our usual $100 offer. The reason is [...]
It’s been a while since I visited the topic of Taiwan’s pivotal role in the global technology supply chain. So, it’s long overdue for some not-so-shameless plugging of news involving my favorite island country’s technology industry and the impact they’ve had on the technology space: HTC shipped the first mobile phone to run Google’s Android [...]