New Resource: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

My old labmate is the Executive Editor of CSH Protocols. It's shaping up to be a great resource and repository for the unofficial, informal knowledge that makes biology tick, which is the actual recipes used to replicate important results.
In the current issue, RNA interference methods are highlighted.There are new, freely available methods for using RNA interference (RNAi) in mice and Drosophila.

MIT's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Well, I know what I'm doing this weekend.

MIT has made available for download a series of 20 lectures on computer programming. According to the introduction, the material "emphasizes the role of computer languages as vehicles for expressing knowledge and it presents basic principles of abstraction and modularity. Also, the textbook which goes along with these lectures is available online.

Developers Flock To Google's SourceForge Rival

It seems like a lot of people (myself included) are poised to jump OFF the Sourceforge bandwagon. I certainly am grateful for the hosting provided by SF all this time, but there's just no reason for it to have grown so cumbersome, especially if you're running a small project. Frankly the entire site design is about as elegant as KDE 0.8 and I think some competition will help out in this space.

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My Blue Heaven

Since moving from suburban Huntington to the North Shore of the Island, I've rediscovered my love of photography. I've been experimenting with exposure bracketing and HDR to capture the outstanding beauty of the Atlantic seashore. This picture was just a random night in July. There have been many since then. Sometimes I can't believe I live net to this, coming as I do from a small town in Illinois.