Good editorial on Nature, “Let Data Speak to Data“: Web tools now allow data sharing and informal debate to take place alongside published papers. But to take full advantage, scientists must embrace a culture of sharing and rethink their vision of databases. That being said, I find it more than a little ironic that this […]
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Nature: “Scientists must embrace a culture of sharing and rethink their vision of databases”
01-Dec-05Just do a google image search for happy baby.
Bye, Leonard
27-Oct-05(Wow, rare moment of exposing my personal world to the interweb…) This afternoon I took a bit of time off of work to grab lunch with Leonard and help him pack up the last of his stuff for the move up to San Francisco. Good times, and as always I said goodbye with my brain […]
Newspapers, Magazines, and Books
19-Oct-05I have been thinking about differences in media, specifically differences in the way we value them. Everything about a book says “I value this”. An author will invest more time/effort writing a book than a magazine article or a newspaper column. Books are made of better materials, expected to be kept around the house for […]
Lazyweb, I want http://gtd.ning.com. Kthnxbye!
Upcoming!
04-Oct-05Wow, this has been one of the most exciting net.nerdiness days in a while. First Ning and now Upcoming (which has just been aquired by Yahoo!). Congratulations Gordon and Leonard (and Andy, who I don’t really know). While I can’t think of more deserving guys, and while you have my heartiest of congratulations, I do […]
An Embarassing Confession
01-Oct-05OK, time to be embarassingly, shamefully honest with everyone on the internets… I am a closet reader of http://www.stuffonmycat.com/. Daily pictures of cats dressed up or with stuff stacked on them… Really, how can you resist?
New Dress
23-Sep-05Mindy has just let me know that put down the deposit for her wedding gown this afternoon. Wow, it finally feels really, really real!