This fellow emailed me based on earlier postings I've made suggesting a link exchange... I don't need a linkback, but I figured I'd be happy to give a plug... in particular, he has stats for efficiency of crops for making biodiesel ( Read more... )

RIP "The Prisoner" Patrick McGoohan and "Kaaaaahhhhhnnnn" Ricardo Montalban

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090111.html

Signal boost from _octopodLincoln & Joyce at Scripps have created an "RNA World"-- self-replicating RNA molecules that need no proteins and no other enzymes than their own activity. This is an enormous step in origin-of-life issues, since it has been believed for some time that a pure-RNA system predated DNA and cell membranes, but no one had shown, until ( Read more... )

Walmart over time:

http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/

Soon, my army of flying octopus robots will be ready to conquer the world!

signal boost: Livejournal laid off a lot of its employees, and rumors abound of imminent demise ( Read more... )

credit where credit is due: Lame Duck Bush does something I approve of

I needed this in another forum, so I thought I'd share...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gsaDdqGzA

I would post about how cool a game Pandemic is, but bioephemera's blog coincidentally posted a review while we were playing it for the first time tonight. I really like board games where people work cooperatively rather than adversarially, yet that aren't all touchy-feely-feelgood. It's hard enough to win without competition. Highly recommended.