links for 2008-03-31

• Identification and analysis of ancestral hominoid transcriptome inferred from cross-species transcript and processed pseudogene comparisons — Huang et al., 10.1101/gr.075556.107 — Genome Research
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• How the Blackout Came to Life – New York Times
  [[* NYTimes opinion piece by Cornell Math Prof. *]]
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• A Journey to Baseball’s Alternate Universe – New York Times
  [[* Another opinion by same prof. This one on a more offbeat topic. *]]
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• Behind Every Great Inventor, Many Others Whom History Forgot – New York Times
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links for 2008-03-30

• ACQUA of Wesport
  [[* Near starbucks in Westport, with easy parking and central location. Mostly on 2nd floor. *]]
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• PLoS Biology – Research Ethics Recommendations for Whole-Genome Research: Consensus Statement
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links for 2008-03-25

• MedGem, BodyGem, and BalanceLog by Microlife
  (tags: usefulproducts x20fuod)
• Mountain Mirrycle Bicycle Mirror – Mirrycle Corp.
  (tags: UsefulProducts cycling x20fuod)
• The Genographic Project – Human Migration, Population Genetics, Maps, DNA – National Geographic
  (tags: Usefulsites BioinfoSites BioinfoAncestry dna education evolution genetics history science genealogy)

links for 2008-03-24

• The Professor as Open Book – New York Times
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• Storming the Campuses – New York Times
  Eleven thousand Ivy League students and alumni have played out these scenarios as part of an online computer game called GoCrossCampus, or GXC. The game, a riff on classic territorial-conquest board games like Risk, may be the next Internet phenomenon to
  (tags: clip clippoppress pubnytimes games)
• Atlantic Yards – Frank Gehry – Architecture – New York Times
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• Slow Economy Likely to Stall Atlantic Yards – New York Times
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• Monet Meets the Colt .45 in Hartford – New York Times
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• A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears – New York Times
  By PAUL VITELLO
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• Clocks – ModENCODEPrivate
  (tags: clocks)
• Structure, function, and evolution of transient and obligate protein-protein interactions — Mintseris and Weng 102 (31): 10930 — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  [[* useful in relation to SIN and coevolution studies *]]
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• COMPUTER SCIENCE: Science 2.0 — Shneiderman 319 (5868): 1349 — Science
  [[* Nice soc. net graphic of senate *]]
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links for 2008-03-21

• Technology Review: The Fine Structure of a Frozen Virus
  Wednesday, March 19, 2008
  The Fine Structure of a Frozen Virus

  Sophisticated imaging reveals new details in a virus’s protein coat.

  By Jocelyn Rice

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links for 2008-03-18

• Break Your Mail Out of AOL – Expert Help by PC Magazine
  Fortunately, a number of independent developers now offer utilities for converting AOL data into less proprietary forms. The most seamless product I found was ePreserver from Connected Software (www.connectedsw.com), which makes the technical part of the
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links for 2008-03-17

• A Fine Italian Restaurant in Westport, Connecticut – Tarantino Restaurant
  [[* Nice looking restaurant across from the Westport Train Station *]]
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• Splash Restaurant & Bar
  [[* Right on the water in a public park *]]
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• The Best Free Software – Reviews by PC Magazine
  [[* Great hyperlinked list of programs *]]
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• Annoyances.org – Turn off the Clipboard Toolbar in Office 2000 and Office XP
  Office XP:

  * Open an Office application, and select Options from the Tools menu.
  * Choose the Edit tab and turn off the Show Paste Options buttons and Show Insert Options buttons options.
  * Click Ok when you’re done.

  (tags: usefulhints useful_hints computer windows office)
• Katanin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (tags: funnygene bioinfofunnygenename)
• Molecular Surface Package
  [[* contains nice demo applet of orig. m.s. program *]]
  (tags: bioinfosites Surfacearea protein Link_Biohedron link)
• TOOLbox: Using the semantic web to retrieve proteomics information | Glycosylation site prediction | Integrating peptide-retention information with MS/MS data | TandTRAQ
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• CBSNews.com: The Science Of Sleep
  The Science Of Sleep
  March 16, 2008(CBS) Human beings spend on average one third of their lives asleep. We know we need to sleep but most of us have never really given a whole lot of thought to why.

  Why do we spend seven or eight hours a night immobile a

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• The Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem
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• LAPTOP Magazine – Product reviews, tech news, buying guides, and more
  [[* describes hyperconnectivity *]] MOBILE IT, One Inbox to Rule Them All. Unified communications could help you respond to problems faster.
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• The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know
  (tags: clip clippoppress pubwired autism psychology brain)
• Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
  At the age of 40, King Gillette was a frustrated inventor, a bitter anticapitalist, and a salesman of cork-lined bottle caps. It was 1895, and despite ideas, energy, and wealthy parents, he had little to show for his work. He blamed the evils of market co
  (tags: clip clippoppress pubwired business free economics economy)
• This Psychologist Might Outsmart the Math Brains Competing for the Netflix Prize
  [[* Interesting illustration of the power of domain knowledge *]] At first, it seemed some geeked-out supercoder was going to make an easy million.

  In October 2006, Netflix announced it would give a cool seven figures to whoever created a movie-recommend

  (tags: clip clippoppress pubwired Link Link_netflix netflix math research datamining psychology mining)
• sandwich board loc: North Haven, CT – Google Maps
  [[* skiff & whitney, open 6a-2p weekdays, ~7-1 weekends *]]
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• US HUPO ’08
  [[* USHUPO *]]
  (tags: bioinfoconf bioinfoconfmg)

links for 2008-03-16

• Journal / Author Name Estimator – JANE
  (tags: BioinfoSites academia conference database publishing tools journals bioinformatics)

links for 2008-03-15

• Taste Restaurant & Lounge
  [[* Near Skiff & Whitney *]]
  (tags: PlaceCTRestaurantNewHaven PlaceCT)

links for 2008-03-11

• Workshop I | NSF Workshops on Knowledge Management and Visualization Tools in Support of Discovery
  (tags: BioinfoConf BioinfoConfMG)
• Workshop II | | NSF Workshops on Knowledge Management and Visualization Tools in Support of Discovery
  (tags: BioinfoConf BioinfoConfMG)
• Fairfield, CT Restaurants, Menus, Dining in Fairfield, Islas Latino Fusion Restaurante in Fairfield, CT – Menu
  [[* Nice dinner a week or so ago. Very close to train station. Quiet on a weekday night. *]]
  (tags: PlaceCT PlaceCTRestaurantFairfield)