Archives for: October 2007

10/30/07

  11:21:01 pm, by Nimble   , 89 words  
Categories: Distractions

Dena and Beowulf

Was poking through the Old English-plus-translation version of Beowulf I have, and was intrigued that the first line was: Hwæt, we Gar-Dena in geardagum There you go, Dena's in Beowulf! (Even though it means the Danes, here: Gar-Dena = spear-Danes)… more »

10/25/07

  09:14:11 pm, by Nimble   , 544 words  
Categories: Thoughts, Science

Common Proteins of Life

There is a site that summarizes many of the proteins that creatures have in common with one another. Most of the creatures listed are bacteria, but there are a few multicellular organisms with respective codes: Microsporidia [E], thale cress [A], a worm… more »
  12:03:47 pm, by Nimble   , 1837 words  
Categories: Thoughts, People

The Baby Experience

Dena and I haven't really been posting a ton, with the new baby in tow, but with five weeks and a bit of baby under our belts, I think I'm ready to share a bit of the whole experience :) more »

10/16/07

  11:48:25 am, by Nimble   , 271 words  
Categories: Internet, Travel

British Airways Infant Booking Trouble

As of right now, their online booking system does not handle infants very well. more »

10/04/07

  03:55:02 pm, by Nimble   , 62 words  
Categories: Thoughts, Internet

DRM-Free Resurrection?

Looks like there's been a small revival in the availability of DRM-free music. No major revolution, but you have the advent of Amazon's DRM-free MP3 collection, which contains quite a number of bands, and even the icon of DRM, iTunes, now has "iTunes… more »

10/02/07

  08:56:00 pm, by Nimble   , 953 words  
Categories: Thoughts, Science

A Little Of The Tree Of Life

So you want to see a little bit of the tree of life for yourself. Maybe use some of the bioinformatics tools on the Internet to see some of the relatedness of life on earth. Can you do that as a layman? Sure you can, and here's a little introduction as… more »