Archives for: October 2007
10/30/07
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
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 »
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
British Airways Infant Booking Trouble
As of right now, their online booking system does not handle infants very well. more »
10/04/07
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
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 »
