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Biology's next revolution

mergin genes, dna, data analysis and modern IT

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v445/n7126/full/445369a.html

where I started out in the 1985ish study years transforming from a genetics freak to IT - out of necessity not by plan or purpose - I find stuff we thought/ prototyped or used back then more often in art (cellular automata, dot plots, structural analysis) and at the center of scientific interest again.

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48. jazzbandball @ arcotel wimberger

new orleans jazz & dixieland, swing, boogie woogie, blues & stomp

jazzbandball
what a night! best jazz in town and a surprising number of people - most in full jazz attire. check out the picts at:

http://press.moccabeans.com/jazzbandball

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css/ xhtml mockups with photoshop?

fireworks out, imageready in?

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/quickcssmockupswithphotoshop

sometimes it needs somebody else to open one's eye to the obvious. sometimes it's not obvious but a hidden gem.

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snap - why would we?

http://www.snap.com

a very nice service, the only question not answered for me is, why would I use it?

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breakthrough in batteries?

or yet another brilliant idea which does not work

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/18086/

EEStor developed a super efficient battery they claim. fast charging, much more powerful than lead, save and cheap ... too good to be true?

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creative commons books

information should be free ...

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Books

just the book selection from the worthy creative commons. some interesting stuff there and definitely worth contributing ... photos or other creative works

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S3InfiDisk for EC2

amazon s3 linux fs for ec2

http://www.openfount.com/blog/s3infidisk-for-ec2

way cool extension to ec2. use s3 as an unlimited virtual filesystem.
if ec2 would be out of 'by invitation' beta, this could be great for all sorts of file system based content .... blogs, media server etc.
free community version, enterprise is usd 195/ unlimited ec2 instances ...

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apple inc.

apple tv, iPhone and apple inc.

what better way to start a year than with macworld s.f.
way over expectations this time we got apple tv and iPhone.

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apa/picturedesk relaunch

two strong brands with a very nice database infrastructure

apa relaunched stock.picturedesk.com and press.picturedesk.com with integrated meta search and some interface cosmetics.

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national palace museum

chinas art and culture in a virtual - and real - museum

http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm

some treasures from the imperial palace on display in taiwan. very nice presentation - and the english site does proof it would be useful to know a little chinese.

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scotty does not walk

new route planner does ok for public transport but

  http://www.oebb.at/vip8/pv/de/Aktuelles/Scotty/index.jsp

press release talks about the first route planner for pedestrians and public transport ... oh well. 1) the service is not new except for the name - or did I miss something? use  this route planner for the lovo project for >1 year
2) it does support public transport ... and walking distances from and to the stations. but what about refusnigs like myself that do not use public transport as long as walking is within reasonable distance (1h)
my garmin(s) do a lot better for the later ...

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teleport to multiple macs

share mouse and keyboard with mutliple macs

http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/

ist one of the most usefull mac utilities I found recently! install a control pane, open 2 ports on the firewall, share one mac and use the mouse and keyboard from your main mac in the other ... cool.

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