Archive for August, 2013

Outpaced by Innovation: Canceling an XPRIZE | Peter Diamandis

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-diamandis/outpaced-by-innovation-ca_b_3795710.html

You Should Be Wary of “Internet of Things” Devices | MIT Technology Review

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517931/more-connected-homes-more-problems/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter

This paper mentions finding 350 pseudogenes in C. elegans

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/5/728.full.pdf#page=1&view=FitH

Pseudogene Vocabulary

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/WebFeat/qualifiers/pseudogene.html
http://www.insdc.org/documents/pseudogene-qualifier-vocabulary see here as well
https://www.vectorbase.org/info/website/glossary.html

vs

http://gencodegenes.wordpress.com/toolbox

Also, on unitary pseudogene term “origin” here is the earliest use of the term findable :
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/molgen/

Unitary & Processed as in Gencode
Unprocessed = Duplicated
Allelic = Polymorphic

Do Things that Don’t Scale

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

http://paulgraham.com/ds.html

3 Things I Learned About How to be Happier | Nataly Kogan

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nataly-kogan/happiness-research_b_3568970.html

Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance – NYTimes.com

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/us/facial-scanning-is-making-gains-in-surveillance.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0&pagewanted=all

Improve Your Online Shopping Experience With These Amazon Extensions For Chrome

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/improve-your-online-shopping-experience-with-these-amazon-extensions-for-chrome/#twitter

Rich-Get-Richer Effect Observed in BitCoin Digital Currency Network | MIT Technology Review

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/518541/rich-get-richer-effect-observed-in-bitcoin-digital-currency-network/

FBI suspected in hacking anonymity software Tor to arrest child porn suspect — RT USA

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

http://rt.com/usa/fbi-suspected-hacking-child-porn-079/