Archive for October, 2013

Evening train times: NHV => GC/NYP

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013

Further compacted apx evening #traintimes for #NHV=>#NYC: (4-10):45 #Mnr, [589]:10 #Amtrak, [67]:20 A, 5:30 M, (11-12):35 MA

MNR departures

4:47 PM
5:33 PM
5:52 PM
6:53 PM
7:55 PM
8:48 PM
9:45 PM
10:45 PM
11:35 PM

Amtrak Departures

5:16pm – 6:45pm
2171 Acela Express

6:19pm – 7:45pm
2173 Acela Express

7:27pm – 8:55pm
2175 Acela Express

8:14pm – 9:50pm
177 Northeast Regional

9:12pm – 10:45pm
179 Northeast Regional

12:35am – 2:15am
67 Northeast Regional

My Selfie, Myself – NYTimes.com

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/sunday-review/my-selfie-myself.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

GTEx is throwing away 90% of their data | Bits of DNA

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

http://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/gtex/

Immersion: a people-centric view of your email life

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

.@seinecle @aaronquinlan @_salmoni immersion.media.mit.edu has very impressive viz of one’s email but I’m a bit privacy worried

https://immersion.media.mit.edu/

Why Didn’t People Smile in Old Portraits? – Robinson Meyer – The Atlantic

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

MT @mikewpg1ca Why Didn’t People Smile in Old Portraits? Wanted a serious look & no way for freezing smiles on camera
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/why-didnt-people-smile-in-old-portraits/279880

Genome Biology | Full text | Astrogenomics: big data, old problems, old solutions?

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

MT @genomematt Astrogenomics: #bigdata, old problems, old solutions: Both propose organizing the data hierarchically
http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/8/129

Stanford Lecturer Has a Crazy Idea: The Tech Industry Should Secede

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

http://valleywag.gawker.com/silicon-valleys-ultimate-exit-is-a-fantasy-of-seceding-1449199349/1449469854/@maxread

U of Cambridge, Genomics England, Illumina to Sequence 10,000 Genomes from Rare Disease Patients

Monday, October 21st, 2013

http://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/u-cambridge-genomics-england-illumina-sequence-10000-genomes-rare-disease-patien
October 21, 2013
By a GenomeWeb staff reporter

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The University of Cambridge, Genomics England, and Illumina plan to sequence 10,000 whole genomes of children and adults with rare genetic diseases over three years, the organizations said today….

Poynter. » Nate Silver: Eight cool things journalists should know about statistics

Monday, October 21st, 2013

8 Things #Journalists Should Know About #Stats, includes evaluating priors & considering context
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/226489/nate-silver-eight-cool-things-journalists-should-know-about-statistics MT @ChrisCarrollMD

Plane Finder – Live Flight Status Tracker

Monday, October 21st, 2013

http://planefinder.net/