Archive for February, 2014
PLOS Biology: Best Practices for Scientific Computing
Monday, February 10th, 2014Best Practices for Scientific #Computing. Well known but useful pts, eg vers. control, asserts, interface comments…
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001745
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001745
Julia: A High-Performance Programming Language for Data Science and More
Monday, February 10th, 2014Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet – Taylor Clark – The Atlantic
Monday, February 10th, 2014Jesse #Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet. Contains an interesting description of the nuts & bolts of web #scams
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-dark-lord-of-the-internet/355726
Louis Menand: What Does Anxiety Mean? : The New Yorker
Sunday, February 9th, 2014What is #Anxiety? A personal history of the concept & its treatment, from Freud to #valium http://nyr.kr/1cMzQ6P HT @NockLabHarvard
@Atul_Gawande : What is Anxiety? Louis Menand explains, complete with a history of the concept, in a terrific @newyorker piece:
http://nyr.kr/1cMzQ6P
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2014/01/27/140127crat_atlarge_menand
The Fine Art and Messy Science of Measuring a Digital Reader – Atlantic Mobile
Saturday, February 8th, 2014For Babes These Days, Toyland Has a Digital Bent – NYTimes.com
Saturday, February 8th, 2014For Babes These Days, Toyland Has a Digital Bent: the #Ipad trumps Barbie. Is the future of #Lego an app?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/business/for-babes-these-days-toyland-has-a-digital-bent.html
A Science Junkie’s Guide to Art – The Student Blog
Saturday, February 8th, 2014Science Junkie’s Guide to Art, by @jahlela. Nice bits on some unusual sci #viz, eg a circuit design etched into skin!
http://blogs.plos.org/thestudentblog/2014/01/10/science-junkies-guide-art
http://blogs.plos.org/thestudentblog/2014/01/10/science-junkies-guide-art/