http://jayunit.net code plus science for great victories Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:16:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en and http://groups.google.com/group/pradiptas-rolodex http://jayunit.net/2008/07/18/the-pradipta-416/ Tags from del.icio.us/jasonpm via wordle.net: http://jayunit.net/2008/06/19/delicioustags/ DIYbio is an organization for the ever expanding community of citizen scientists and DIY biological engineers that value openness & responsibility.  DIYbio aims to be an "Institution for the Amateur" -- an umbrella organization that provides some of the same resources afforded by more traditional institutions like academia and industry, ... http://jayunit.net/2008/06/06/diybio-is-alive/ A little while back, I resigned from my position at VistaPrint to take a great opportunity at thoughtbot, inc in downtown Boston.  I'll be starting with them on Monday, June 9, and am super excited to join their small and dynamic team.  Initially, I'll be working on tools for the ... http://jayunit.net/2008/06/06/jason-joins-team-thoughtbot/ An easy way to import a Mephisto blog into WordPress is by using a Python script for extracting a WordPress-friendly WXR file from Mephisto (which can be imported via the WordPress web admin interface), which eventually worked like a charm. I had to modify it to use MySQL, and ... http://jayunit.net/2008/04/16/mephisto-to-wordpress/ Mac Cowell and I have been working on a new project, coined Bricklet. Bricklet is an open and extensible platform for storing and sharing standardized synthetic biology parts with the goal of fostering a rich ecosystem of synthetic biology software. Bricklet currently consists of: A proposal for a Part Description Language A ... http://jayunit.net/2008/04/14/bricklet-announcement/ Last weekend, I has the pleasure to attend BarCampRochester which was a great time. Thanks to the organizers and sponsors for making this happen! I gave a session that introduced synthetic biology, iGEM, their motivations, and surrounding issues. I’ve uploaded my slides in PDF (1.5MB): Synthetic Biology at BarCampRochester. Here ... http://jayunit.net/2008/04/07/bcr3/ There are a few activities that, arguably, comprise the bulk of science. They are, of course, not linear. And each one generates many artifacts. ...many, many, many artifacts. Wouldn’t it be nice to keep track of all these? (Especially in a distributed team!) http://jayunit.net/2008/03/21/managing-your-research/ 2 ideas and then 1 idea: 1. GPS devices need more information about real-time traffic information. The best source for this is other GPSes that are also stuck in traffic. If they could communicate, they could intelligently route traffic to optimally spread traffic over primary and alternate routes. ... http://jayunit.net/2008/02/28/traffic-is-a-routing-problem/ I actually had to register for a LiveJournal account today (ack), but it was for a good cause: to post to lolscience. imma chargin mah mRNA! teh central dogma: it goes “VRMMMMMMMM” http://jayunit.net/2008/02/06/lolscience/