University of Michigan Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate student.

Journal

Michigan texting ban in effect [∞]

The new state law doesn’t outlaw some cell phone behavior – including talking or reading publications on a wireless device. Drivers also can still look at directions on a GPS device if it’s affixed to the vehicle.

Starting today, texting while driving is banned but talking remains legal. This is going to be a fun one for police officers to enforce. Way to go, Michigan.

Manzoku: The Ghostly Bento [∞]

For Ghostly International’s hundredth release (GI-100), we wanted to commemorate the occasion with something more than music, something bigger, more permanent–a humble monument to our first decade’s work and a gift to our loyal fans. With that in mind, we give you Manzoku: The Ghostly Bento.

Best Bargain Colleges [∞]

UCLA and Michigan both made the list. Go Blue and go Bruins!

Thyme [∞]

A simple timer for Mac OS X. Runs in the menu bar. Perfect.

Sprint’s $10 monthly EVO 4G convenience charge [∞]

I was seriously considering getting a new HTC EVO phone from Sprint until I heard about an additional monthly service charge specific to the phone:

A $10 per month Premium Data add-on will apply allowing customers to take advantage of a richer data experience than ever before.

Multiple sites have reported this charge to be mandatory, even in markets that don’t have 4G coverage, such as Ann Arbor. A $10 extra fee just to use an EVO phone? Count me out. The whole 4G branding initiative is a joke anyway, with data bandwidth caps imminent, lead by AT&T’s announcement earlier this week.

J.J. Abrams’ mystery box [∞]

J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery — a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias — back to its magical beginnings.


It’s Showtime

Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight. Go Lakers.

Magic Johnson of the Showtime LA Lakers


Soulver [∞]

Fantastic calculator app for the iPad.

The 21st perfect game [∞]

With the most heartbreaking missed call in baseball history, Jim Joyce gave official proclamation to the 2010 baseball season: welcome to The Year of the Umpire.

The Absolute Sound/Hi-Fi+ guide to vinyl playback [∞]

Free PDF with great information on turntables, cartridges, and preamps.

2AM Club live at MTV [∞]

I loathe MTV but these videos are good quality. 2AM Club is an upcoming band from my home town, Mill Valley.

A rough week for Guatemala [∞]

In just the past seven days, residents of Guatemala and parts of neighboring Honduras and El Salvador have had to cope with a volcanic eruption and ash fall, a powerful tropical storm, the resulting floods and landslides, and a frightening sinkhole in Guatemala City that swallowed up a small building and an intersection.

Body’s own stem cells can lead to tooth regeneration [∞]

This sounds promising:

NEW YORK (May 19, 2010) – A technique pioneered in the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory of Dr. Jeremy Mao, the Edward V. Zegarelli Professor of Dental Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, can orchestrate stem cells to migrate to a three-dimensional scaffold infused with growth factor, holding the translational potential to yield an anatomically correct tooth in as soon as nine weeks once implanted.

Mémoires [∞]

Nice looking journal program for Mac OS X. I currently use MacJournal for my work notebook, since it allows you to embed PDFs, but this looks like a great program for a basic personal journal.

Lazerproof [∞]

Major Lazer and La Roux present Lazerproof. A new mixtape available from Mad Decent.

The Creators Project: James Lavelle [∞]

The man from UNKLE responsible for putting UK hip-hop on the map.

Every episode of LOST ranked for your enjoyment [∞]

Pretty good list. Here’s the top 5:

  1. The Constant
  2. Through the Looking Glass
  3. Walkabout
  4. Flashes Before Your Eyes
  5. Exodus
The best industries for starting a business right now [∞]
Tam High shines after $100 million renovation [∞]

Eight years and $100 million worth of reconstruction later, the stairs and arches were still there, and Tamalpais’ familiar clock tower still rises over the hillside campus. Everything else seemed new.

“It’s outstanding. Remarkable,” said Dandekar, who visited the Mill Valley campus for its “grand reopening” Saturday. “I’ve had outsiders pass by and ask me if this was the campus of a private college. They can’t believe it’s a public high school.”

Oasis: Time Flies…1994-2009 [∞]

5 LP singles collection, due out June 15th.