University of Michigan Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate student.

June 2006.4

The Machosexual [∞]

The Machosexual. Metro is out, macho is in.

Andy’s new book [∞]

The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor


Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional (Mac) speed-up

Control-click on the application icon and select “Get Info.” At the bottom there is an option to select which plug-ins to load. I use the commenting feature in Acrobat to tag my PDFs with notes and I like the auto-updater, so I figured out which plug-ins I need for these two features to load. Everything else has been disabled. This works great if you use Acrobat to read science papers. Here’s my current list of required plug-ins:


World Cup ticket thief [∞]

Unlucky or stupid? World Cup ticket thief arrested.

The D.J. Auteur [∞]

The D.J. Auteur. The New York Times profiles Danger Mouse and his latest project, Gnarls Barkely.

Boot up [∞]

Here’s a list of processes executed by Mac OS X on start-up.


John Terry is the man

England won 2-0 against Trinidad and Tobago today, thanks to a lovely effort from John Terry:

John Terry prevents Trinidad & Tobago from scoring a goal England’s John Terry, standing right, clears a header from Trinidad and Tobago’s Stern John. kneeling right, off the line during the FIFA World Cup Group B match at the Franken-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany. Thursday June 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Nick Potts/PA)

Afterwards, England scored on a cross from David Beckham to Peter Crouch and a second from Steven Gerrard.

Steven Gerrard's goal English midfielder Steven Gerrard (L) shoots to score his team’s second goal against Trinidad and Tobago in their opening round Group B World Cup football match at Nuremberg’s Franken Stadium, 15 June 2006. England won the match 2-0. AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT


It’s a Chrysler [∞]

It’s a Chrysler. Dealership says $1.7 million car won’t run and maker Mercedes-Benz won’t fix it.

Apple Ultra-portable [∞]

Apple seen delivering “ultra-portable” at Macworld. Could this be the new FlashBook?

Darryl Hannah [∞]

Daryl Hannah Speaks from Jail Cell. She was pulled out of a walnut tree yesterday. Jon Stewart made some hilarious comments about it on The Daily Show.