University of Michigan Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate student.

January 2007.2

Mac OS X Tip of the Week: Look Inside Multiple Folders [∞]

Mac OS X Tip of the Week: Look Inside Multiple Folders. Ever wish you could see inside more than one folder at a time? You can. Here’s how. (via Apple Hot News)

You say we pay [∞]

You say we pay. A hilarious video from Adam Buxton. (via dead air space)

Pirating the 2007 Oscars [∞]

Pirating the 2007 Oscars.

New Mac Pros coming February 20 [∞]

According to an insider report, new 8-core Mac Pros will be released at a special Apple Event at the end of February, along with details on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, iLife ’07, and iWork ’07. (via digg)


Coachella 2007 poster

Coachella 2007 line-up


Does sprawl make us fat? [∞]

Does sprawl make us fat?. New transdisciplinary research is exploring whether urban sprawl makes us soft, people who don’t like to exercise move to the suburbs, or, more likely, some combination of both. (via Boing Boing).

No Drugs In Vick’s Bottle [∞]

No Drugs In Vick’s Bottle. NFL star Michael Vick will not face criminal charges in connection with last week’s seizure of a customized water bottle after police lab tests turned up negative for the presence of drugs in the container. (via The Smoking Gun).

Cowboys’ Parcells Leaves Coaching [∞]

Cowboys’ Parcells Leaves Coaching. Bill Parcells retired from coaching Monday, leaving the Dallas Cowboys after four seasons and ending a stellar career that featured two Super Bowl championships (via TIME Magazine Online: Top Stories).

Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia [∞]

Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia. The researchers determined that the mean age of onset of dementia symptoms in the monolingual group was 71.4 years, while the bilingual group was 75.5 years. (via Slashdot).

Cocaine found on 99.9% of UK banknotes [∞]

Cocaine found on 99.9% of UK banknotes. Pretty much every banknote in the UK shows traces of cocaine, forensic scientists have claimed. (via The Register).

C&O Trattoria [∞]

C&O Trattoria: Cynicism Doesn’t Pay Kids. (via Gridskipper).

Free Quicksilver user guide ebook [∞]

Free Quicksilver user guide ebook. Mac app Quicksilver is one of those interfaces that qualifies as both the “best thing ever” and the “hardest thing to learn ever.” QS guru Howard Melman has put together an 89-page Quicksilver User Guide ebook compiling tons of Quicksilver functionality into one place. (via Lifehacker).

Blu-Ray DRM Cracked [∞]

Blu-Ray DRM Cracked. Muslix64, fresh from hammering down the walls of HD-DVD, applies the same technique to partially crack Blu-Ray disks. How long until the inner keep of high-def DRM comes tumbling down? (via Wired News: Top Stories).

Coachella 2007 line-up [∞]

Coachella’s Latest Reunion Announcement Will Twist Your Melon, Man. In addition to the Rage/Chili Peppers/Bjork headlining trio, the lineup includes DJ Shadow, LCD Soundsystem, Soulwax, and The Rapture. (via Idolator).


Diddy checking out Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel and P. Diddy


The ice storm [∞]

There are some great pictures on Flickr of the ice storm we had the past few days here in Michigan.

Apple expands beyond computers [∞]

During the Macworld 2007 Keynote, Steve Jobs announced the arrival of the rumored iPhone and Apple TV. The company has also released a new Airport Extreme router, which supports a 802.11n draft standard.