University of Michigan Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate student.

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Mendeley [∞]

Currently, I use Papers on the Mac to manage my science paper library, but this looks like a promising application.

Conan visits a vineyard in Napa Valley [∞]

A hilarious segment from the old Conan show on NBC.

Heligoland vinyl [∞]

Heligoland vinyl

Triple heavyweight vinyl, remixes, and CD. Stunning packaging.

Bicycle Shadow Masters [∞]

Bicycle Shadow Masters

Just bought a deck of these from Amazon. The coolest looking cards I’ve ever seen.


Switch to A2 Hosting

I migrated the site over to A2 Hosting last night. Everything seems to be working pretty well, but if you notice something broken, please send me an e-mail!


Polar Beer [∞]

Polar Beer
Down the hatch!

The secrets of Malcolm Gladwell [∞]

I just finished Outliers, which was a thoroughly entertaining read. His take home message from his books and his presentations is that hard work pays off.

A guide to American-Canadian relations during the Olympics [∞]

Pretend that you have to plug in your engine block at night to keep it from freezing, too. Makes them feel better.

The Big Chill II [∞]

12/11/10, Michigan vs. Michigan State hockey at the Big House.

Microsoft announces Office for Mac 2011 [∞]

The Elements Gallery is my biggest gripe with Office 2008. I’m glad to see Microsoft completely overhauled it in the new version:

Most notably, there’s a new Ribbon at the top of each document window. (If you want a preview, check out Office for Windows; the ribbon is already in there, although the Microsoft Mac team members we spoke to said they had learned a lot from the criticism the Ribbon took when launched on Windows.) The Mac version of the Ribbon doesn’t replace any menu bars, but it does replace Office 2008’s controversial Elements Gallery, which took some fire from Mac users for its size and inflexibility. This new Ribbon is designed to give users quick access to each program’s most commonly used tools. Unlike the Elements Gallery, the ribbon is customizable and, if you want more screen space, completely collapsible.

Also, Visual Basic scripting makes a return. Based on the screen shots, the new version looks like a great upgrade.