Pwned by Evolution
Tiffany was pwned by evolution this morning when she got three wisdom teeth removed.She is currently resting while I tend to her every thirty minutes for the next six hours.I’m sure many of you know...
View ArticleDarwin's Real Dilemma
This week’s Squidbillies is The Appalachian Mud Squid: Darwin’s Dilemma. It’s a “study of the migrations and libations of the ignorant redneck land squid.”And, yes, those are scientific, individual...
View ArticlePhyloinformatics Summer of Code 2008
Below is an email that I received from NESCent:Phyloinformatics Summer of Code 2008Please disseminate this announcement widely to appropriate students at your institutionThe National Evolutionary...
View ArticleMarch Mathness
This year I’m participating in an alternative March Madness pool, described in this 2001 paper. But before I get into it, I just want to recommend that you all go read this article about the Georgia’s...
View ArticleResearch Blogging Roundup
Mailund on the Internet: Heads or tails and reliable alignments In this paper they analyse the quality of multiple sequence alignments in an extremely simple manner: They first align the sequences left...
View ArticleLeverging X-Macros and Boost to Simplify Command-Line Options
A traditional library for command line processing is the getopt library. For C++ programmers, a powerful alternative is the Boost::Program_options library (PO). PO allows you to specify your options in...
View ArticleFBI Arresting People for Visiting their Websites
The FBI is trying a new tactic to capture pedophiles. They are posting links to illegal media on internet message boards, and then arresting anyone who visits those websites; cnet has the story.As...
View ArticleBees, Bees, Bees
A couple weeks ago, tree surgeons working out side of a hospital in Wake county, discovered that there was a large hive of bees living in large oak that needed to come down. Due to the decline of wild...
View ArticleThe Awesomeness that is Squidbillies
I think this week’s Squidbllies, “Armagedon It On!,” surpasses all previous Squidbillies in the department of Georgia cultural references. It was one of their best episodes yet, but they topped...
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