Monthly Archive: March 2009

Mar
05
2009

It’s the most important meal of the day!

Oh, but breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day. For a bit of background, Chris Kimball of Cook’s Illustrated can teach you the history of pioneer and Victorian breakfasts, which were centered around foods we still enjoy today. Donuts are a staple, as are breakfast cereals, themselves the subject of a fine …

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Mar
04
2009

“No crime is so great as daring to excel.” — Winston Churchill

A little detective work traced the problem to default date format conversions and floating-point format conversions in the very useful Excel program package. The date conversions affect at least 30 gene names; the floating-point conversions affect at least 2,000 if Riken identifiers are included. These conversions are irreversible; the original gene names cannot be recovered. …

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Mar
04
2009

Music That Makes You Stupider.

Lil Wayne makes you stupider. Its been proven.

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Mar
01
2009

Amycakes

This is a reposting of my old Office Managers email and ICQ messages to my coworkers. Amy Vs. The Booger Bandit    I’ve been informed that someone has been wiping snot on the walls of the stalls in the men’s washroom. At first when I was told this, it was hard to believe since who …

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