Monthly Archives: June 2008
More Accurate Multiple Sequence Alignment
The 20 June 2008 issue of Science contains a paper by Art Löytynoja and Nick Goldman titled “Phylogeny-aware gap placement prevents errors in sequence alignment and evolutionary analysis.” The authors tackled the difficult problem of how to handle correctly the … Continue reading
Twitter for Week of 22 June 2008
These are my lightly edited tweets for the week of 22 June 2008. Follow me at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling. 2008-06-22: Jeff’s wise words in Stack Overflow podcast #10: “Your job as a manager is to throw yourself on grenades to protect me … Continue reading
Twitter for Week of 15 June 2008
These are my lightly edited tweets for the week of 15 June 2008. Follow me at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling. 2008-06-17: In This Week in Tech #147, John C. Dvorak displays vast ignorance regarding investing or water supply. Can we believe anything he … Continue reading
Twitter for Week of 8 June 2008
These are my lightly edited tweets for the week of 8 June 2008. Follow me at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling. 2008-06-08: I really enjoy the Stack Overflow podcast. But I would never use the Microsoft technologies they advocate. 2008-06-09: I spent the day … Continue reading
Twitter for Week of 1 June 2008
These are my lightly edited tweets for the week of 1 June 2008. Follow me at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling. 2008-06-01: Bradley Headstone, the obsessed schoolmaster in Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, is one of the world’s first completely socially inept nerds. 2008-06-01: … Continue reading
Twitter for Week of 25 May 2008
These are my lightly edited tweets for the week of 25 May 2008. Follow me at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling. 2008-05-25: I finished “The Mind Readers”. The mystery wasn’t mysterious, the science fiction wasn’t science, and Albert Campion wasn’t interesting. 2008-05-25: Like many … Continue reading
