These are my annotated tweets for the week of 5 October 2008. Follow my microblog on Twitter at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling, then come here for the expanded version.
Current Bioinformatics Projects
2008-10-05: I spent the morning applying graphical residual analysis to my data. My model isn’t as good as I thought.
2008-10-05: I analyzed some different data this evening. My model is the best of the three I’m testing — w00t!
2008-10-06: I wrote some good Perl code today, but I’m in a hurry and haven’t written the tests yet. I will pay for this later.
2008-10-08: I’m close to finishing another project, but only by working long hours. I won’t be completely caught up by vacation the last week of Oct.
I’ve been working hard and (sometimes) having fun.
The Election
2008-10-07: John McCain, one of the few Republicans I have respected, has lost my respect by making stupid decisions (Palin), lying, going negative.
2008-10-10: Palin’s chief qualification for office: She has experience abusing authority. She is just another conservative hypocrite.
I’m not a Republican.
I’m an Apple Fanboy
2008-10-07: I’m working at home early this morning using my year-old MacBook Pro, which is still an outstanding laptop.
FireFox Doesn’t Support the <nobr> Tag
2008-10-08: A web page at work loaded fine in IE6 but not in Firefox; programmer had used the <nobr> tag, which is not standard HTML. I asked for a fix.
This is what happens when you test only with Internet Explorer 6.
Nobel Prizes
2008-10-08: @easternblot I agree about Nobel prizes. Physics was the premier science of the 20th century; biology is the premier science of the 21st.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges of the 21st century will be solved with biology.
HONK! Festival
2008-10-09: HONK! is coming to Davis Square and Harvard Square this weekend — so fun last year, I watched the parade twice. http://www.honkfest.org/.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
2008-10-11: I finished an audio book today from audible.com: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, read by Edward Petherbridge. It was excellent.
Listening to audio books has greatly increased my ability to “read”, since I can listen while walking to and from work, 90 minutes a day. I picked the version read by Edward Petherbridge because I have enjoyed him in various television series and audiobooks.
