How has Obama done in his first 100 days? It depends on who you listen to...

and what does Fox news think of all this progress?

Dad, you need to see Spamalot when you're in Denver ;)

I doubt Tim Curry will be the King :(



But it has the best of Monty Python ;)

Swine flu is on the rise :( Start using Purell!

So it seems we may have a pandemic of swine flu virus H1N1, similar to the bird flu H5N1 that we were worried about.. this one seems to be a mix



The good news is it seems to be less virlent and susceptible to Tamiflu



What? No vaccine? What about these PSA's from the 1970's?



So you need a mask to prevent exposure.. a real one, not those surgical masks you see on the news :( Interesting that there is no mention of the way pigs get swine flu.. it's from virus in the eggs of an intestinal parasite and fecal contamination :P I did see a site worried about flies as vectors.. and that they are spraying a hog farm in mexico city thought to be the epicenter of the outbreak.. I guess we'll find out more as this progresses...

How do plants get rid of viruses?

Here's a cool Nature video of what goes on in RNA interference :D RNAi is cool :)



If that didn't make any sense, here's a video to put it in perspective.. this one is done in such a funny and interesting way that a six grader could understand!

I guess this will be the future of teaching ;D

Wow... that's a cool display.. and they used 4 macs to do it ;)



"This video demonstrates a scalable, 3D multi-touch input system for high-resolution, wall-sized displays. An Interaction Space is created in front of the display wall using eight commodity web cameras connected to four Mac minis. The system can determine the 3D location of arbitrary objects in front of a display wall, and use that information to enable interaction with various applications, including a visualization of genomic microarray data. The system can be scaled to support both narrow and wide display walls by changing the number of cameras used to triangulate objects. This work was presented at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces"

Well.. it's a Disney Cruise after all!

Matt and the kids should have fun :D They even have the famous mice aboard!



Here's a video of the whole trip, Dad.. so you'll know what's going on ;)



They even go to Nassau!



and their own private island.. which looks pretty crowded!

The Humpback whales are getting ready to go north

but before they do, they checkout the Atlantis submarine off Maui :)

Never heard of Blue Energy before :)

Leave it to the Dutch to come up with idea of getting energy from the mixing of salt and fresh water..

VH1 Best Week Ever :)

Here's a show that sums up the cr*p on TV.. so you can only watch the funny parts :)

Sad to say, I'm on Twitter :(

Of course, it's more geeky science threads from TWIV and Nature :D

Fitz does the hula

ha ha.. pretty funny Fitz.. who knew you were so talented ;)

Happy Earth Day :)

Today I joined the Surfrider foundation ;)



What can you do?



You can wear less clothes ;)



just remember that everything is connected..

I'm glad the semester's almost over :)

Got PCR to do.. it's gotten so much easier, I'm glad they've chosen to sing about it and encourage others to do it :D



Of course, the Genes need to be regulated, so why not rap about it :)



Let's not forget the classic protein synthesis of the 70's hippie era.. of course, we know now that things happen a little differently.. time for a new movie :)



of course, this classic video stimulated copycats in the action potential department.. the professor is still in the 70's mode, but the students have no excuse.. they must be getting extra credit ;)

Hey Dad.. more robots for you ;)

Here's a robot to clean the gutters :D



Here it is, in a real gutter :)

Instruction Manual for Life

The video is a little long.. but it makes a good point about tolerance :)

Blood falls in Antartica looks pretty creepy ...

I guess it's pretty cool even though it's exposure is due to global warming and kinda looks like the Earth is bleeding :(



Scientists have discovered new species of iron-breathing microbes that have lived isolated under an Antarctic glacier for millions of years. The microbes are responsible for the landmark blood-red frozen waterfall at Taylor Glacier.

Researchers theorise that the microbes were trapped by the advancing glacier which eventually sealed them inside their habitat. The microbes have persisted in an extreme environment with no light, no oxygen, extreme cold, and high salinity. They are able to survive by liberating iron from the bedrock with the aid of a sulphur catalyst .

The trapped pool is thought to lie several hundred metres below the surface of the glacier, some four kilometres from Blood Falls. Scientists have only been able to study the microbes indirectly by sampling rare trickles of effluence at the Falls.

Dad, Here'sthe NY Times article and Here'sthe Science article

I'm so glad it's friday :D

This cat was having one of those days!



This one just wants to put his head in a bag!

Now that Susan has made International news

Kinda wild how people have responded to this.. I guess a lot of people would like to live their dreams ;)





even Jay Leno is moved by her ;)



Matt.. here's her jazz recording :D

All I can say is Wow!

Not a big fan of the Idol shows or reality TV in general, but I do enjoy when it brings out gems like these :) The show is Britain's got Talent and the song is from one of my favorite musicals, Le Miserables, and the lyrics are so perfect..



she's made international news :)







I guess this has happened before.. Paul Potts now an Opera singer :)

Happy Tax day :)

Of course, I'm happy because I get money back :D Those who don't will be out protesting at some tea bagging event.. funny that they don't know what that means before they went national with the campaign and all ;)

Is the U.S cool again?

They have Obama's voice down! Supernews even goes after AIG :)



and the people "going green"

Dad.. put solar shingles on the cabin :D

Happy bunny day ;)

I guess it's good I didn't get a chocolate bunny this year :(

Sorry Dad, no Kim Chee Noodles for you :P

I know you want to believe the latest controversy on salt intake.. but the risk of getting heart disease is not worth it :(



let's not forget about those painful kidney stones.. ouch!

Matt.. keep the cats happy :D

This lady tells you how the cats think of the litterbox.. and why the cat is going outside the box ;)

Ha Ha.. I love Tofu too ;D

The Italians should build with straw bales..

I'm not sure if they still grow wheat in Italy, but using straw bales might of helped during the earthquake

Too bad the tourists cannot watch Da Bruddahs and Freinds :D

I didn't know they did live shows ;)





Of course, Rap Reiplinger was the icon :)



Who can forget his song, Fate Yanagi? ;)

Matt & Val, here's something to do with the cats ;)

Microbiology can look cool ;)

This is a cool video showing how the HIV virus (glowing green) can spread from one cell to another without even entering the bloodstream.. not good for treatment options but cool to watch :D