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Archive for August, 2007

Rubik’s Cube Cracked

I am no expert when it comes to the Rubik’s cube. As a kid, my strategy was to start with a completely solved cube and to rearrange in such a way that I could always reverse my steps. I’d go a little further each time until I couldn’t get it back, at which [...]

Meteor Shower Weekend

Be sure not to miss out on the meteor showers this weekend (Sunday night - Monday morning). It is a new moon coinciding with the Perseid shower. Mars will also be visible to the naked eye.
Just in case you are curious:

The Perseids (PURR-see-idz) are a prolific meteor shower[1] associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids [...]

I was browsing through some unread blogs in my RSS feeder and saw something that I thought was interesting, so I thought I’d pass it along.
From think again!
- I read somewhere that there are an infinite number of them, but at the same time I have found areas where there are none!
- What do you [...]

Personality.info

HT:“Everybody’s doin’ it, the locomotion, . . .” - Gallimaufry

It was pretty dead on:

ISTJ Career Matches
ISTJs are often happy with the following jobs which tend to match well with the Examiner/Protector personality.

Accountant
Administrator
Auditor
Computer Programmer
Computer Specialist
Dentist
Detective
Doctor
Electrician

Executive
Financial Officer
Judge
Lawyer/Attorney
Librarian
Manager
Marketer
Math Teacher
Mechanical Engineer

Military Leader
Police
Scientist
Steelworker
Systems Analyst
Technical Specialist
Technician

Academia versus Industry

This week, I sat through training on how to use real-time PCR. Originally this training had been planned for a member of the lab who no longer with the lab. Instead of canceling the training, I was invited to attend. In fact, the other member of our lab already has fairly extensive [...]

Friday Random 10

The Friday Random ten is finally back, after months on sabbatical:
“God” by Rebecca St. James
“Do You Dream Of Me” by Michael W. Smith
“Mambo Number 5″ by Lou Bega
“The Long Run” by Eagles
“I Am (Album Version - Guitars Up Version)” by Mark Schultz
“Crown Him With Many Crowns” by 2nd Chapter Of Acts
“Solid Men To The Front” [...]