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Archive for January, 2010

Corporate governance

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

There really are not words to describe the Supreme Court's decision yesterday to undo decades of court decisions and over a century of campaign finance law. Fortunately, some people ... Read more..

Airline security

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in IT | No Comments »

Despite the fact that I was traveling when I wrote this, this post is not about air travel, but it is about security. One topic that continually comes up when ... Read more..

HiSeq 2000

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 9 Comments »

Today Illumina announced their new, high-throughput sequencing instrument, the HiSeq 2000. Sure, the name isn't that great, but the capabilities, if not game changing, are a significant step forward: the ... Read more..

Head in the clouds

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 2 Comments »

It seems that due to my recent post, Bioinformatics and cloud computing, I have been labeled a cloud skeptic. While I don't reject that label outright, I won't accept it ... Read more..

The End of Idealism II

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." — The Life of Reason, George Santayana Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit msnbc.com ... Read more..

Panic button

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

A little perspective never hurts. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c Read more..

Health care expansion expands more than just coverage

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in politics | 1 Comment »

Fareed Zakaria is one of those rare news analysts that has a deep understanding of issues and is able to distill complex topics into their most salient points. Early this ... Read more..

The End of Idealism

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

To many it seems that idealism and partisan rancor in politics is at an all time high. While the latter may be true, the former is not. Over the last ... Read more..