The genetic revolution may soon yield one more life-saving product, an effective therapy for cystic fibrosis in the form of, surprisingly, a drug already on the market that is currently used to treat depression. See this abstract from Science.

Making Hardy Heron Even Hardier

Thie great article from Lifehacker details how to ease the transition into the newest distribution of Ubuntu, especially if you're giving up Windows or Mac OSX for the first time, and are wondering how you can do all the stuff you used to.

And of course, Ubuntu Hardy Heron is a Longterm Support Release (LTS), so you will be able to get online support for it for at least the next three years if you have the desktop version, and at least the next five years if you have the server version.

Congress Preempting Genetic Discrimination

An interesting article in the NYT about genetic discrimination:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/business/23gene.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin

Gattica, anyone?

I Get Lazy Sometimes

I was going to build my own blogging tool using php and integrate with my web site, but it was just too much work. Content is more important than presentation, and both are more important than technical details. Well, here begins my foray into capturing what I find interesting.