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Entries from February 2008

No Email Right Now (Fixed)

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

UPDATE: My email is working again.
I am currently without (my normal) email, due to an extended wide-area power outage with my email provider. In the meantime you may use my gmail address, brock.ticeNO@SPAMgmail.com (remove the no spam part).
Alternatively you can call me. 651-967-7961.

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Project Vote Smart

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

With all of this election hoopla going around, all of the claims by candidates, debates, and invective, it’s difficult sometimes to figure out what candidates really represent.
Or, it was. All you have to do (assuming they already hold a political office) is check out Project Vote Smart.
Just punch in the name of the representative of [...]

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Tags: Open Access · Politics

Screen Terminal Multiplexer

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

If you are not familiar with screen (and you use the UNIX command line regularly), you are missing out. I’ve added a new command-line tools section to my tools page. The screen bit, with a link to a good tutorial, is here.

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Tags: Linux · Mac OS X · Tech · Tools of the Trade

CESE Single-Cell Simulator

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I recently discovered an interesting piece of open-source software, the CESE single-cell simulator. It’s based on Java and runs on a number of platforms.
The point of this simulator is strictly to run single-cell electrophysiological models. It comes with a few of the staples in the field (like the Luo-Rudy dynamic model), and you can [...]

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Tags: Cardiac Electrophysiology · Mac OS X · Science · Tech · Tools of the Trade

Hearty Friday - lovely

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

lovely

Originally uploaded by rebekahsquare

This would have made a great Valentine’s Day Hearty Friday. If, you know, it had been on Friday.

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