Isotropic is …
... my personal blog.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I write here is simply my personal, probably ill-formed, opinion and does not represent the views, beliefs, positions, or opinions of any other person or entity.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
03 Jan 2009
Technical Solutions to Social Problems
“[I]t’s bad to become dependent on technology as a crutch for social problems.” – from a sidebar in Version Control with Subversion. This is a classic issue, which I’ve usually heard phrased as the reprimand “you’re looking for a technical solution to a social problem”. I’ve sometimes used it with another of my favorite maxims: [...]
02 Jan 2009
Clone on the Range
“DIY BIO: clone at home but kill them later” (Sandra Porter) … I just love that title. Flashbacks to John Varley. Cloning the gene for green fluorescent protein is fun. Lots of fun. Cloners have put the GFP gene into rabbits, plants, cats, fish, and worms, and made mutants that code for proteins in every [...]
01 Jan 2009
Happy New Year, 2009
Welcome to 2009. Looks like it’s gonna be an interesting year.
