polydipsia.com

Ha ha very funny…

commander flatus — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:13:09 +0000

Neatorama » Blog Archive » Whale Flatulence, Aerial View

commander flatus — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:56:49 +0000

Neatorama » Blog Archive » Whale Flatulence, Aerial View

iz in ur oceanz makinz tha methane

Whales gots to farts too…

Green card lawyers and academic medicine

commander flatus — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:04:11 +0000

I received this email today. I think it’s particularly disturbing because it’s so reminiscent of early internet SPAMMING. And while I would truly love to visit my childhood home of Nurnberg, I wouldn’t go on behalf of these folks. I did change my name and the “substance” to protect my innocence, but this is a crock of shit! All they’re doing is google’ing pubmed for a list of antibiotic names and author emails. My paper has nothing to do with micobicide!!!
The unfortunate thing about this kind of behavior is that it will discourage scientists from including their email addresses in manuscripts, which they have traditionally done. This encouraged the open, free exchange of ideas and data. The people that sent this email are making science more difficult rather than less difficult and should be ashamed of their behavior. While they are not the first to do this (upstart journals are the worst - I get 2-3 of those solicitations per week) this is one of the worst examples of this behavior.

Prof. Fritz Sorgel should be very, very ashamed. I think Paul Ehrlich would be ashamed that he’s being whored like this.

From: “Prof. Dr. Fritz Sorgel” <antibiotics>
Subject: INVITATION to present at EHRLICH II, 2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets, Oct 3-5, 2008 Nurnberg, Germany

Dear Dr. FLATUS,

This is to invite you as a renowned investigator in the field of
antibiotics to present at a very special and prestigious conference that
is organized on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize
awarded to Paul Ehrlich, www.ehrlich-2008.org . The conference follows a
most successful global EHRLICH conference in 2004, when Ehrlich’s 150th
birthday was celebrated by almost 2000 participants from 84 countries.
At EHRLICH I www.ehrlich2004.org MAGIC BULLETS from the antibiotic
field were already the major topic and it will become an even bigger
one during Ehrlich II. Paul Ehrlich coined the term “MAGIC BULLETS”
and presented his ideas about antibiotic chemotherapy at his
visionary Nobel talk 100 years ago.

This conference aims at reviewing our knowledge on antibiotics that
deserve or failed to receive the designation “MAGIC BULLET” and at
discussing the reasons. We found that you made significant
contributions to the important compound :

india pale ale.

We would therefore be delighted if you decided to present at this historic
and prestigious meeting. Your talk may present new data or put previous
data into perspective. Thus, an earlier journal publication does not
prohibit presenting this material due to the scope of this conference
to determine what makes a “MAGIC BULLET”. Your contribution will
automatically participate in the competition of the prestigious
“Magic-Bullet-Award”,

To SUPPORT your conference participation, we make a special offer to cover
some of your costs (please see below). To apply for this offer, please
submit your tentative presentation title by July 4th, 2008 to:
antibiotics
You can use the reply button.

NOTE: We ONLY need the title, authors and affiliation(s) by July 4th, 2008.

blahblahblahblah… it goes on and on….

Genius: Instant Rimshot

commander flatus — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:54:34 +0000

Great website. Someone should’ve thought of this right after Al Gore invented and George W. Bush perfected tha intarwebs:

Take my wife…. please….

Instant Rimshot

bierstick.com

commander flatus — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:50:44 +0000

Wow, this really takes the cake (or beer). This clever device lets you chug 24 oz of beer in 2 seconds. American ingenuity at its finest. Goes along well with the Coors Light vented can. Nice marketing girl, errr…. lady too:

bierstick.com

ROFL colon

commander flatus — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:13:34 +0000

not really that funny, sorry. back to work!

Does Garlic Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer? A Systematic Review — Ngo et al. 137 (10): 2264 — Journal of Nutrition

commander flatus — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:09:04 +0000

Image via WikipediaMy wife (Artgirl) has always posed the thesis that when you eat lots of garlic, the “fumes kill everything bad down there”. While she’s light on the specifics, turns out she’s correct:

Does Garlic Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer? A Systematic Review — Ngo et al. 137 (10): 2264 — Journal of Nutrition

On OSX personal finance software

commander flatus — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:00:12 +0000

Why can’t Intuit manage to squeeze out a new version of Quicken for OSX that looks, acts, and works like Quicken for Windows? Is it because they’re a crappy company that hasn’t focused on innovation for 10 years and now seems to base their business model around “subscription” model of software sales? Is it because they no longer employ any programmers in the US? I don’t have an answer, I just know that rumors of Quicken Mac 2008 have been floating around on the interwebs for almost a year now.

So I tried some of the other OSX personal finance software which is available. Rather than blow smoke up anyone’s ass with flowery language, I decided to test the software with a one-shot out of the box compatibility test. Face it: online banking is why most of us use this software, and downloading transactions is critical.

Here’s what I did: each software got tested with three online bank accounts: USAA credit card, Regions checking account, and American Express credit card. All three work perfectly out of the box in Quicken Windows.

Here are the results:

LiquidLedger - Nice UI, worked for AmEx, not the other two. FAIL
iBank - Prettier UI, worked for AmEx, not the other two. FAIL FAIL
Moneydance - Ugly UI, worked for AmEx (sorta), not the other two. FAILFAILFAIL
Gnucash - not gonna go there. Reviews primarily negative
????????mint.com - shows promise, perhaps. At least all my accounts work

In the end, they all suck. Perhaps Intuit will do something good for Mac users. As it stands, Quicken Mac has poor support for investment accounts, no invoicing, and poor compatibility with its Windows cousin. Almost doesn’t make sense to switch or port your data.

Bush, on golf

commander flatus — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:03:18 +0000

“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.” - George W. Bush

Micro Fueler Is First Ethanol Kit for Brewing Backyard Biofuels on the Cheap - Popular Mechanics

commander flatus — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:23:42 +0000

I thought this was a great idea:
Micro Fueler Is First Ethanol Kit for Brewing Backyard Biofuels on the Cheap - Popular Mechanics

But consider the economics: the machine costs $10k alone. From the article, 10 gallons of sugar makes one gallon of ethanol. From my homebrewing experience, 10 gallons of sugar equals (roughly) 30-40 pounds of sugar. Sugar in bulk costs about $25/50 lbs. So that makes (approximately) $15-$20 per gallon not counting the ten large you put out for the machine.

I’ll pass, thanks.