Know What You’re Paying

This may be the most useful widget ever. The six-pack equivalent calculator.

Even though no one would expect beer consumed at the point of sale to be priced similarly to a retail six-pack, the six-pack equivalent is still a useful way to compare prices in a situation where the volumes offered are different.

Oregonians are beautiful people!

What’s Happening In Lab: 6/11/09

We spent today chasing through the literature and old notebooks. Dylan got started right away where we left off yesterday. When I checked in on him, he had some nice spectra, but they were totally different from what we got yesterday. It turns out yesterday’s spectra were the plastic microwell plate we use to set up our experiments.

Random Links for 6/11/09

An Open Letter to the Human Resources Department of the Superfriends

Although I have been waiting patiently for a few years in the hope that an advertisement would appear, I feel for the sake of my career that now is a good time to approach you. In essence, I am wondering whether you are, or will be, accepting any new members into your fine organization. More specifically, I am inquiring as to whether you need the services of a geneticist, since that is my particular field of expertise.

Hopworks Brings Out the Bottles

Jesus Christ, Homebrewer

I figure it’s been a little bit since I’ve offended anyone, and egged on by a pastor friend I figured some blasphemy was in order.

Carnegie Foundation – Bring Math & Science Education to the Forefront

An article (Mobilization for Math and Science Education) in today’s Inside Higher Ed news caught my eye. Briefly, the Carnegie Foundation completed a study that calls for better Math and Science education so that America will remain economically competitive into the 21st century. Specifically, their report tilted “The Opportunity Equation” calls for:

… the Carnegie-IAS Commission on Mathematics and Science Education challenges the nation to mobilize for coordinated action to: