February 2008
24 posts
Learning Composition: The Rule of Thirds →
Whether you’re feeling artistic or not, good composition is important for making images that resonate with viewers. Everything else being equal, poor composition can create an itch in a…
In the past three to four days I’ve deleted several scraps from my orkut page - they ranged from “Increasing battery life on the nokia phone” to “finding out who has your name on their crushlist”. All these scraps contain a script that has to be pasted into the address bar of your browser when you’re logged into orkut. Now apart from being a waste of time, in going through the whole procedure -...
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Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year →
I mentioned the Travel Photographer of the Year in a previous post because it had some very deserving winners this year (it you haven’t already go look!). Well, now another fantastic UK-based competition is open for entries. The Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year has thousands of pounds of cash up for grabs in fifteen different categories for adults and one category for under-17s. I made it...
On the Process of Becoming a Great Scientist →
The Murder of Napoleon →
The history books say that Napoleon died of natural causes. Napoleon himself, expiring at 51 after a lifetime of robust health, suspected otherwise and ordered a thorough autopsy. His suspicions were well-founded. So clever was the crime, however, that until recent developments in forensic science, it was impossible to prove a case of murder, let alone name the killer. Now, the authors of this...
A chromatin landmark and transcription initiation... →
We describe the results of a genome-wide analysis of human cells that suggests that most protein-coding genes, including most genes thought to be transcriptionally inactive, experience transcription initiation. We found that nucleosomes with H3K4me3 and H3K9,14Ac modifications, together with RNA polymerase II, occupy the promoters of most protein-coding genes in human embryonic stem cells. Only a...
Creationism and Its Critics in Antiquity (Sather... →
The world is configured in ways that seem systematically hospitable to life forms, especially the human race. Is this the outcome of divine planning or simply of the laws of physics? Ancient Greeks and Romans famously disagreed on whether the cosmos was the product of design or accident. In this book, David Sedley examines this question and illuminates new historical perspectives on the pantheon...
RNA polymerase is poised for activation across the... →
Regulation of gene expression is integral to the development and survival of all organisms. Transcription begins with the assembly of a pre-initiation complex at the gene promoter, followed by initiation of RNA synthesis and the transition to productive elongation. In many cases, recruitment of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) to a promoter is necessary and sufficient for activation of genes. However,...
I’ve been to Emusic before and its not quite mainstream. But i really appreciate their DRM free policy on the music they sell. Lately i came to know that Emusic has come up with a DRM free Audiobook service! which made me immediately subscribe to their new service. When it started out the only disadvantage was the availability of titles. Emusic Audiobooks section did have quite a number a books...
For the past one hour i’ve been struggling to get my keyboard to work on my VM Ware Fusion virtual machine (WinXP). I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling the keyboard but nothing worked. Which is when i noticed that i also had a problem with another of my mac favorites Text Expander, which due to some reason wouldn’t work! Now that’s a strange coincidence isn’t it. I started digging...
