Can You Explain Gravity to Me
[NOTE: this is an old post (circa 23 Feb 07) that I never published because I never got around to connecting all the topics with a narrative of the event. Now I've forgotten, but I think it's still...
View ArticleAn Open Scientific Future (or, an email to OWW)
“If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Would you pitch a project? Launch a web site? Teach a hack?” Check...
View Articlereinstalling drupal, preparing for live & dev sites
Ok, I’m archiving my current dev install of drupal (which is bloated with modules, some of which have altered the mysql database) and starting with new install of 5.1. Once I have just the right...
View ArticlePlone notes from Raik
I asked my friend Raik Gruenberg to share a little howto for setting up his plone server. It became the most commented post on the site.
View ArticleHello world! (again)
New blog is up and running - woot. Too bad it’s not on MIT CSAIL’s uberfat pipe (who is at 216.32.32.12 these days?). TODO install my own theme create my About Mac page import content from...
View ArticleDIYbio in 5 minutes - O’Reilly Ignite Boston 3
DIYbio in 5 minutes - O’Reilly ignite Boston from mac cowell on Vimeo. Here is an overview of DIYbio in 5 minutes - recorded at O’Reilly’s Ignite Boston 2008.
View ArticleRubyU class 1 setup notes
My notes for getting all the prerequisites for Matt Knox's 1st RubyU class (hosted by Sermo) set up on my MacBook Pro (10.5). Also see the friendfeed RubyU room. http://friendfeed.com/rooms/rubyu
View ArticleDIYbio 3 - Gel Electrophoresis
Thanks to everyone for a great meeting: Michael, Jason, Sophia, Benny, Topher, Ricardo, Alex, Alec, nublabs, and everyone else. Overview: DIYbio 2 & 3 were focused on gel electrophoresis - we...
View ArticleEastern Standard Cocktails
Notes from my exploration of eastern standard’s cocktail menu: Old Cuban: reminds me of a mojito + champagne - it’s very tasty. Periodista: “rum for the intrepid reporter” - a little more than simply a...
View ArticleCuchi Cuchi 1
Thai cocktail It’s like an effervescent thai foot massage… For your tongue. It even taste a little gingery, but it lacks Ginger. A syrupy lime kick transitions into basilness, somehow ending with...
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