http://www.ngcrawford.com Evolution, Photography, Music, and more... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:55:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I write a lot of code using the PYTHON Programing Language.  I just gave a very brief overview to a friend who has to learn it this summer. In the course of this lesson, it occurred to me that a lot of the bioinformatic resources that I use every day are not ... http://www.ngcrawford.com/2008/05/14/python-quick-links/ Right now AnoleBase points here, but I'll have a blog setup for it in the next week or two. I hope to have something like stellabase.org or flybase.org put together by mid spring/early summer. http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/12/07/anolebaseorg/ A new installment of the venrable Rambo franchise is being released in January. I'm not much of Stallone fan, but I'm secretly psyched... But Rambo, who lives a solitary, simple life in the mountains and jungles fishing and catching poisonous snakes to sell, has long given up fighting, even as ... http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/12/01/rambo-meets-snakes-on-a-plane/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL7uW4TYqbs] http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/10/08/802/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR8MGAsidFI] http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/10/07/night-at-the-creation-museum/ I've been using Papers, a slick PDF manager, for about 3 months. Papers is like iTunes, but for PDFs. Alas, for those readers still using PC's Papers is only available for Macs. Additionally it's primarily designed for biologists; it only has built in PubMed access. If ... http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/08/15/papers-app-review/ Nicholas G. Crawford, Jaime Zaldívar-Rae, Cris Hagen, Amanda Schable, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Jeff A. Graves, Tod W. Reeder, Michael G. Ritchie, Travis C. Glenn. 2007. Thirteen polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci from whiptails of the genus Aspidoscelis (Teiidae: Squamata) and related cnemidophorine lizards. Molecular Ecology Notes. In Press. Nicholas G. Crawford, Cris ... http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/06/20/two-primer-notes-in-press-whiptail-lizards-and-hawaiian-trees/ http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/04/13/new-photo-sets/ Scientific American: 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense SA byline: "Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up" NGC byline: This will save me some time at our next family reunion. http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/02/26/excellent-scientific-american-article-with-answers-to-creationist-arguements/ Sounds good! (um, no pun intended!) The Police · Tool · Widespread Panic · The White Stripes · Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals · Wilco · The Flaming Lips · Manu Chao · The String Cheese Incident · Franz Ferdinand · Bob Weir & Ratdog · Damien Rice · ... http://www.ngcrawford.com/2007/02/14/2007-bonnaroo-artist-lineup/