August 2008
9 posts
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little...”
“If you take a day off, it takes you two days to get back to where you were,...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/magazine/08OLYMPIC.html
“That’s our goal—share with you what we’re going to get done, why we’re doing it,...”
– http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/
One of many
Currently the BioBarCamp in Palo Alto is taking place. It is an “unconference” about life sciences, bioinformatics and whatever topic that the attending people we interested in. And even though there is great coverage (FriendFeed room, several bloggers), this is once again one of the many instances where I wish I would live somewhere in California (or even directly in the bay area for...
On the road yet again
I am visiting family in Poland since last Saturday. I’ll stay here until next Wedesday. In the mean time the best bet to contact me is via email.
On another note, yesterday I received confirmation that I’ll stay at Norra Trang during the coming schoolyear. This means that unlike last year I am living essentially next to the university. Can’t wait for it to start..
July 2008
46 posts
Well, the evacuation was cancelled..
Lets hope for them that this was not a drill, but a technical malfunction or a prank of a drunken guest. Back to sleep..
Firealarm at Chestnut goes off..
Something/Someone in the 17th floor triggered the fire alarm. The reception guy uses the intercom to broadcast a warning into each room. He tells us that an investigation of this incident is ongoing and we should be prepared to evacuate. All elevators are turned off and I have to go down 24 levels.
Showtime
Some of the talks were pretty interesting, others left me head-scratching. A comprehensive review of keyparts of a great number of things that went down yesterday at the ISMB is available via the ISMB2008 room @ FriendFeed.
One of the really annoying things during most of the talks that I sat in, was that a lot of the presenters had to rush through through a great number of slides due to time...
Countdown
The first day in Toronto is coming to an end.
The day started with a rather dull (and long) journey from Austria to Canada. It was filled with a not working internet connection at Pearson Airport, a working internet connection in the bus that took me from the airport to my hotel and a semi-working internet connection here at the Chestnut Residence.
The whole thing took longer than expected,...
