AJCs tumbleog

Feb
2nd

Sat

VoiceThread

Flash-based video annotation and commenting.

LinuxCommand.org: Learning the shell

Linux terminal commands

Reduced pdf file size in Mac OS X Preview

Saturday Cinema: Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria are the oldest bacteria, having evolved around 3.8 billion years ago. The ability of cyanobacteria to perform oxygenic photosynthesis is thought to have converted the early reducing atmosphere into an oxidizing environment which dramatically changed the life forms on Earth and provoked an explosion of biodiversity. And they’re still here:

Video Credit: WLanier

Feb
1st

Fri

MicroHoo

Absolutely Del.icio.us Tools Collection

Lots of ‘em.

Microsoft bids $44.6bn for Yahoo

Latest salvo in the MS v Google war: http://tinyurl.com/2yyach

Just my luck!

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MeBeam video chat rooms

Step 1: Type in the name of a video room. Step 2: Tell your friends to meet you in that room.

RealPlayer is Evil

We recommend that users do not install the versions of RealPlayer software that we tested, as distributed through channels such as Mozilla Firefox’s ‘Missing Plug-in’ feature and the BBC Radio website.

Leaf Litter Magazine

The latest issue of TWI’s magazine Leaf Litter magazine is now available. The purpose of Leaf Litter is not only to inform, but also encourage discussion and action regarding:

captive amphibian husbandry
trips and expeditions to native amphibian habitat
issues and projects concerning amphibian conservation

Contents in this issue include:

Urban Wetlands
Adapting Quarantine Practices to the Amphibian Hobbyist’s Collection
Tarapoto: Impressions
Life in the Treetops
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Interferons and Viruses

The interferon (IFN) system is an extremely powerful antiviral response that is capable of controlling most, if not all, virus infections in the absence of adaptive immunity. However, viruses can still replicate and cause disease in vivo, because they have some strategy for at least partially circumventing the IFN response. A great deal has been discovered about the molecular mechanisms of the IFN response and how different viruses circumvent it. This information is of…

Jan
31st

Thu

Breastfeeding, breast milk and viruses

There is seemingly consistent and compelling evidence that there is no association between breastfeeding and breast cancer. We challenge the assumption follows that milk borne viruses cannot be associated with human breast cancer.

Transspecies transmissions of retroviruses

Transspecies transmission is common among retroviruses, although the consequences of the transmission are very different.

The evolution of human erythrovirus B19 in Brazil.

To understand the evolutionary dynamics of human parvovirus B19, we analyzed VP1 and VP2 gene sequences of B19…