Nerd on the fringe of society plotting combinatorial explosion ala Pinky and the Brain. Brain: Here we are, Pinky—at the dawn of time! Pinky: Narf, Brain. Wake me at the noon of time. For all of my interests, please see my bookmarks or email me at craig.overend [at gmail dotcom] Identity is the sum of identifiers:@craigoverend.comTumblr (3.0; @neuraxon77)http://craigoverend.com/Episode 84: Dick Gabriel on Lisp (mp3)<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/se-radio/~5/mm9oMfrO9gM/seradio-episode84-dickGabrielOnLisp.mp3">Episode 84: Dick Gabriel on Lisp (mp3)</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/901282947http://craigoverend.com/post/901282947Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:15:00 -0400Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms<a href="http://www.cs.amherst.edu/~dac/iva.html">Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/892256284http://craigoverend.com/post/892256284Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:48:21 -0400Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/ucl-pot071310.php">Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered</a>: <p>Scientists have identified an area of the human brain called the parietal cortex that constructs this body model from the combination of tactile information from your skin (for example, where the…</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/886035729http://craigoverend.com/post/886035729Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:10:45 -0400New role for master regulator in cell metabolism, response to stress<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uops-nrf071410.php">New role for master regulator in cell metabolism, response to stress</a>: <p>AMPK binds directly to sites on chromosomes called promoters that regulate gene expression related to cell metabolism.</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/886035761http://craigoverend.com/post/886035761Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:10:45 -0400String theory woven in twists and turns (Blog) - physicsworld.com<a href="http://physicsworld.com/blog/2010/07/witten_lecture_online.html#container">String theory woven in twists and turns (Blog) - physicsworld.com</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/886035765http://craigoverend.com/post/886035765Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:10:45 -0400Seeing Gray When Feeling Blue? Depression Can Be Measured in the Eye of the Diseased<a href="http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(10)00129-0/abstract">Seeing Gray When Feeling Blue? Depression Can Be Measured in the Eye of the Diseased</a>: <p>Unmedicated and medicated depressed patients displayed dramatically lower retinal contrast gain. We found a strong and significant correlation between contrast gain and severity of depression. This…</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/884189627http://craigoverend.com/post/884189627Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:50:58 -0400Topological insulators: Star material : Nature News<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100714/full/466310a.html?s=news_rss">Topological insulators: Star material : Nature News</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/884189634http://craigoverend.com/post/884189634Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:50:58 -0400[math/0305282] A Universal Approach to Self-Referential Paradoxes, Incompleteness and Fixed Points<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0305282">[math/0305282] A Universal Approach to Self-Referential Paradoxes, Incompleteness and Fixed Points</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/884189631http://craigoverend.com/post/884189631Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:50:58 -0400Depression and Glia « Are you Scicurious?<a href="http://scicurious.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/depression-and-glia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ResearchBloggingNeuroscienceEnglish+%28Research+Blogging+-+English+-+Neuroscience%29">Depression and Glia « Are you Scicurious?</a>: <p>chronically stressed rats had LESS GLIA than unstressed rats. This meant that the stress itself reduced the glia.</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/884189622http://craigoverend.com/post/884189622Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:50:58 -0400Amicus 18 - Amicus Welcome Page<a href="http://www.myamicus.co.uk/content.php">Amicus 18 - Amicus Welcome Page</a>: <p>PIC-based Arduino clone with it’s own (Windows only) IDE.</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/883407490http://craigoverend.com/post/883407490Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:21:06 -0400Triangular Hole Reveals Light's Rotation<a href="http://focus.aps.org/story/v26/st5">Triangular Hole Reveals Light's Rotation</a>: <p>A property of light called orbital angular momentum can be directly measured by sending the beam through a triangular aperture and counting the spots that appear in the diffraction pattern.</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/883407493http://craigoverend.com/post/883407493Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:21:06 -0400DPI Calculator / PPI Calculator<a href="http://members.ping.de/~sven/dpi.html">DPI Calculator / PPI Calculator</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/882145277http://craigoverend.com/post/882145277Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:39:07 -0400openPICUS - Opensource Wireless Internet of Things<a href="http://www.openpicus.com/">openPICUS - Opensource Wireless Internet of Things</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/871703089http://craigoverend.com/post/871703089Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:47:00 -0400The 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link<a href="http://blogs.intel.com/research/2010/07/50g-link.php">The 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link</a>: <p>Intel. 4 channel x 12.5 Gbps multiplexed transmitter and receiver. No transceiver? :(</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/868365711http://craigoverend.com/post/868365711Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:58:14 -0400Graph of Memory Prices Decreasing with Time<a href="http://www.jcmit.com/mem2009.htm">Graph of Memory Prices Decreasing with Time</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/863552171http://craigoverend.com/post/863552171Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:28:45 -0400Emotional Effects of Bullying Written in Genes | Bully Victims | Anti-Bullying Laws | LiveScience<a href="http://www.livescience.com/culture/emotional-effects-bullying-genes-100726.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Livesciencecom+%28LiveScience.com+Science+Headline+Feed%29">Emotional Effects of Bullying Written in Genes | Bully Victims | Anti-Bullying Laws | LiveScience</a>: <p>The researchers observed that genetic differences in the 5-HTTLPR gene, specifically the SS genotype, interact with bullying victimization to exacerbate emotional problems.</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/863552167http://craigoverend.com/post/863552167Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:28:45 -0400Watch Hulu in Canada (Windows) - Google Docs<a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AY-zDhP4MbQ1ZGs5aHhnal8xZzI2MmRtZDc&hl=en&authkey=CPH9xc0I">Watch Hulu in Canada (Windows) - Google Docs</a>http://craigoverend.com/post/860396172http://craigoverend.com/post/860396172Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:30:37 -0400geekhack forums - Powered by vBulletin<a href="http://geekhack.org/index.php">geekhack forums - Powered by vBulletin</a>: <p>Excellent resource for interface device hacks.</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/852795464http://craigoverend.com/post/852795464Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:48:54 -0400NEW AND GENUINE: HP COMPAQ KEYBOARD TRACKPOINT+ Circuit - eBay (item 220560872293 end time Aug-21-10 04:55:33 PDT)<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220560872293">NEW AND GENUINE: HP COMPAQ KEYBOARD TRACKPOINT+ Circuit - eBay (item 220560872293 end time Aug-21-10 04:55:33 PDT)</a>: <p>HP COMPAQ KEYBOARD TRACKPOINT+ MODULE $5</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/852795454http://craigoverend.com/post/852795454Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:48:54 -0400Wireless networks: Radios go wide - A*STAR Research<a href="http://www.research.a-star.edu.sg/research/6190">Wireless networks: Radios go wide - A*STAR Research</a>: <p>The team’s radio has a power efficiency of 25.4%, placing it among the most efficient radios of this kind. It uses only a few nanojoules of energy for every bit that it receives or transmits. This…</p>http://craigoverend.com/post/843621065http://craigoverend.com/post/843621065Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:30:22 -0400