Curiosity Killed the Cat

~/o Nano technology~~~
This did in fact win an award from ACS.

Actually, I'm a bit sad that it was Merck that bought Schering-Plough because I was really hoping for SP-BMS.
But now we get to play "Name that Merged Company" again!
Hmm...it looks like SA-BMS may still be in play... But some folks are saying a Lily-BMS deal is even more likely! And what will the likes of Novartis or AstraZeneca be doing? Too bad J&J always hides its companies under its umbrella name. In their case we tend to rib on "John Johnson from Johnson & Johnson" instead.

This is what happens when I have to take the screenshots.
Three years and I'm still subscribed to those Pharma emails...
Also, Scotch tape X-rays are like, the most awesome thing ever.

So it only took 120-odd pages for Genentech to get a mention.
In the same sentence as Wyeth. And Bio-Syn, which I'm pretty sure was the fake company that was behind the Jurassic Park shenanigans.

Also, AU Google now indexes pages of filetype shmtl!

What a trainwreck of a book. Thank Darwin I never actually paid for it (I got it from the book sale I volunteer at, and that's exactly where it's going back to, once my roommate has a good laugh.)

I was also amused by how many characters (and there were far too many characters to keep track of or even care about) named after famous, Nobel-winning biologists.
Watson. Koch. Sanger. Kendall. If they've won it, they've got someone named after them.

Holy crap, now a company named BioRad does paternity testing!

By the way, if you've ever spent any time in a bio lab, even just taking a class in school, you've probably used Bio-Rad equipment. Their stuff is EVERYWHERE.

In the wonderful, mysterious alternate universe of Michael Crichton's Next, Amgen, the world's largest biotech company¹ is located in Los Angeles² and BioGen³ is a struggling biotech startup⁴ in Los Angeles⁵. Oh, and Huntington's disease has mutated into an autosomal recessive disease⁶.
Holy shit, I'm only on page 50.

( THIS BOOK IS AWESOMESAUCE )

Also, there are talking monkeys. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABSURD ENOUGH UNLESS THE APES SPEAK. IN DUTCH.
I'm sure this will be explainedBS'd later on.

The part of me that enjoys Helvetica meets the part of me that enjoys politics: NY Times blogs on font usage in presidential campaigns.
Link found at the Things younger than McCain blog, which is quick to point out that Helvetica is younger than McCain, although Helvetica is not a particularly "old" font to begin with. By the by, if anyone knows where I can buy the Helvetica mug in that blog entry, I would be greatly appreciative.

Even Matt Cutts is getting into the Pacman graphing fun.
(FWIW I used a far simpler chart for my Pacman graph, although I got more complex with the meme graphs.)

And all you others who were amused by the rapper graphs:
Ludacris' Rap Map of US Area Codes.

1. Load page.
2. Take screenshot of CAPTCHA.
3. ????
4. Profit.

Of course, all of this site's CAPTCHAs are actual words and not random letters, which is rather lame.

Based on the awesomeness of the Rap lyrics as graphs that motorbike linked to yesterday and the slickness of the Google Charts API, I propose we create stupid and useless graphs based on internet memes.
Observe:

( More under the cut )
Please suggest more.

BTW, I mentioned this yesterday to catsonmars:


I don't remember where I first saw this, but nonetheless it still amuses me.

Venter's advice for aspiring biotech entrepreneurs: Make sure you have something that works.

Pffft, as if that stopped anyone.

There Goes the Science Bit... - a report on debunking absolutely stupid claims by supposed "health" products. My favorite is the "Aerobic Oxygen". That's like calling water wet, fer chrissakes. Also, the chemical-free fruit reminds of the fake "keep our food DNA-free!" science-awareness site from a few years ago. Or the "ban mono-oxygen di-hydrogen" campaign. Except that the people selling so-called chemical-free fruit are actually trying to make a profit.

Infected Pfizer computers send out Viagra spam.
Ah, delicious irony.

CSI could benefit from computer sidekick
When I read that, I had this terrible vision of Horatio with an Aibo running alongside him.

Me: And chocolate fest is next week!
Roommate: Dammit, I'm going to be at a conference!
Me: You should demand Genentech give you a piece of chocolate shaped like a DNA double helix. With a candy backbone.

IS THIS AWESOME Y/N?

I finally have my Ebola virus! His name is Reston. I must admit, he's something of a wimp. But I love him anyway.
I also got a Trypanosoma. I'm calling her Snooze, to complement my favorite buddy, Sneeze.

A FILM ABOUT HELVETICA


HELVETICA THE FONT


IS IT NOT AWESOME?


LETS GO SEE IT




*this post brought to you by the font Helvtica, and not the movie of the same name. Also, by capslock. For anything of importance, remember capslock.

P.S. Thanks to servalan for tipping me off.

My little 6 year old cousin has more Giant Microbes than I do.


*sniff* I'm so proud of him.