Micah’s Planet

Well I seem to be over whatever I had. Now I feel damn surly. Not necessarily angry or anything… just, well, surly.

I’m sick. Not terribly so, but I am definitely fighting something. I spent most of the day in bed. Hopefully this will pass quickly, as I do not have the time for any long illness.

It is 2am. I am still at work. This degree had better be worth it!

I am spending my Sunday afternoon growing bacteria. For my purposes I will be growing these bacteria and then inducing to produce proteins by following the instructions (DNA) I gave them. This has gotten my thinking about how truly remarkable bacteria can be…
When growing bacteria it is necessary to have a pure culture, thus all […]

When people ask me how long I have been at the University of Idaho, I tell them I have been here long enough that I remember UI beating WSU at football.
Today is the annual “Battle of the Palouse” where the football team from my school plays the team from the university 8 miles away.
For some […]

So I am starting to think about what I will miss about Moscow when I leave…
Howard Hughes video.
Patty’s Mexican Kitchen
Saturday Market
Video Game Headquarters
Locogrinz
Safari Perl
… I’ll think of more.

Perhaps it is my Canadian roots showing through, but have become quite fond of Kokanee beer. It’s unoffensive, inexpensive, flavorful and fairly potent. Sure I do love my Alaskan Amber and Alaskan SummerAle (when it is in season)… but in the evening after work nothing does it like a cold Kokanee.

I have begun planning my next computer, which I intend to be a graphics workstation to support my budding CG hobby. I would like it to be a dual processor setup with two multi-core chips. Most likely it will be built around a Xeon or Opteron processor.
I am quite impressed with what AMD has pulled […]

It has been nearly a month since I loss the use of my car. While the repair shop assures me that the repairs will finally be done some time this week, I have become quite accustomed to living sans-automobile.
All in all it isn’t that bad. Moscow is a very pedestrian friendly town, and I live […]

After writing about citrate I started thinking about other substances that have an affinity for metal ions (chelators). One of the most common ones is ethylenedinitrilotetraacetic acid, since this name is more than a mouth full we usually just call it EDTA.
This synthetic amino acid is found in thousands of products. It is used […]