http://calin.nems.ca Observations of an analytical mind. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:20:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable By Nassim Nicholas Taleb A brilliant book dealing with several cognitive biases and our understanding of risk. Many interesting ideas are explored within and they raise even more questions. I think I'll do a dedicated post on this later. Baudolino By Umberto Eco This ... http://calin.nems.ca/?p=19 I want to talk about bacteriophages and more specifically phage therapy, that is using phages to treat bacterial infections. While I have known about phages for several years, I've only recently gained enough knowledge in biochemistry to better appreciate the elegance of the solution they provide. Simply put bacteria evolve, ... http://calin.nems.ca/?p=13 So you want to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows on your Sony VAIO VGN-FZ** laptop? Here is a quick guide to help you through the procedure. It will assume you are starting on a brand new laptop with Vista pre-installed. If this is not a new laptop then backup, backup, ... http://calin.nems.ca/?p=6 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho This book has come with very high recommendations from several people I've met while travelling. Earlier this year I heard that a big-budget movie was being developed based on the book and knowing Hollywood's terrible track record for movie adaptations, I definitely wanted to read the ... http://calin.nems.ca/?p=5 Several months ago I was asked to comment on how I created the 3D visualizations for several MEMS designs. What follows is a step by step description of the process used. Tools Needed: gds2pov (http://atchoo.org/gds2pov/) POV-Ray (http://www.povray.org/) KLayout (optional) (http://www.klayout.de) LayoutEditor (optional) (http://layout.sourceforge.net) First, begin by exporting your model in GDSII format. I have found that ... http://calin.nems.ca/?p=4 I've compiled some short reviews of the books I've read recently. Adventure Capitalist by Jim Rogers (http://www.jimrogers.com) Good book chronicling one of the world's longest road-trips by famed investor Jim Rogers at the turn of the millennium. While overall a great read, some countries are only briefly mentioned and he could have ... http://calin.nems.ca/?p=3 I've decided to setup a blog to keep track of various ideas I have. I'll try to do at least one update per week. Lets see how long this lasts... http://calin.nems.ca/?p=1