billy dalto
I came across this image in the course of reading about the use of L-systems to model the growth and branching patterns of plants.
Since being treated for a cold in early 1987, before Innerspace revealed the potential danger of injecting miniaturized scientists into patients, this researcher has stubbornly resided in one of my liver cells. He spends his days staring longingly at a mitochondrion he loves despite (or possibly as a result of) its lack of consciousness and capacity for a reciprocal emotional response.
This is a visual history of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, with medals won by country radiating from the arc and counts of participating countries and athletes along the horizontal axis. Not included is a representation of the timeliness of my posting this, which, being about nine months removed from both the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics, would be close to its theoretical minimum.
Imagine my delight when, during my monthly visit to keep an old email address alive, I found that I’d received such a thoughtful message. It even includes our first picture together, taken after our big day in the city. It’s sad that my tenth anniversary with Hotmail, like so many milestones before it, came and went without it entering my mind for even a moment.
The Economist just introduced me to Wall Street Prison Consultants, a seemingly invaluable resource for white collar prisoners. They offer Fedtime 101, a course on prison survival including instruction on an important array of topics:
- Your 1st Day What To Bring With
- Dealing With Gang Members
- Avoiding Bad Prison Jobs
- Microwave Cooking Techniques
- Prison Slang & Lingo
- Staying Out of Solitary (The SHU)
From the NCI, a cDNA microarray comparing the expression of about 8700 mouse genes in two different tissues.


