Category Archives: the wonders of technology

Storage space

Posted on 19 October 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I found myself waiting alone outside a meeting room at work the other day, while the people in there wrapped up and packed away and the person I was meeting with was fetching a laptop. Looking around me, I noticed … Continue reading →

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Rando

Posted on 14 July 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Those of you who’ve read some of my recent posts, or who follow me on Twitter, might have noticed that many of the photos I post are now circular. No-one? Really?

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ehCloud: why Canada (and every other country) needs its own cloud computing tools

Posted on 2 June 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I recently helped one of our scientists put together an application for an industry-partnered bioinformatics grant. I understand the company in question to be more or less universally recognised as the leader in its field and therefore the obvious partner … Continue reading →

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Book reviews: down memoir lane

Posted on 25 April 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I don’t usually read many non-fiction books, but I happened to read three in a row over the last few months. Funny how that happens… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first was Glass Castle: a Memoir, by Jeannette Walls. I actually bought this book … Continue reading →

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The medium is the message

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I saw the most amazing TED talk the other day, about Nikola Tesla. Now, we all know that Tesla was a fascinating, awesome dude (especially as played by David Bowie IMHO), but in the case of this video it was the … Continue reading →

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There should be an APP for that!

Posted on 25 September 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(where APP = Automatic PDF Pusher) I have five browser tabs open to article abstracts, from four different journals. All five articles are currently published as provisional PDFs.

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