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Mobile Web Browser (Skyfire)

One of the worst qualities of the mobile internet is sadly, the browser. Internet Explorer mobile edition is in ancient times. Microsoft has truly dropped the ball at that. Opera mobile has its qualities, but contrary, its issues. Finally, the savior is here…

Skyfire mobile browser seems the be the light at the end of the […]

Three Biological Pigments: Chlorophyll, Retinal, Melanin

Biological pigments in living organisms are used to capture energy from photons, that then go on to perform a specific task.
Chlorophyll, Retinal, and Melanin all absorb certain wavelengths of light and are produced in biosynthetic pathways.
Chlorophyll is found in plant cells and is used to absorb photons that creates energy and drives photosynthesis. Retinal is […]

Wordpress: Problems Posting

It has come to my attention that there is a bug in Wordpress that seems to affect certain computers and not others. Maybe I shouldn’t jump the gun and call it a bug, but it’s a problem and it’s affecting one of my writers.
First and foremost, the issue does not allow the writer to post […]

Wasting my time

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Alzheimer’s Cure?

NBC Nightly News just aired a segment about Alzheimer’s Disease and a possible vaccine. Scientists are studying the brains of mice and think they have located the region of the brain where Alzheimer’s begins to develop. According to their study, a single protein is responsible. Based on this recent information, a new drug is being […]

It’s a brain thing: Great Psychiatry Videos

Psychosis/ Psychotic disorders

Bipolar Disorder

Addiction and the brain
More Videos Here
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Reasons I Blog

I recently came across a discussion that talked about reasons for blogging. It was interesting to see the differences of opinion and motivations people have for blogging. I decided to make a post about it and here are my reasons:
Studying: I use my personal blog as a study tool. It helps me by being able […]

Tech Trends Tuesday: Flock Media Friendly Browser

I saw an ad for this, clicked it, and discovered Flock. For those of you who haven’t heard about it yet, Flock is an internet browser similar to Mozilla with amazing media/social/organizing capabilities. It will hold all of your accounts from Facebook to Youtube and even has a built in rss feed reader (very cool). […]