Archive for December, 2009

Random Pre-Sleep Thought #2

At the risk of boring you with another of these so soon, this one was actually interesting to me because I have no idea what brought me to it. I was in and out of sleep for awhile before it “arrived”.
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2009 NIAID CIO Award

Today I was proud to stand with my colleagues and receive the 2009 National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases Chief Information Officer Award for our hard work on the Papillomavirus Episteme (PaVE).
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New York Times Gets Medieval on CamelCase

Caleb Crain wrote an article about the use of “camel case” (MasterCard, iPhone, AnythingNotSeparatedWithSpaces) on the New York Times. His point: Camel case is evil and must be destroyed.
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Random Pre-Sleep Thought #1

Like anyone else, I worry over the things most important to me as I drift off to sleep. As I approach and enter the hypnagogic state – where free association and the subconscious seem to take over – my thoughts take on an entirely different form. Sometimes odd scenes play out with a voice narrating in my head. Because most people look at me strangely when I say this, I’ve concluded it must not be universal, therefore it must be the aspiring writer in me. I decided recently to begin recording those thoughts when I’m awake enough to do so. Here’s the first one, captured last night.
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