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October 15, 2004

Internet Sites of the Week

The Foliage Network
This network consists of more than five hundred “spotters” who identify and report on peak foliage conditions throughout the U.S.
http://www.foliagenetwork.com/
(Source: The Scout Report)

Google Desktop Search Tool
Google has released a beta version of a search tool one can use to find content on one's own computer. It will search and find e-mail files, word processing documents, powerpoint and other types of files. However, it seems to be Microsoft-centric, and doesn’t work with Macs.
http://desktop.google.com/
(Source: Inter Alia)

Hack a Day
Hack a Day is a weblog featuring hacks for your computer hardware and other consumer electronics (such as Tivo or the bizarre USB lava lamp).
http://www.hackaday.com/
(Source: ResearchBuzz)

NIH Grant for Sequencing Technology Awarded to Amit Meller's Group
Amit Meller is a recipient of an NIH grant for developing DNA sequencing technology. The proposal, described on this Rowland page, involves an innovative approach to collecting data from multiple nanopores.
http://www.rowland.harvard.edu/news/nih_meller.php
(Follow the link to the NIH press release for more info on the grant and recipients.)
(Source: Amit Meller)
The SMBL web page:
http://www.rowland.harvard.edu/labs/meller/index.html
Amit also is a co-recipient of an NSF NIRT (Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team) grant; see
http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0403891

New York Times Photo Archives
A selection of photographs from the newspaper (spanning about a century) are available for browsing (from ten different categories) and purchase.
http://www.nytimes.com/nytstore/photos/index.html
(Source: ResearchBuzz)

The Night Sky Live
Stargazing around the clock from a network of observatory sites…
http://nightskylive.net/
(Source: Science NetWatch)

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Received October 9 - 15, 2004