Monthly Archives: October 2006

Long time no blog

Posted on 10/3/2006 by Moses

I’ve been pretty busy over the last several months, which has left little time for blogging. Since June I have moved to San Francisco with my fiancee, found an apartment (no small affair) and started a new job with a … Continue reading →

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Lab Dynamics

Posted on 10/3/2006 by Moses

A wonderful passage from page 56 of Lab Dynamics, a book recommended to me by a biologist colleague: If you are a technical professional, it would probably not come as a big surprise to learn that some people in your … Continue reading →

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Fun with foreign language etymology: sicario and 별똥

Posted on 10/2/2006 by Moses

More random foreign language trivia, this time of an etymological nature: the Italian word, sicario, means “hired assassin”. The Latin root is sicarius, which means “wielder of the knife”. By contrast, the Italian word assassino just means murderer. The Korean … Continue reading →

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