· May 27, 04:01 PM
“”… [B]uried within me [is] knowledge that cannot be articulated – genetic histories that are only read, otherwise, as the silly DNA that means proteins to scientists, separated by miles of what they so charmingly call ‘nonsense.’ That our heritage is 5% proteins and enzymes and 95% nonsense, is an incredibly foolish idea. We have evolved for millennia to become what we are today, and we cannot decipher 95% of our heritage because we have only this scientific certainty that DNA stands for proteins and nothing else.” from PiHKAL, pg 430.
Alexander Shulgin wrote that on April 3, 1985, while experiencing the effects of 12 mg of 2C-T-4 consumed orally. As it turns out, he happened to be completely right.
A huge new world is opening in biology – the world of gene regulation. DNA doesn’t just code proteins. Life as we know it could not work if that were the case. Something has to tell your DNA to use one set of genes in your liver and another set in your heart, which set of genes is to be turned on in embryonic development and what genes to us in meiosis. RNA, it is now apparent, plays a role. RNA, the other product of genes. RNA, that nucleotide that isn’t just a messenger anymore.
Some interesting articles if you have Science access:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;293/5532/1080?maxtoshow=&HITS=
10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=rna&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT
— Alexander J. Hartman
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Back · May 25, 10:49 AM
I’m back up and running. Four new comics today to make up for 2 1/2 weeks with no new material.
There will probably be fewer updates over the next few weeks. I’m currently employed full time at the lab and am finishing organic chem over the summer. Expect to see stuff go up in bursts like today rather than 2-3 times a week like I’ve been doing it.
— Alexander J. Hartman
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best industrial songs · May 5, 07:26 AM
This trip has forced me to condense the 52 hours of music on my hard-drive down to what will fit on a CD. So, here it is – twelve songs that represent the best of industrial.Song – Artist
1. Harsh Generation – Grendel
2. Gunman – Funker Vogt
3. Soulless – Tactical Sekt
4. Lust Angel – Die Sektor
5. ElectroHead – CombiChrist
6. Absolution – Amduscia
7. Divine Infekt – Psyclon Nine
8. Grief Cry (Tamtrum Remix) –Virtual Embrace/Tamtrum
9. Human – Psychotechtrauma
10. Dead World – NovaKill
11. Jaher – Skinny Puppy
12. MEET YOUR MASTER – Nine inch Nails
— Alexander J. Hartman
Specificity. · Apr 30, 06:39 PM
Columbia Sc Sucks. I can’t emphasize this enough. That CombiChrist song, “Red”, was probably written about this very town. That’s right – even Andy hates this place. That said, school sucks too. I’m only in my sophomore year of college and I’m already tired of it. My youth is slipping away between my fingers as I languish in this dying ersatz burb of city. The traffic jams on I-26, the crumbling facades downtown, the infestation of Gamecocks – it gets to you; it’s not a healthy environment. It will kill you if you let it. Fortunately, I’m not alone in this predicament. My two very best friends in this whole wide world are right here with me, decaying slowly from the inside out as the sun of South Carolina beats down upon us. We’ve realized that we have to get away. Our very sanity depends upon it. Our only chance of survival is to undertake a rash and desperate escape. That’s right, Road Trip. The three of us (Cindy, David, and myself) unanimously decided that we had to go North, because, let’s face it, The South has taken enough of our precious youth. With summer courses starting on the 19th, there’s not a whole lot of time.  Map courtesy of MapQuest.com Up I-95, through the major cities, along the coast past Ny, into lobster country. Cindy wants Maine, and that makes it an approximately 1,000 miles trip each way (assuming we have the will power to come back). The world awaits! There are sights to see, wonders to behold! It should be apparent by now that we have absolutely no idea what we are actually doing. If anyone has some real suggestions, please share them. I have no idea where we need to go and what we need to see. Dear internet, impart upon me your wisdom. |
— Alexander J. Hartman
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breif hiatus. · Apr 18, 07:11 PM
Sorry for the lack of recent comics and blogs. It’s the end of the semester, you know how that goes.
At the beginning of May, I’ll be taking some time off of life to go on an adventure. I will have my laptop, so expect to see some good updates then.
— Alexander J. Hartman
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