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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-                     CS101F Linux for Biologists, Level 1                               Jan. 24-26, 2012                         Online at Bioinformatics.Org                       http://www.bioinformatics.org/edu/ACGG -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OBJECTIVES: This course teaches biologists how to use the powerful Linux operating system to work with biological data. No programming experience is needed, just a need to utilize Linux for biological research. INSTRUCTOR: Shailender Nagpal is a data analysis consultant in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and specializes in the interpretation of data...

goosh.org - the unofficial google shell ( http://goosh.org /). It is pretty neat and useful in its neonatal state itself, like to read a feed, you can type, for eg: r http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/11136726768885096694/label/cbn-roll and gets default 4 latest feeds, or you can check out a ncbi accession by typing, for eg: NP_001108376 and get to the Fugu fish refseq link. The most useful thing is the fact that it it text based and quite easy to parse visually as well as via scripts. Another cool feature for me right now is the shell translation, like to get the english word for the norwegian word 'hvor', all I have to do is type: t no en hvor which correctly says: translating "hvor" from "no" to "en": "where" More discussion going on at http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/02/222234&from=rss . Enjoy!

Google Summer of Code™ Google Summer of Code 2008 is on! Over the past three years, the program has brought together over 1500 students and 2000 mentors from 90 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. http://code.google.com/soc/2008/