I came back home around midnight after a little bit of bar hopping and late night snack with a couple of my friends.
As I lay in the bed trying to fall asleep (I always found it very peculiar that I have to try to fall asleep even when tired) with the ipod playing the audiobook of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell playing in my ears (I recommend anyone who haven't read that book to pick up a copy asap), here are some ideas I want to write down.
First, the movie 'naturally obsessed', I should try to obtain a copy, or perhaps even schedule a local screening. I was at the R.U. screening before and the film is certainly unforgettable. It's not that the film is a visual tour de force or anything, I just found it to be oddly compelling and honest in a very enjoyable way. I must have spent half the night extolling the virtues of the film to my friends over the draft beer. It would be much better to be able to show them the film instead of sitting and talking about it like a maniac. This is the kind of science film that's worth sitting through. I just hope this year's imagine science film festival has films like this. I don't think I can wait until October for the festival to begin... I guess I have to be content with the Tribeca film festival and the world science festival for now...
And yes, in case you've miraculously missed it somehow, I'm something of a film nut, or at least an enthusiast. Combined with my love for all things science the imagine science is a god send.
I'm wrecking my brains over possible project ideas for the diybio nyc group. I just can't seem to be able to come up with a novel idea that can be executed with limited budgets and materials. I blame my limited understanding of the molecular biology. I think it would be better for me to re-browse the previous igem archives and the S.B. 4.0 abstract book/lecture note I have, instead of waiting for good ideas to emerge out of thin air.
I'm trying to figure out if creating a designer/artificial ribosome is within the possibilities of existing biobrick parts. I hope so. It would be so cool to be able to create a home-brewed universal constructor of sorts using biological parts. Since ribosome is a mere protein construct that reads mRNA feeds, it shouldn't be impossible to create them through manipulation of the original cell.
Of course, a whole artificial minimal cell is something I'm interested in getting into at some point but I'm not sure amateurs can tread that far at this stage. I guess I should get some more info on the PURE system from Tokyo as well.
At some point I should do a little post on the origin of stories. It's related to the origin of creativity so it's a topic definitely related to lot of things I'm doing at the moment. The origin of stories in its purest form should be mythology, and among them creation myths. It might prove to be an interesting analysis.
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