Waiting

It's four in the morning. I came back home at around two thirty from the diybio nyc meetup. I've been trying to get some simulation codes working in mathematica that I need to use for tomorrow's presentation. This may not have been the best idea, since I'm now tired enough to actually feel pain in my head.
 
Well, the code's already rolling and I need to stay awake until it comes to a conclusion, one way or another. I might as well write something while waiting. It feels a little strange to be writing on this little device when I have a thinkpad with fantastic, full sized keyboard right in front of me. I just don't want to waste any part of the main laptop's processor cycle in anything other than work though.
 
I'm not a computer savvy person. I just happens to do a lot of things that require thinking, and in modern society it means using a lot of computerized tools. What will come of this? What will come of the world where doing science means interacting with and using computers to some specialized degree (at least in the eyes of the layman)? Whatever the outcome may be, the future will be an interesting thing to see.
 
The nyt interview/GFP experiment went swimmingly. I had a lot of questions I had on structure and function of plasmids answered. I think I'm about prepared to do an actual wetwork using the biobrick parts. (Dracova, if you're reading this, maybe we should talk about more bio stuff?) I'm thinking of beginning by putting together a little cellular automata that's capable of turning its own light on and off. Maybe I can do it with algae and make a little glowing garden that is also a form of cellular automata computer. Not very productive, but it will be beautiful, something straight out of Miyazaki Hayao's best works... Maybe I have better qualification as a bioartist rather than biotechnician.
 
I think I've decided. I'm going to actively pursue the idea of using biobrick parts to construct a living cellular automata that changes its signal through GFP induced light. After it is done I might be able to reapply the same methodology to algae, which has a far more complex architecture compared to the naturally competent strain of E.Coli K12 we usually use.
 
The mathematica is about to churn out its results. I guess it means I can get some sleep at last.
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