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July 2012

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Surf Zone Kayaking

This is totally different from all of my blog post these days. I generally post about computer stuff but I took a kayaking class and I wanted to document it in some way. I took a Surf Zone class for sea kayaking. It is a class to learn…

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Linkage Program

Linear Actuators and Hydraulics

The Linkage program lets the user add linear actuators to a mechanism. These are drawn a little bit like a hydraulic cylinder or a similar motorized linear actuator. Simple Linear Actuator There is an interesting issue with these actuators. Actually, there is a bug in how the actuator…

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Kayaking in Long Beach

I only managed to get out kayaking once but it was worth it bring the kayaks to Long Beach. I wanted to get out more but it just didn’t work out. The latest trip was added to the kayaking map.

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Long Beach

I’m in Long Beach California at the annual ISMB conference. Most of the conference is about biology and/or bioinformatics. Although I write computer programs for a living, my day job is for a company that makes tools for the biotech industry. I’m sitting in a special interest group…

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