Saturday, April 26, 2008

Costco Roadshow: Yamaha Pianos


Yamaha CLP 220 1,199.99
Yamaha CLP 240M 2,150.99
Yamaha GB1 PE 7,790.99
Yamaha 48 U1 PE 6,999.99
Yamaha 48 T121 PE 5,899.99
Yamaha 46 T118 PE 3,499.99


Yamaha Hot Products
Yamaha GB1 4' 11" Classic Collection Grand Piano, Polished Ebony

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Higher Education Landscape - Current demographic trends in U.S. higher education

Number of High School Graduates, 1992-2018: California
Trends in Number of High School Graduates

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

DNA tests

reddit 23andme V5
Imputation Analysis Utilizing Promethease
free:
GEDmatch
DNA.LAND 
Codegen.eu 
low cost:
Promethease

Which tools can be used to analyze 23andMe raw data?
What Else Can I Do With My DNA Test Results? (free and fee)
Autosomal DNA tools (health/risk)
23andyou third party tools

Codegen.eu
Sequencing.com
Cure Together 

What $2500 Can Buy in DNA Services
Navigenics offers direct consumer DNA tests
Enter Navigenics, Where Personal Genomics Gets More Medical
May We Scan Your Genome?
GPPC Calls for Improved Oversight of PGx Dxs After Uncovering Inconsistent Marketing

Best Cat DNA Test: Understand Your Feline’s Health and Diet Needs, Basepaws, HomeDNA, Optimal Selection
UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory. Cat Ancestry - Tracing the Lineage of Your Feline

Dopamine
Back-to-School: The Genetics of Learning from Your Mistakes: DRD2 TaqIA rs1800497, AA (A1 Allele), less dopamine receptors, not learning from mistakes
Why You Gave Your Parents a Hard Time Growing Up: ANKK1 rs1800497 AA: lower dopamine D2 receptor, not avoiding stick
Genetics May Dull Brain’s Pleasure Response to Food, Causing Weight Gain: rs1800497, AA fewer dopamine receptors,
Genetic Variant May Increase Risk for Anxiety Disorders: COMT rs4680 AG GG GG AG A: more startled, dopamine stays
DNA Variation May Help Us Break Free From Our Routines: COMT rs4680 AG GG GG AG A: Adventurous more dopamine activity, DRD2 rs6277 GG less dopamine signaling, not avoid NoGo
Next Year It’s Martinelli’s…: rs27072 CC CT CT CC, rs27048 CC withdrawal

Evidence for Gene-Environment Interaction in Alcoholism: rs1799971 AG AA AA AG G: need more morphine Genetic Variation In Morphine Receptor May Play A Part In Coping With Social Rejection, rs1799732 II riskier

Back to School Smarts and Geneticsnon-verbal intelligence, rs363050 GG AA AG AG, A higher IQ

Alcohol dependence

DNA Day
American Society of Human Genetics GenEdNet
National Human Genome Research Institute

The $5000 genome by 2009? Complete Genomics emerges from stealth mode
Complete Genomics
Knome

Promethease is a tool to build a report based on SNPedia and a file of genotypes. Customers of 23andMe, deCODEme, or Navigenics can use it to learn more about their genome.
Tell me Everything: How To Use SNPedia for 23andMe and deCODEme

10 million SNPs in human
Navigenics $999, plus an optional $199 annual subscription fee, 900,000 SNP chip Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0, 18 diseases

23andMe 576,105 snps $999, since 4/2006, 550,000+30,000 different single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) illumina humanhap550+ genotyping beadchip, 58 gene journal, ancestry (maternal, paternal, painting, family inheritance, global similarity)
23andMe v2 10/2008-11/2010 596,532 snps $399, illumina HumanHap550-Quad+ (semi-custom Human610-Quad BeadChip) discount code
23andMe version 3 991,624 snps 11/2010-11/13
23andMe v4 (vs. v3) 598,897 11/13-08/17
23andMe v5 650k snps 08/17

deCODEME deCODE genetics $985, 1 million genomic variations illumina human1M, 26 gene profiles, 2 physical attributes, ancestry (geography, female, male line)
Gene Essence $1195, Affymetrix Genome-wide Human SNP Array 6.0, 90 diseases
DNAdirect $199 and up
Pathway Genomics $348 Health and Ancestry Kit

  * * * Age-related Macular Degeneration
    *   Alcohol Dependence
    * * Alcohol Flush Reaction
  *   * Alzheimer's disease
    *   Ankylosing Spondylitis
    *   Antidepressant Response
      * Asthma
    * * Atrial Fibrillation
    *   Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
    *   Avoidance of Errors
    *   Back Pain
    *   Bipolar Disorder
    *   Birth Weight
    * * Bitter Taste Perception
    *   Blood Groups
  * * * Breast Cancer
    *   Caffeine Metabolism
  * * * Celiac Disease
    *   Cluster Headaches
  * * * Colorectal Colon Cancer
  * * * Crohn's Disease
    *   Developmental Dyslexia
    *   Earwax Type
  * * * Exfoliation Glaucoma
    * * Eye Color
    *   Food Preference
    *   Freckling
  *     Graves' Disease
    * * Hair Color
    *   HDL Cholesterol Level
  * * * Heart Attack
    *   Height
      * Hemochromatosis
    *   Heroin Addiction
    *   High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
    *   HIV/AIDS Infection
    * * Lactose Intolerance
    *   Longevity
    *   Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
      * Lung cancer
  *     Lupus
    *   Malaria Resistance
    *   Male Infertility
    * * Male Pattern Baldness
    *   Measures of Intelligence
    *   Memory
  * * * Multiple Sclerosis
    *   Muscle Performance
      * Nicotine Dependence
  * * * Obesity
    *   Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    *   Odor Detection
  *     Osteoathritis
    *   Pain Sensitivity
      * Peripheral Arterial Disease
    *   Persistent Fetal Hemoglobin
    *   Placental Abruption
  * * * Prostate Cancer
  *   * Psoriasis
  * * * Restless Legs Syndrome
  * * * Rheumatoid Arthritis
    *   Tardive Dyskinesia
    * * Type 1 Diabetes
  * * * Type 2 Diabetes
    *   Venous Thromboembolism

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Santa Clara Charter Schools

Charter schools joining mainstream

Bullis Charter School K-6 Los Altos Elementary School District preference
Discovery Charter School K-8 Moreland Elementary School District residents have preference
South Bay Prep 6-12 Campbell Union High School District

Flight Tracking


Sites Offering Airline Flight Tracking

** FlightAware CAL4, Gate only, historical arrival time
** FlightStats (RELX Cirium) CI4, Terminal, Gate, incorrect crossing pacific ocean map
Flightview (OAG Google Bing) CI4, simple no map

FlightExplorer CAL4, difficult to locate EVA 28, old interface

FlyteComm Track Flight CAL4, static, gone

Flight Connections graphical direct flight map

Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast ADS-B, local live airplanes on map
FlightAware Real-time Worldwide Flight Traffic bad map, Radarscape, Pi, iOS 4.8, piaware build

Flightradar24 Radarscape, Pi, iOS 4.8, build your own
http://localhost:8754
Check fr24feed status 
sudo fr24feed-status 
Restart fr24feed 
sudo systemctl restart fr24feed 
(sudo service fr24feed restart)

AirNav Systems RadarBox Airlines, radarbox, Pi, iOS 4.2
Plane Finder, PC, Pi, Radarscape, iOS 4.6
OpenSky Network research, Radarscape
- free ADSBexchange no airline/flight number, has history, Radarscape
VariFlight China, slow, no helicopter icon

Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Raspbian, USB RTL-SDR dongle and driver, antenna, dump1090, PiAware + Pi24

Rafael Micro R820T2 Software Defined Radio (SDR) Tuner USB Dongle
Realtekcom RTLl2832U DVB-T COFDM DEMODULATOR + USB 2.0
Nooelec NESDR SMArTee sdr with bias tee 250ma for low-noise amplifier LNA


* ADSB 1090 ES Antenna
ADSB 978 UAT Antenna

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Shoe size

Mondopoint is based on the mean foot length for which the shoe is suitable, measured in millimetres.  Mondo 265 = US 8.5 = Euro 41 EEE

Shoes Sizing Chart 10" = 25.4cm 
last size = foot size + 1/2" (1.26cm), 10.5"*3-24 = 7.5 = 40 
last size = foot size + 2/3" (1.69cm), 10.67"*3-24 = 8 = 40.64 
last size = foot size + 0.79" (2.0cm), 10.79"*3-24 = 8.36 (8.5) = 41.1

United States and Canada 
male men's shoe size = 3 * last length in inches − 24 
female women's shoe size (common) = 3 * last length in inches − 22.5 
female shoe size (FIA) = 3 * last length in inches − 23 
child shoe size = 3 * last length in inches − 11.67 

France European 
Paris points = 1.5 * length of the last in centimetres (27.4) = 41.1 

Brannock Device Conversion Chart 
International Shoe Sizes Conversion Charts 

wide width Table EEE boots last width 104 mm, large big calves, soft flex 60-80 

Japanese JIS S 5037 足長 + 足囲, 25.1cm, 24.3cm + 0.5~1cm both = 26 EE 
Japanese Shoes 

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Adjustable Ski Poles

Black Diamond Expedition Poles FlickLock 57cm-125cm 22.4"-49.2" 600g 21oz $79.95

Life-Link Triple Direct Backcountry Series 3.5" snowflake baskets Length is 24" packed, 52" extended 61cm-132cm 19oz $59.95
Life-Link Teton Backcountry Series 76.2cm-129.5cm 30"-51" 19oz $54.95

Leki Trigger S - Junior Vario Alpine 85-110cm $69.95
Leki AirErgo2 Backcountry 67-145cm? 97-150cm $119.95
Leki AirErgo3 Backcountry 67-145cm $139.95

Leki Trekking:
Leki Enzian Trail 67-145cm $69.95
Leki Tour Trail 67-145cm $79.96
Leki Trail Trail $79.95
Super Micro Travel 46-89cm $49.95
Leki Snowflake Basket $7.5

The 25 Coolest (and Most Unconventional) Keyboards

Frogpad USB / Bluetooth
Handykey Twiddler

Deskthority Wiki
Topre switch (Capacitive), Topre Type Heaven, Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL (CM Nova Touch, Hybrid Capacitive Switch)
HHKB Professional Happy Hacking Fujitsu
Keyboard profile Cherry (Cherry Keyboard, similar to SP (Signature Plastics) Profile), OEM (DasKeyboard and others)
Alps SKCL/SKCM series  Apple Extended Keyboard
Keyboards with Alps SKBL/SKBM switches
Matias mini tactile pro

Das Keyboard - mechanical keyboard with cherry switch, DasKeyboard

List of Wireless Mechanical Keyboards
Mitias Secure Pro wireless compact 80%
XArmor U9W 2.4 GHz RF Wireless quiet switches

鍵談坊 KBTalKing

Keycap construction: ABS, PBT, POM

Pointing Stick
Unicomp Endurapro
Access Keyboards ATB422/423 Keyboards with USB interface pointing device

Mechanical Keyboard Guide
Five Mechanical-Switch Keyboards: Only The Best For Your Hands
Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid CM green switches, more actuation and bottom-out force
Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Meka G1Rosewill RK-9000V2 BL, black is heavier than red for linear, quieter
Corsair Cherry MX Silent

Cherry official site for key switches (silent red, silver, RGB clear)
Cherry Green Switches - tactile feedback (green, blue, brown), clicky (green, blue)
Cherry MX
switch type
FeedbackClickyActuation
force
Bottom-out
force
RedLinearNo45 g60 g
BrownTactileNo45 g60 g
BlueTactileYes50 g65 g
BlackLinearNo60 g80 g
GreenTactileYes80 g105 g

red

black

brown

blue

white

Kailh switches 凯华电子 (clone)
Razer mechanical switches Green (cherry blue), Orange (cherry red)

Microsoft Wedge Keyboard
Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid
Apple Wireless Keyboard Layout
dim bright overlap tile key key rewind play ff mute quiet loud eject/power


Apple Macbook Keyboard Layout