I received my undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and
Applied Computer Science from Lebanon Valley College
(LVC) in good ol' Annville, PA. These were some of the
best years as they meant long nights playing with
technology, business, and friends.
With the UNIX underpinnings in Mac OS X, the whole
world of opensource becomes available to the Macintosh.
For those of us who remember the old, pre-X days, this
is a welcomed innovation and addition to our repertoire
of software. This site, started by Apple, exists to
cater to the needs associated with opensource.
This site is dedicated to everything science/technology
associated with the Mac. The site provides information
pertaining to software available, development tools,
hardware, and other technology and its use in our daily
lives.
I spent a number of years in this research group
studying the finer points of the application of quantum
mechanics to biological macromolecules. I was a member
of the group when it was at the Pennsylvania State
University (PSU) - before it moved to the Quantum
Theory Project at University of Florida - Gainesville.
The U.S. space agency credited with some of the
earliest steps in humanity's future in space. While it
is in many ways a dinosaur in space industry, its
continued works are still crucial to many of the
"proof-of-concept" developments that will be required
to fully flesh-out future space travel.
A non-profit organization, started by Carl Sagan, Bruce
Murray, and Louis Friedman, that is the world's largest
space-interest group dedicated to inspiring the public
with the adventure and mystery of space exploration.
Started officially in 2001 by Kennie Merz, Walter
Greenblatt, and myself, QuantumBio is focused on the
application of quantum mechanics to the life and
pharmaceutical science world through the research and
development of technologies based on work originally
performed in the Merz Research Group.
While the iPod gets all of the popular buzz concerning
Apple, many of us have been involved with the company
and its products for many years. It turns out, their OS
- being a user-friendly UNIX-like system - is perfect
for the scientific world. My primary computer is and
probably always will be a Mac.
At one time my favorite visualization company, I
started with SGI's back in college when the Chem
department bought its first high performance work
station on my recommendation. It is unfortunate that
the company hasn't really been all that successful in
recent years!