2018 Output Summary
Every year I publish what I have done and created the year before. I normally do this every January, but I was a little delayed, so I am writing this in 2020. You can read what I did in 2016… Continue Reading
2017 Projects
Here is what projects I was working on in 2017. Plant Pathology In my quest to work on interesting biological problems, plant diseases present a major interesting problem. 2017 I have made a commitment to work on plant pathology. Mutualism… Continue Reading
2017 Output Summary
2017 was a year full of adventure. Every year I look back and see what I accomplished. There is what I did each month. January Last Day with Dyson 25th flew to San Fransisco Mutualism Issue #1 an art magazine… Continue Reading
My ideas to Cure 10 Plant Diseases
This year I was very interested in plant diseases. Why Plant Diseases? Because it is the next logical area that we need to improve. To feed more people, prevent plants from going extinct we need to find solutions for plant diseases. My… Continue Reading
What’s in Your Bag
My friend the Cocoa Nomad wrote an article about both the tangible and intangible things he packed with him while traveling. While traveling for a year he slowly let go of things and his metaphorical bag became lighter. This has made me… Continue Reading
The Foreign Language Everyone in Tech Should Learn
In 6th grade, my class rotated every few months between French, German, and Spanish. We then got to choose one of these languages to study. These languages would be incredibly useful 100-200 years ago, however, these three languages do not… Continue Reading
The Biological Sex Mystery and why it makes Sense
I read the book 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense by Michael Brooks, Ph.D & James Adams. In it, one of the things that don’t make sense is the Biological Sex Mystery. The book took a deep dive into the issue. Sexual reproduction does… Continue Reading
Unusual Idea to Cure Cypress Canker
Cypress canker disease threatens cypress trees around the world. The disease causes many of the branches to die and can kill the tree. There currently is no labeled chemical treatment for the disease. And no industry standard for completely curing… Continue Reading
Unusual Idea to Cure Lethal Yellowing of Palm
Lethal yellowing is a disease that is devastating to many types of Palm. It is caused by a phytoplasma, a type of parasitic bacteria that lack a cell wall. I have looked at several other phytoplasma diseases and come up… Continue Reading
Unusal Ideas to Cure Butternut Canker
To prevent an epidemic or disease one of three things has to be removed: Agent, Environment, Host (Read More: About the Disease Triangle). Let’s look at Butternut Canker Disease and find a solution for it by focusing on the Agent,… Continue Reading