March 9th, 2006 Chris
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Need a quick way to measure an object, but have no ruler handy? Try this:
Fold a piece of 8.5×11 paper from either top corner down to the side, being careful to line everything up straight.
A little bit of trigonometry tells us that the resulting diagonal edge is 12.02 inches, which is close enough for most uses.
Hi. I'm Chris Miller. Professionally, I'm a graduate student in my fifth year of a Computational Biology PhD program, where I use large scale integration of genomic data to help understand the aetiology of cancer.
In my free time, I'm a techie, a Linux user, and I enjoy exploring the intersection of technology and culture. When not in front of a computer, you'll find me playing ultimate frisbee, jamming on my guitar, talking politics, or enjoying the great outdoors.
Since there are too many Chris Millers in this world, I added my middle initial to get this domain name. I long ago gave up the pretense of web anonymity that many people cling to. To me, this is the natural corollary of all that "be yourself" advice you got in grade school.
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