September 23rd, 2009 Chris
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Clay tablets were heavy and tended to shatter.
Papyrus crumbled but at least it was flatter.
Parchment was handsome but prone to decay.
Paper with acid will just melt away.
Magnetic disks are erased in a trice.
Something that lasts, really lasts, would be nice.— David Drake
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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.
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