Two rather interesting things popped up on FB today.

One is a color test, where you're asked to arrange various hues of color in a spectrum order. i'm not particularly good, i got a 10 (caveat to make myself feel better; i took it in about 5 minutes, while distracted with lab stuff).

The other is an article from Science magazine regarding the scientists who actually performed the influenza studies on ferrets (like, the actual post docs in the Kawaoka and Fouchier labs). This is cool; in the past i've looked up particular scientists (typically grad students and post docs) whose work i've read a lot of; i feel like it sort of adds another dimension to the work - not all is hopeless: this really cool work was done by that person in the picture, so there might one day be hope for me. Speaking of connections, a NYTimes article regarding scientists' connection to their work here.

Finally, "Be distinct and credible", maybe the best advice i've seen in a while.