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American Gut – Learn About Your Microbiome

whats-in-your-gutPlease join us for Phase II of American Gut. During Phase I we raised $339,213, making it the largest crowd funded & open source SCIENCE project in history. World’s LARGEST open-source, community driven effort to characterize the microbial diversity of the Global Gut. All US and International participants welcome (including your dog).

Join the project via Indigogo here.

We have now expanded the project and anyone in the world can join during Phase II. Help us reach 10,000 participants!

The University of Colorado and the Human Food Project have assembled a crack team of over 30 experts on the human gut microbiome in order to launch American Gut- an open-source scientific research study into the effects of diet on gut bacteria. And they need our help!

The trillions of bacteria living in and on our bodies have been found to play an integral role in our overall health and the development of disease. What is more, research strongly suggests that the state of our microbiome is largely affected by the foods we eat. The only problem is, that we don’t know exactly how.

“By combining the crowd-funding model with the open-access data analysis model that we pioneered with the Earth Microbiome Project, we can finally give anyone with an interest in his or her microbiome an opportunity to participate,” said Knight, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist.

iKill – Infographic on Apple

iKill – Infographic on Apple

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Street Tested – Ubuntu Slogan

Street Tested – Ubuntu Slogan

This is our 2nd year hitting up the Vancouver's Farmer's Market. We had some wonderful responses, questions, and discussions with those at the market. In addition to asking, what they thought the new Ubuntu slogan should be we also jotted down a list of the things people wish their computer wou ...

Occupy Vancouver and Open Source

Occupy Vancouver and Open Source

I finally managed to stop by Occupy Vancouver the other day and even though the weather is terrible and cold, it still feels like a community down there. I haven't been able to spend as much time as I had hoped, but I really love knowing that there is a village in the heart of the city that I live i ...

Ubuntu 11.10: Word on the Street

Ubuntu 11.10: Word on the Street

Ubuntu 11.10 is out and has been "in the wild" for a couple days now. (Yes, I'm a master of stating the obvious.) One of the highlights (for me) of an Ubuntu release is watching and analyzing what the non-Ubuntu online media is saying. I love to see whether buzz is increasing and whether the ...

Diaspora the Better Way to Do Social Media!

Diaspora the Better Way to Do Social Media!

I am very excited! I have just finally gotten my invite to Diaspora the open-source social media platform, I have just completed setting up my profile. Let me know if you want an invite! I have been waiting for the release of Diaspora for about a year now! I have gotten quite fed up with facebook an ...

Battered by Economic Crisis, Greeks Turn to Barter Networks

Battered by Economic Crisis, Greeks Turn to Barter Networks

This is a very exciting movement, people coming together in Greece creating ways to network, exchange goods and services and support each other. The movement for alternative currencies is growing in North America and other western countries as well. There is a group here in Vancouver BC called Vanco ...

Promoting Ubuntu

Promoting Ubuntu

I haven't done a post on Ubuntu in ages, which leaves me feeling a bit guilty! My current computer is hobbling along on it's last legs...supposedly I have a new computer on the way, I'm pretty excited to get it as it is made with Ubuntu in mind, and is my first new computer since I got my first comp ...

Tutorial: How to Post to Hella Delicious

Tutorial: How to Post to Hella Delicious

This tutorial will explain in detail how to post an article for www.helladelicious.com. We need to follow certain guidelines in order to keep the site looking uniform, sharp and spiffy. These are the steps I follow when creating a new post. The following video gives you a quick overview of the v ...

Vancouver’s 500 Strong Ubuntu Community

Vancouver’s 500 Strong Ubuntu Community

Friday was a great night at the Blenz coffee shop on Seymore Street. The Ubuntu community in Vancouver hit the 500 members mark and we had a great celebration. I love having a party in a coffee shop since these days I don't drink much alcohol--or coffee either for that matter. I had a delicious capp ...