http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html My Notes en-us Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:00:00 CST Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#MOON http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#MOON This Friday Moon was 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of the year. I have used my 6" toy telescope purchased in toy-R-us shop and Olympus camedia camera to take some pictires of Moon craters. Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#SNOW http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#SNOW Congratulations, winter has come to our city! Be careful while driving and have a nice Holyday Season! Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:45:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#NFOSTER http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#NFOSTER Norman Foster is contemporary British architect and designer. Among his works I like especially Viaduc de Millau (France) and Spaceport America (New Mexico, USA). Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#AMBISCRIPT http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#AMBISCRIPT David A. Rozak and Anthony J. Rozak proposed a new notation called AmbiScript to describe DNA sequence data. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#CCTCC2008 http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#CCTCC2008 Last week we have our annual conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry. This year Nobel Laureate Prof. Walter Kohn attended the conference. Prof. Kohn presented his documentary "The Power of The Sun". Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#KIEV2008 http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#KIEV2008 This fall I spent some time in Kiev. I lived in this city for twenty years. I tried to take pictures of historical places of the city. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#VOTING1 http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#VOTING1 This week I have decided to establish small voting about quantum chemistry perspectives. You could express your opinion on my site and see what other visitors think. If this voting will be interesting for you I have some more questions for the next week. You could also contact me and suggest your own question for the next voting. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#CHIPMUNKS http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#CHIPMUNKS Yana Kholod is currently at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. She sent me couple of pictures with funny university habitants. Small chipmunks are running fast around the campus looking for nuts or other tasty food. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#QCHEM http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#QCHEM I see some of the site visitors looking for lecture notes on Quantum Chemistry. Several useful links were found. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#ALEX http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#ALEX The title of the thesis: "Theoretical Study on Nitroaromatic and Related Compounds: Properties, Reduction and Decomposition". Fri, 02 May 2008 15:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#SADLEJ http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#SADLEJ Prof. Andrzej Sadlej taught the course Advanced Quantum Chemistry this spring. Fri, 02 May 2008 14:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#CCSS2008 http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#CCSS2008 On the April 25-26, 2008 I participated in "8th Southern School on Computational Chemistry" which was held in Jackson, MS. The scope of the conference covered subjects from the nanostructures chemistry to the origin of life problem. Fri, 02 May 2008 03:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://picasaweb.google.com/dima.kosenkov http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#SEATTLE Recent photos from my visit to Seattle available through Picasa. There are photos from University of Washington Campus, Downtown Seattle views, Olympic National Park and Pacific Ocean shore. It was really impressive trip. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:00:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#TYPO http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#TYPO Recently I read several brilliant books on typography. "Thinking With Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Editors, and Students" by llen Lupton and "Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works" by Erik Spiekermann and E. M. Ginger. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:36:41 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#TYPO_FUN http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#TYPO_FUN A funny list of "Common Typographic Diseases" Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:35:00 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#EMPIR http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#EMPIR Empirical models are very popular now. As these models and assumptions become more convoluted to fit the data, they provide less and less insight. Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:33:42 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#FEYNMAN http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#FEYNMAN First published Feynman's PhD thesis. The book gives sound introduction to path integrals formulation of quantum mechanics. Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:32:11 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov) http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#DALI http://www.kosenkov.org/notes/notes.html#DALI Salvador Dali museum in Florida possess really great collection of paintings. Especially late painting from Salvador Dali's classical period. Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:29:45 CST dima.kosenkov@gmail.com (Dmytro Kosenkov)