May 08, 2016 at 04:38AM

Tody I Learned: 1) Tips for scrambled tofu: 1) "scrambling" the tofu with a fork gives it a more egg-like texture than cutting it up; 2) Instead of dumping spices directly into the pan, you can suspend them in water and pour them on like a sauce. This helps the dryness I typically get with scrambled tofu. 3) Speaking of dryness, it *is* also possible to get them too wet. It seems to be hard to get the water balance just right. 2) Tips for reducing primer dimers in PCR: 1) Raise the Tm, making it less likely for the primers to bind each other; 2) reduce the concentration of primers, making it harder for them to find each other; 3) increase the concentration of template, tying up more primers in the desired amplification. 3) An advantage of traditional paint media over digital that I had not thought about -- while you're making a physical painting, random stuff like paint drips or splashes can inspire you in new directions. Digital media typically won't do anything you don't explicitly tell it to, so it's a bit less randomizing and therefore less creativity-inducing. Just a small point, but an interesting one for a non-painter like me.