Quick post: Kakabekia spp. Elusive genus of organisms that are over 2 billion years old. What are they? Prokaryotes or eukaryotes - no one knows. No one is working on them now. They survive in low oxygen tension environments. And may be one of the earliest forms of life.

I love my Biosci 215 class. Full of interesting ideas - but there's a paper to do. Groan.

Proteinoid microspheres anyway?

Still waiting for my ITalk to arrive. Maybe that would improve the learning situation.

Didn't realise that IBook prices have dropped so much. The entry price is now only US 999. Gosh. Mine cost around US 1,800 3 years ago. And it now looks postively yellow. Needs polishing of some sort. Becoming antiquated.