What is XtremLab?

It's like, so xtreme! No, not really. It's more grids. You might want to see my previous ignorant rant on grids in the What is PrimeGrid? section, or you may find that bashing your head against the wall is less painful. Whatever you choose to do, I don't suggest you do either one. I suggest you go outside and run around like an idiot. Sure, you look dumb, but at least your outside.

What is PrimeGrid?

More grids people. Ok, what is with all the grids and protein? Huh? All this stuff started in space. SPACE people! Looking for ET! Of the fifteen projects I am or were a member of, only four still have something to do with space. Three were about computers. and three more are about the weather, a particle accelerator, and and computer graphics. Everything else is about protein, grids, or protein and grids. I can sort of understand the protein part, but what is a GRID and why do so many people really, really care about them?
Sorry, little rant for no reason. Anyway,

What is Rosetta@home?

Folding protein? Hey, look, the good people at Rosetta@home have a ton of info on their project. I won't do them the injustice of poorly explaining what they took so much time to do really well. Go to their site and at the top there is a link "What is Rosetta@home?" Click it and read.
Brian

What is The Lattice Project?

More grid type stuff? I don't know. It is in alpha testing, but the are taking members, so you can join. Oh, their web site has this to say, "A community of scientists at the University of Maryland are working to integrate and deploy computing resources, Grid middleware, specialized scientific application software and semantic web services in a comprehensive Grid system for scientific analysis. We call this effort the Lattice Project." So, grids. I like the 3X3 grid myself. You can play tic-tac-toe on it.
Brian

What is Predictor@home?

It is yet another BOINC project. If you read the other three What is X? pages, you know my apathy. If not, please refer to What is climateprediction.net? There you will find the reason for my lack of explanation of what Predictor@home? is. Anyway,

What is BURP?

YABP.* Most likely the second least scientific of the six projects that I am a part of now. They are trying to start some kind of online graphics rendering thing. Read about it on their main BURP page. Ok, so it is not science,

How to join TEAM: Brian

So, you want to know how to join TEAM: Brian. Why? Anyway, here is how it works. There are currently multiple TEAM: Brians. One for each project that I am in. Pick a project that you want to join or that you are already a member of. Got one? Good. Find it in the list below and click something.

Why join a team?

Why join a team? I can't see a good reason. Some people do it because they are all in the same office or lab or whatever. Some people seem to take it way too seriously. Like they really care about team stats and encourage members to do something and get all worked up about new work or high stats and stuff like that. Please. This is supposed to be like a Ron Popeil oven, just set it and forget it. In other words,

What is BOINC?

Software created at Berkeley that allows you to run multiple @Home type projects on one computer. It allows you to join multiple projects, allows the projects to easily update software and share in a larger base of members. Their site is here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Brian

What is TEAM: Brian?

Please note: I wrote this when I first started this site. I edited it once, to try to keep up with the ever increasing number of projects that I join, but, well, I'm just too lazy and just don't care enough to try again. So, when you are reading this, please keep in mind that I now list 15+ projects on the site and I have a TEAM: Brian for all of them.

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What is TEAM: Brian? Well, if you have never heard to SETI@Home or any of the other @Home projects, this will take a bit of explaining.