Blogging From An Aeroplane
Category: Blogging
Blogging from a plane over Germany! Whee! A Boeing 737-800 Berlin-Stockholm operated by Norwegian. My 1st experience with internet on a plane....
Posted by Martin R at 4:08 PM • 0 Comments •
Aardvarchaeology
Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.
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Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
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Sb Soon on Wordpress with National Geographic
Category: Blogging
ScienceBlogs was handed over to National Geographic long ago. Behind the scenes, work has progressed to migrate the site from Moveable Type to Wordpress and put NG's yellow-margins branding onto everything. And now the switch-over is imminent. Late May maybe?...
Posted by Martin R at 5:44 PM • 7 Comments •
De-Lurk
Category: Blogging
It's time we had a de-lurk around this here blog! The last one was a year ago. If you keep returning to this blog but rarely or never comment, you are a lurker, Dear Reader, and a most welcome one...
Posted by Martin R at 4:38 PM • 46 Comments •
Aard Turns Five
Category: Blogging
I began blogging at Blogspot a bit more than six years ago. And five years ago to the day, Aard went live here on Sb! Blogging and the interaction with you, Dear Reader, are a continuing source of daily enjoyment...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 4 Comments •
Six Years Of Blogging
Category: Blogging
Today is my sixth birthday as a blogger! Normally these days I would use Twitter and Facebook for such a brief message, but it is after all blog-related. Here also are the latest pics of an Aard reader wearing...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 4 Comments •
Aard Mugs In Australia
Category: Blogging
Dear Reader Jim Allen of Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia, kindly volunteered to design some Aardvarchaeology merchandise, for which I am very grateful. Here's Jim at his local museum along with fellow volunteer Charlotte Rogers, in the first picture...
Posted by Martin R at 4:31 AM • 5 Comments •
Speaking Schedule Oct/Nov
Category: Archaeology
Wednesday 5 Oct. 17:00. About Fisksätra before the 1970s housing development. Fisksätra shopping centre, HAMN project office. Thursday 13 Oct. 10:00. About Bronze Age sacrificial sites. Uppsala, Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3, Dept of Archaeology. Monday 17 Oct. 18:30. About pseudoarchaeology....
Posted by Martin R at 6:03 AM • 0 Comments •
Introducing the Aardvarchaeology Store
Category: Blogging
Those free Nigerian scam t-shirts never materialised, but still, the affair prompted me to get some excellent merch art made and set up a web shop. A good thing about this is that now I can offer all three...
Posted by Martin R at 3:18 PM • 6 Comments •
Joe's Aard T-shirt Design
Category: Blogging
Joseph Hewitt of Ataraxia Theatre is the artist who rendered almost the entire ScienceBlogs stable as zombies last summer. He has submitted the third t-shirt design, and when I saw it I thought, "Screw the reader's poll, this is...
Posted by Martin R at 12:46 PM • 8 Comments •
Stacy's Aard T-shirt Design
Category: Art
Here's the second t-shirt design suggestion, from Stacy Mason! Compare the first one from Jim Allen/Sweeney. And Barn Owl has volunteered to distribute the shirts! So unless a third design comes my way soon, I'll set up an on-line...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
Jim's Aard T-shirt Design
Category: Blogging
Here's the first t-shirt design suggestion, from Jim Allen/Sweeney! Says Jim, "The image could be printed in black or white on a contrasting shirt, or even in three colours - say, white for the eyes and trowel, tan for...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
Aard T-Shirts? Help Needed!
Category: Blogging
A company has offered to sponsor Aard with 15-30 free printed t-shirts bearing the design of my choice, delivered to a US address. I'd like to accept their offer, and so I need help from my readers. 1. I need...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 20 Comments •
Welcome the SciAm Bloggers
Category: Blogging
Scientific American has opened a blog portal, poaching a number of excellent erstwhile SciBlings and other blog buddies of mine! Head on over and greetBora Zivkovic at A Blog Around The Clock Krystal d'Costa at Anthropology in Practice Jennifer...
Posted by Martin R at 2:57 PM • 6 Comments •
Earl Birger Rules
Category: Books
Birger Johansson is an awesome guy. We've never met, but he's one of Aard's most prolific and witty commenters. And then, out of the blue, he suddenly tells me that he's got some free shipping to spare on Amazon...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 2 Comments •
ScienceBlogs Solvent Again
Category: Blogging
I just got paid half a year's back wages by the ScienceBlogs Overlords. Christmas came early! No, I mean, last Christmas came late! Paying me off wasn't such a big deal as I usually make only $75 a month. But...
Posted by Martin R at 1:34 PM • 5 Comments •
DDoS Attacks on Sb from Turkey and Qatar
Category: Blogging
Hi Bloggers, Let me apologize again for the problems that many of you and your readers are experiencing. The attack is ongoing, originating from Turkey and Qatar, and until it stops, Rackspace must block IP ranges in order for the...
Posted by Martin R at 1:12 PM • 2 Comments •
Should I Put Together an Aard E-Book?
Category: Books
Here's an idea that I'd like some reader feedback on. Would it be worthwhile to put together an EPUB e-book, about as long as a 200-page paperback, of selected blog entries of mine? I'm thinking I'd organise it in thematic...
Posted by Martin R at 8:03 AM • 7 Comments •
Recent Sb Flakiness Caused by DDoS Attacks
Category: Blogging
Dear Bloggers, We have been forwarding reports from bloggers and users to our hosting service, Rackspace, over the past few days. After monitoring our traffic and these reports, Rackspace has determined that ScienceBlogs is experiencing a distributed denial of service...
Posted by Martin R at 2:49 PM • 2 Comments •
De-Lurk
Category: Blogging
It's been almost a year since the last de-lurk. Aard has hundreds of regulars, thousands if we adopt a generous definition of "regular", and most of you are lurkers -- quiet readers who don't say much. So, everybody, please comment...
Posted by Martin R at 8:19 AM • 52 Comments •
Five Years of Blogging
Category: Blogging
Today is my fifth birthday as a blogger! (Here's my first entry from 2005.) Five years, that's 13% of the time I've been out of the the womb so far. I had no idea that I'd be doing this....
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 16 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The Four Stone Hearth blog carnival lives on without a hitch thanks to Afarensis, its new editor! The one hundred and first instalment is on-line at Sapien Games. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! Let me remind...
Posted by Martin R at 3:39 AM • 2 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 100th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run here at Aard on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to me, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes!...
Posted by Martin R at 10:22 AM • 0 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-ninth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at A Very Remote Period Indeed. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology!...
Posted by Martin R at 3:51 PM • 0 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 99th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at A Very Remote Period Indeed on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to Julien, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is on...
Posted by Martin R at 8:10 AM • 0 Comments •
Another Good Science Blogging Community: Field of Science
Category: Blogging
There's ScienceBlogs and recently we got Scientopia. And now I discover Field of Science, another good science blogging community, which has apparently been up for a year and a half though I've managed to miss it. Check it out!...
Posted by Martin R at 10:49 AM • 0 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-eighth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at The Prancing Papio. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! The next vacant hosting slot is on 15 September. All bloggers with an interest in the subject are...
Posted by Martin R at 3:29 PM • 0 Comments •
Check Out Scientopia for Old and New Favourite Blogs
Category: Blogging
There's a new science blogging network, Scientopia, it's full of ex-SciBlings and other good bloggers, and it has no ads! Janet Stemwedel of Adventures in Ethics and Science is there, as is Grrlscientist, Krys also of Anthro in Practice, the...
Posted by Martin R at 2:10 PM • 1 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 98th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at The Prancing Papio on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to Ray, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is on 15 September....
Posted by Martin R at 12:57 PM • 0 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-seventh Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Zenobia. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! The next vacant hosting slot is on 15 September. All bloggers with an interest in the subject are welcome to...
Posted by Martin R at 4:19 PM • 2 Comments •
Digging in Wales, Watching Sb Crisis
Category: Archaeology
I did some metal detecting, finding lead spatters that may have to do with 18th century repairs to the 9th century Pillar of Eliseg, and two 20th century coins, and of course a few aluminium ring-pulls.
Posted by Martin R at 5:41 PM • 11 Comments •
Where Are My Readers Based?
Category: Blogging
Over the past 4½ years I've made a habit of calling out on my blog whenever I've planned trips abroad, in the hope of meeting up with readers. As far as I can remember, the only times when this has...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 36 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 97th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at Zenobia: Empress of the East on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to ">Judith, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is already...
Posted by Martin R at 5:15 AM • 0 Comments •
Enigmatic Sb Mastermind Starts Blog
Category: Blogging
In the past few days I have received four e-mails from Adam Bly, founder and proprietor of Seed Media Group and Scienceblogs. OK, they were group mail sent to all the SciBlings, but four e-mails from him is more...
Posted by Martin R at 3:11 AM • 5 Comments •
An Egoistic Perspective on the Pepsiblog Debacle
Category: Blogging
I reacted to the news about the Pepsiblog debacle with a cynical smirk and a sinking feeling in my stomach. Though I am interested in health-related and environmental issues, they are not at the forefront of my blogging or my...
Posted by Martin R at 3:03 PM • 8 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-sixth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Testimony of the Spade. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! The next vacant hosting slot is already on 4 August 21 July. All bloggers with an interest...
Posted by Martin R at 9:03 AM • 0 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 96th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at Testimony of the Spade on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to Magnus, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is already on...
Posted by Martin R at 1:57 PM • 0 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-fifth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Afarensis. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! The next vacant hosting slot is already on 21 July. All bloggers with an interest in the subject are welcome...
Posted by Martin R at 3:59 PM • 0 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 95th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at Afarensis on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to the hominid, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is already on 7 July....
Posted by Martin R at 5:26 AM • 0 Comments •
Archaeological Outreach and the New Media
Category: Blogging
Don't start a new blog for each excavation. Nobody will find it before the project is over. Instead, ask for permission to publish your entries on the central blog of your department, museum or excavation unit.
Posted by Martin R at 12:03 PM • 2 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-fourth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Anthropology in Practice. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! The next vacant hosting slot is already on 23 June. All bloggers with an interest in the subject...
Posted by Martin R at 2:10 PM • 0 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call For Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 94th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at Anthropology in Practice on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to Krystal, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is already on 23...
Posted by Martin R at 4:14 AM • 0 Comments •
Swedish Science Bloggers Interviewed
Category: Blogging
Universitetsläraren, the journal of the Swedish Association of University Teachers, has an article about blogging scientists in issue 2010:9 on the occasion of an upcoming PhD thesis in Lund about the subject. Scienceblogs.com is mentioned and Åsa of Ting...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 0 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-third Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at The Prancing Papio. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to Krys at Anthropology in Practice. All bloggers with an...
Posted by Martin R at 2:38 AM • 0 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 93rd Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at The Prancing Papio on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to Raymond, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is on 23...
Posted by Martin R at 4:28 PM • 0 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger (Out)
Category: Blogging
The Sb Overlordz have reinstated the Ask a ScienceBlogger feature. Now, Dear Reader, you already ask me a lot of questions in comments here on Aard. But to give your archaeology questions (and possible my replies) a bit more exposure,...
Posted by Martin R at 6:16 AM • 2 Comments •
Recent Archaeomags
Category: Archaeology
Aard, with its 1000 daily readers and its lead time of a few days, may be a pretty good venue to publish these things in if you know you're not going to get paid anyway.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 4 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-second Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Sorting Out Science. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to Raymond at The Prancing Papio. All bloggers with an...
Posted by Martin R at 5:33 AM • 0 Comments •
Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
The 92nd Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at Sorting Out Science on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to Sam, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes! The next open hosting slot is already on 9...
Posted by Martin R at 1:10 PM • 0 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
The ninety-first Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Sexy Archaeology. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! And keep those hands where I can see them, OK? Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to...
Posted by Martin R at 5:26 AM • 0 Comments •
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