Shameless self-promotion:
I have a couple posts brewing, but they will be delayed by my pile of scut work. Meanwhile, I have a new post at WAAGNFNP with my thoughts about why the (unionized) faculty in my university system took such a...
Posted on May 3, 2007 11:50 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
... especially if you've just lost an hour to an unseasonably early Daylight Savings (can I blame the groundhog for this?), here are some attractive time sinks:...
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Posted on March 12, 2007 7:02 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My humble haiku, Clobbered in the poll -- Unless You vote, intervene. Voting closes February 26, 11:59 PM EST -- so act now! (If you want to be sure you're voting for mine, I reproduce them below the fold.)...
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Posted on February 26, 2007 7:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Jim Gibbon has opened voting on his academic haiku contest. I urge you to check out all the 17-syllable distillations of scholarly works, but especially those in the physical sciences category. Two of those haikus are mine. (Technically, one of...
Posted on February 24, 2007 11:53 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As some of you will have noticed, I'm scheduled to give a talk at the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference in just under two weeks. This morning, I finished (kind of) working out that talk. A few things worth...
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Posted on January 8, 2007 3:43 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
... Page 3.14 shares the transcript. Go read what we said when Ben Cohen and I shot the cyberbreeze about Karl Popper and the allure he holds for scientists. I can't promise it will leave you ROTFLYAO, but it might...
Posted on December 7, 2006 6:16 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you're ready to admit that we're almost done with 2006 and that it might be OK to start making plans for 2007, check your calendar and think about coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference, a "free,...
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Posted on November 16, 2006 6:41 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is going to look like I'm tooting my own horn again, but actually I'm tooting for Concerned Scientist Daniel Rhoads on this one. Meme Therapy has another installment in their "brain parade" series. In this one, they ask: We're...
Posted on July 12, 2006 12:12 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How is our vision of the world affected by the possibilities we see explored in science fiction? Meme Therapy asked a bunch of science fiction writers (and some philosopher of science), and got some interesting answers about reading and writing,...
Posted on July 10, 2006 6:39 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Do you ever feel like hearing me rattle on instead of just reading it? Here's your chance! You can listen to the first episode of the ScienceBlogs podcast, in which I speak with Katherine Sharpe about the evils of plagiarism...
Posted on May 11, 2006 12:30 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The polls for 2005 Koufax Awards are now open! There are 15 award categories, and a good representation of science bloggers (including ScienceBlogsers) among the nominees. Including (aw, shucks!) "Adventures in Ethics and Science" in the Best New Blog category....
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Posted on March 4, 2006 11:47 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
