Archives for March 11, 2008
Our Cats are Going Away!
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 For the last several months, we’ve been cat sitting for our friends Gil and Gilliane. They are very good cats, and Amanda especially has bonded to them. Well, Gil and Gilliane are returning from their extended stay overseas, and want their cats back. There will be a certain emptiness when they are gone. But even…
Facebook Founder Zuckerberg Heckled at Conference
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 This was at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin Texas. And it wasn’t really him being heckled, exactly. Business Week journalist Sarah Lacy was interviewing Zuckerberg on the stage, and apparently chose topics to ask him about that were of little interest to the audience. In other words, the show they were putting on was…
Should Scientists Date People Who Believe in Astrology?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 I remember, when I was getting to know Amanda, carefully exploring certain key issues such as this. It actually didn’t take long to find out that we had almost identical political views, and perspectives on science, rational thinking, religion, and so on. (I say “almost” only because there is room for variation, but I can’t…
Not accurate, but funny.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 This is not accurate because it implies a direct causal relationship between anonymity and realized snarkiness. In truth, the relationship is between anonymity and potential for snarkiness. Lots more of these graphs. Hat tip Zuska
Banning Anonymous Internet Posting?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 From Kentucky, the home of the Creationist Museum and Sour Mash (so you see, there is a range), we hear of a move to ban anonymous internet posting. My impression is that this is directed at commenters on internet sites, but it may also include bloggers.
Vineland, New Jersey Christian Science Fair Preview
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 This Thursday, at Stratton Hall, at the Cumberland Christian School. The fair will feature roughly 80 projects created by sixth-, seventh-, and eighth- grade students. Students started working on the experiments and projects in early December. … Stratton Hall will be open from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to view the projects. [source]
Attack of the Space Robots Imminent
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 From Wired: Astronauts bound for orbit this week will [be], assembling a “monstrous” two-armed space station robot that will rise like Frankenstein from its transport bed. Putting together Dextre, the robot, will be one of the main jobs for the seven Endeavour astronauts, who are scheduled to blast off in the wee hours of Tuesday,…
Minnesotans! Unite Behind the Bell Museum!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 Check it out: Dear Friend of the Bell Museum: Thanks to your efforts, the Bell Museum’s building project is included in both House and Senate versions of the Minnesota State Legislature’s 2008 bonding recommendations. Now is the time to contact Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty to express your support for the project. You can reach Governor…
Roger Moore Expelled by Ben Stein …
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 Yet another demonstration of creationist’s inability to get what they want without resorting to ethically questionable behavior …..
Finally, iTunes might be sort of worth it
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 I have purchased a few songs from iTunes, but I don’t like doing it. I have the sense that you are not really buying the song in the same way you do when you buy a CD. But I do use the iTunes software (for now) on my Windows box to keep track of the…
New Reader Poll: PZ’s Comments
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 As if PZ Myers needed more attention, the Scienceblogs.com Pie Page has a commemorative reader poll. It’s actually more of a “Guess The Bean Count” game, only you are guessing how many comments PZ’s blog has amassed (to the nearest million, I assume). Check it out. I think the winner gets an evening on the…
Serious Matter of Home Schooling
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 OMG! A three-judge panel from the 2nd District Court of Appeals made it illegal on February 28 for any parent to home school their child, unless they have a teaching or tutor credential. Upon hearing the ruling, school districts officials began demanding that police take immediate action. So yesterday, throughout the state, judges secretly began…
Have a look at this…
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 http://scienceblogs.com/seed/2008/03/an_interview_with_ed_yong_of_n.php..Interview with Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science
I would like to point you to …
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 An Interview with Josh Donlan of Shifting Baselines
Has Google Changed Ever So Slightly?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 You know that old Bradbury story, and the Simpson’s redo of it, where someone goes back in time, steps on a butterfly, and when they return, everything is slightly different? Has this happened? I look at Google’s Press Center, and I find no mention of this, but things have changed ever so slightly. For instance,…
Race and Racism Redux
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 I had a plan, to get on board with Sciencwoman, who is putting out a series of posts on Racial Diversity, Race and Racism, with a post on this topic. However, Friday was a tough day, Saturday was a no-blogger (because of something else I was doing that I’ll tell you about later), I don’t…
Photosynthesis Video
Posted by Greg Laden on March 11, 2008 Photosynthesis; This is how the British to it (teaching, not photosynthesis). From Crackle: Biology Education – Photosynthesis for GCSE / K12 …
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