Archives for January 7, 2009
The Best of Anthropology Blogging of 2008
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Hey I won in the Hippos category!!!!! Other categories include “Best Blind Date,” “Best Spike Lee Joint,” and “Best Use of Ritalin.” Have a look. There are a lot of great blog posts linked to here. Like a super mega meta anthro carnival. Enjoy!
Free The Iranian Doctors Arash and Kamiar Alaei
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 The government of Iran sucks. Doctor Arash Alaei and Doctor Kamiar Alaei are two Iranian physicians who have reportedly been detained in Iran by Iranian authorities. The physicians, who are brothers, were apparently arrested at the end of June, 2008 and their current whereabouts are unknown. Physicians for Human Rights calls on the government of…
Best Religion/Evolution/Etc Parody (Lewis Black)
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Always carry a fossil with you.
The Scienceblogs Secret “Back Channel”
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 It is no longer a secret that Scienceblogs.com has a secret back channel in which we conspire in our efforts to Take Over the World. Well, I think we have too much secrecy in this world, so I spirited a camera into the secret back channel area, and have taken some very revealing video never…
Rick, Erin, Robert and Skepchick!!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Hey, my outgoing mail server is borked, so the only way I can communicate with the outside world is via my blog. So here are some critically important messages for several individuals. Rick McPhearson: Yes, thank you so much for taking the initiative. I’ll do whatever you want, as always. Just don’t let PZ hurt…
Extract DNA In Your Kitchen
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Using only a Beer Glass and a few other household items and ingredients.
Cool Google Trick
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 As I’m sure you already know, you can type this into a google search box: time Minneapolis and you can put lots of different words in there and get the time. What you may not know is this. If you look at the page you get back, there is a little clock graphic next to…
The Fastest Most Powerful Computer Evah
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Oh. It runs Linux.
Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 As you know, Senator Elect Barack Obama appears to have chosen neurosurgeon, former policy wonk, and CNN medical/health correspondent Sanjay Gupta to be surgeon general. There is an overwhelming display, on the science blogosphere, of diversity in opinion about this choice. My opinion: WTFC? He is not clearly unqualified, and the exact nature of the…
R U N Ubuntu User?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Consider Super Ubuntu. It is a version of Ubuntu that includes additional extra stuff that many people install anyway. Here is a wiki page about it. And you can download an ISO here. (That web site might make a little noise.) I have not tried it. If you do, let me know how it goes.
Don’t Forget To Vote!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Even if you already voted, you can vote again, it’s legal! For the best science blog! Here! Vote for whichever blog you think is the best! Why am I using all these explanation points!!!!!!
Tainting Franken: The real reason for the Coleman law suit
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 And other Republican Hypocrisy. The long term plan is to keep Franken out of the Senate forever. Not likely to work. The short term plan is to “taint” Franken, so that morons like Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan (MSNBC) and Ann Coulter can constantly refer to “Franken” and “Tainted” in the same sentence again and again…
Brandon Darby and the RNC Activists
Posted by Greg Laden on January 7, 2009 Activists from Texas who call themselves the Austin Informant Working Group have added their voices to the chorus denouncing Brandon Darby, who gave information to the FBI while posing as a protester to infiltrate groups planning demonstrations against last November’s Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul….. Read the rest here. Here’s the Brandon Darby Information…
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