Archives for January, 2009
High Five Inauguration
Posted by Greg Laden on January 23, 2009 I don’t pretend to understand everything I see. HIGH-FIVE INAUGURATION! – watch more funny videos
Carnivalia!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 22, 2009 I and the Bird #92 – The picnic party Praxis Blog Carnival – Your Graduate Guide To Succeeding In 2009 The Giants’ Shoulders #7 Book Review Blog Carnival–9th Edition Change of Shift: Vol. 3, Number Fifteen Grand Rounds 5:18: Ten Suggestions For Healthcare Reform Carnival of Homeschooling
Highly recommended reading
Posted by Greg Laden on January 22, 2009 Three groups of fish are actually the males, females and larvae of one family Weirdest cat ever. Seriously. Whither Allies Recognizing faces: New evidence on how we put it all together Dolphin Food Preparation Behavior (Manipulate Before Eating) A spiteful poem about those Damn Dolphins
A Hippo Runs Over Rudy
Posted by Greg Laden on January 22, 2009 … continued … His name shall be Rudy for the present purposes. He was a kid who was sent by his big brother, a scientist of some sort, to join our glorious field expedition, to learn some stuff, have a good time, get his Wellies wet. He and I spoke on the phone at length…
Medical Emergency at the Inauguration: Kenndy and Byrd!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 20, 2009 As we speak, someone is getting medical treatment at the inaugural indoors ceremony lunch thingie. Details will follow. It is not the president or the vp or their immediate families. There are a lot of old people there, it could be almost anything. UPDATE: It was Ted Kennedy, taken away on a stretcher. Hopefully a…
Yes we did: The Speech, etc.
Posted by Greg Laden on January 20, 2009 Speech part one: Speech part two: Transcript Here.
OMG They Screwed Up the Oath of Office!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 20, 2009 CHECK IT OUT!!! CLICK HERE!!!! CLICK HERE!!!! I am rolling of the floor laughing (ROFL). If you didn’t see it, watch the YouTube Video. (He totally made up for it with the speech, of course.) You may also note two precious moments earlier in the day: 1) When George Herbert Walker Bush was coming out…
Good Bye RPM
Posted by Greg Laden on January 20, 2009 RPM at Evolvgen is no longer with us, in the blogospheric sense. He sends word that he is very happy not blogging but is concerned that he will have withdraw in a few days. Here is his farewell message.
Science Online 09
Posted by Greg Laden on January 20, 2009 I plan to write a couple of posts about the many interesting sessions we had at Science Online 09, in particular regarding issues of gender, race, pseudonymous (and anonymous) blogging, as well as the problems bloggers may encounter when their blog conflicts with their boss’s version of reality. The above photo is an example of…
Science Online 09 Sbling Group Photo
Posted by Greg Laden on January 19, 2009 Science Onlien 09: Anonymous bloggers, non Sblings, and people in the background have been Bora-ed Out. Munger has been added in. Photo by Anton.
Kenyatsi. Place of evil.
Posted by Greg Laden on January 19, 2009 … continued … Lula and I had two choices. We could walk way inland on relatively flat grassy ground, crossing the two or three tree lines that cut the savanna into large rectangular parcels at a place where the terrain would be easy, or we could walk a shorter distance, hugging the lake, but instead…
Where’s Greg?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 19, 2009 I worked blogging into my life, and visa versa, over the last couple of years in such a way that I can keep a steady stream of reasonable posts going as long as I do not leave town. When I leave town, I simply pre-blog a few days worth of stuff and hope to get…
Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 07 ~ Sea Level Change
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2009 This is the seventh in a series of reposts from gregladen.com on global warming. This installment is about sea level rise and fall, in the past. Sea level change that results from the formation and melting of glaciers not only has an enormous impact on the physical nature of the landscape, but it also would…
Unhealthy Diet in Ancient Near East
Posted by Greg Laden on January 16, 2009 This is an old story being resurrected wiht new data: Biblical diet ‘unhealthy’ A new study into the diet of ancient Israel has revealed that far from being ‘the land of milk and honey’, its inhabitants suffered from the lack of a balanced diet.
Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 06 ~ A Glacial Cycle
Posted by Greg Laden on January 16, 2009 This is the sixth in a series of reposts from gregladen.com on global warming. In the last post in this series I talked about two aspects of large scale climate change: Milankovitch orbital geometry and the cycles of glaciation this effect causes, and the role of plate tectonics and related changes in altering sea and…
Janie Belle has Entered the Building
Posted by Greg Laden on January 16, 2009 I finally met Janie Belle. That woman is very dedicated to blogging, to science, and to science blogging, because she came all the way from pretty far away to visit the ScienceOnline 09 conference. Thinks have been getting pretty boring around here, but now they may turn exciting. Perhaps too exciting. Conferences can be interesting.
Karns
Posted by Greg Laden on January 16, 2009 Praxis Blog Carnival – Your Graduate Guide To Succeeding In 2009 is HERE at Podblack Cat
Live Blogging the NC ScienceOnline 09 Conference
Posted by Greg Laden on January 16, 2009 I’m in. In North Carolina, that is. Nothing happening yet. It is about 100 degrees warmer here than it was when I woke up this am. Flew with Stephanie Zvan (Almost Diamonds) and Ben Zvan (who is here to do a photo shoot). Checking out room, internet, preparing to go get a bite to eat…
Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 05 ~ Causes of Large Scale Change
Posted by Greg Laden on January 16, 2009 This is the fifth in a series of reposts from gregladen.com on global warming. During the 1970s and 80s, creationists had a long list of reasons to doubt evolution, and every one of those reasons was wrong. But they had so many reasons, and it was so hard to keep track of them all, each…
Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 04 ~ Forcing
Posted by Greg Laden on January 15, 2009 This is the fourth in a series of reposts from gregladen.com on global warming. “Climate Studies” is a “causal” science. Most sciences are “causal” in nature, which is why the sciences and scientists are often loathed and distrusted by people in the humanities and some of the soft sciences. There is not the time or…
Why does your voice sound different than you expect it to sound?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 15, 2009 … like, when you hear it on playback from a tape recorder. Sound can reach the inner ear by way of two separate paths, and those paths in turn affect what we perceive. Air-conducted sound is transmitted from the surrounding environment through the external auditory canal, eardrum and middle ear to the cochlea, the fluid-filled…
Artist Asks: Can Europe Laugh At Itself?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 15, 2009 Answer: Depends on the joke. The Czech EU presidency has apologised for an art installation it commissioned that lampoons national stereotypes. Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra apologised directly to Bulgaria, which has formally complained over its depiction as a toilet… The following is a silent overview of the work: The quote above comes from…
Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 03 ~ Carbon Dioxide
Posted by Greg Laden on January 15, 2009 This is the third in a series of reposts from gregladen.com on global warming. Why It Matters What you Burn and When you Burn It Carbon Dioxide is a deadly poison. It is about 50% heavier than air, so where it occurs in density, in mines or certain natural vents associated with volcanics, it can…
Deep Sea News Leaves Discovery.com!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 15, 2009 In a truly breathtaking move, Deep Sea News, formerly of Scienceblogs.com, has left the newish blog network at Discovery.com to start their own, totally-Maverick blog called … Deep – Sea News. Deep Sea News had moved to Discovery.com only recently This truly blogospheric shakeup was not entirely a surprise to those in the know. Some…
Signing Off
Posted by Greg Laden on January 14, 2009 I am signing off for the evening and beyond. Tomorrow AM I will fly, using an airplane, to North Carolina where I will attend the Science 09 conference. I understand North Carolina is hooked to the internet, so I’ll be blogging from there. I also understand that the weather in North Carolina will be virtually…
Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 02 ~ Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse Gas
Posted by Greg Laden on January 14, 2009 This is the second in a series of reposts from gregladen.com on global warming. Why Greenhouses have nothing to do with the Greenhouse Effect, and more importantly, why CAN’T I microwave toast? A greenhouse is a glass house that is sealed to keep air in and insulated to keep heat in but at the same…
Nazi-Named Rugrats Rescued
Posted by Greg Laden on January 14, 2009 HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in state custody, police said. The children, ranging in age from 3 to under 1, were removed from their home Friday. They drew attention last month when a supermarket bakery refused to put the name of the oldest —…
The White Coat Underground is Back
Posted by Greg Laden on January 14, 2009 Very cool with his shades on and everything.
Recommended Science Fiction Blogs
Posted by Greg Laden on January 14, 2009 Pursuant to the upcoming conference, Almost Diamonds has posted a list of recommended Science Fiction blogs. There is also a list of recommenced science and tech blogs, science art. Here.
Largest-ever study of US child health begins
Posted by Greg Laden on January 14, 2009 Largest-ever study of US child health begins (AP) — Scientists begin recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York this week for the largest study of U.S. children ever performed – aiming eventually to track 100,000 around the country from conception to age 21. This will be very interesting in about 20 years.
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