It's no surprise that neither Bill Parker nor Jeff Martz were particularly impressed with the inquiry that wasn't, and they've both posted responses that should have been solicited anyway over at Mike Taylor's site. It's of particular interest to me...
Posted on April 3, 2008 3:41 PM • 2 Comments •
It was nice to get away over the Easter weekend - I went with some friends down to St. Lucia, on the east coast of South Africa north of Durban. I'm not generally the sort of person who gets much...
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Posted on March 30, 2008 8:52 AM • 1 Comments •
Making the philosophical best out of getting lost in the mountains
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Posted on March 22, 2008 11:37 AM • 1 Comments •
Hurray! Finally published!
Posted on March 19, 2008 6:25 AM • 11 Comments •
I think that I've figured out the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs' problem. When the Aetogate scandal whipped up enough fuss to force them to hold an official inquiry, they pulled 'Inquiries 101' off the shelf, only to discover...
Posted on March 6, 2008 8:43 AM • 0 Comments •
How not to look innocent when you're accused of academic misconduct
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Posted on February 29, 2008 8:47 AM • 2 Comments •
After a year in Jo'burg, how's my career going?
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Posted on February 24, 2008 12:17 PM • 1 Comments •
This month saw the launch of the first issue of Nature's latest specialist offshoot, Nature Geoscience. This is a monthly publication presumably designed to act as a clearing house for those contributions which don't quite have the pizzazz to make...
Posted on January 22, 2008 8:32 AM • 10 Comments •
Congratulations to Brian and MarkH, who have both just successfully defended their PhD theses*. It's interesting how the process of getting a PhD differs in different countries. As Mark explains in his post, in the US you don't start with...
Posted on December 10, 2007 6:19 AM • 6 Comments •
Anyone who has noticed my latest Nature column will be aware that I have had to forgo the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco for yet another year. I suppose I can feel virtuous about not ramping up my already...
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Posted on December 7, 2007 9:52 AM • 4 Comments •
Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork. Having drilled up New Zealand during his PhD, he is now a post-doc at the University of Johannesburg. 
