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First up, an apology for the lack of posting of late. As the school term approaches, things have been more hectic than ever, and so... well... you how it is with prioritizing and all. Nevertheless, once next week rolls around, I should be back with some degree of regularity (i.e. still busy, but at least there's some order to the chaos).
Second up - check this out:
Anyway, this is to say that the Science Creative Quarterly's FILTER section is now being looked after by Timon Buys, author of many a great piece at the SCQ. In case, you're unaware of what the FILTER is all about, it's essentially a database of interesting material that would work well as a moment of brevity or transition in your standard science talk. Wait, here's part of the official description.
So this is what the FILTER is all about. It's about us educators finding and presenting things that don't necessarily educate (there's lots of good stuff out there that already does that), but rather works in the context of providing that chuckle, a transition point, or a much needed break in the dryness that can develop during the act of communicating science.
So say a warm hello to Timon, and hope you'll take a moment to check out the FILTER.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill holds a special place in my heart because I once had a summer research poster entitled (after lyrics from track 14), "I Look at my Environment and Wonder Where the Fire Went."
Posted by: Laura | September 3, 2007 10:12 PM
umm... I'm sorry, but these are lame. I can't comment on all the stuff on FILTER (looks quite interesting, some of it), but the lauren hil and marvin gay images are weak, plus, actually, they're good albums (IMHO).
try [url]http://macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Negative%3AReligion[/url] for some funnies.
shame my first post to a SCIENCEBLOGS blog was a negative one...
Posted by: andy | September 4, 2007 3:41 PM
Andy: agreed on the albums being good - that's why I picked 'em. And the slight lameness is intentional - if I didn't get a chuckle, I was at least aspiring to a groan. As to the link you posted... train-wreck-subtle things like crime scene images photoshopped to show crucifixes lodged in people's throats isn't really what I was going for.
Posted by: Timon | September 4, 2007 8:28 PM
Timon: ouch yeah I should have marked it NSFW. and I was thinking more like the 'Prove it with Religion - OH WAIT, YOU CAN'T!' motivational poster. or the streetfighter 2 one.
The crucifix lodged in the throat pic is way over the top, but that's not *all* that's there.
again, sorry for not NSFWing that URL.
Posted by: andy | September 5, 2007 2:59 AM