September 26, 2008
C-Span's Debate Hub is better than twitter, or so they say.
I'll watch it on TV at a neighbor's house, then come back and see what the folks on FriendFeed and around the blogs say as well.
September 26, 2008
Remember this?
Well, apparently that blog post (not mine, but the source) raised quite a lot of hackles, so much that the PBS Obmudsman had to step in and try to explain:
But, I have serious problems with the episode that unfolded recently in which a journalism student at New York University, Alana…
September 26, 2008
Jay Rosen. Makes you think. Watch the video here (no idea why there is no embed code#$%%^&*) and read the accompanying blog post here.
The number one reason why journalists should blog is that it tutors you in how the Web works. You learn about open systems, and getting picked up; you become…
September 26, 2008
From here:
September 26, 2008
This morning, the 100th person registered for ScienceOnline'09. That is about half the capacity of Sigma Xi. We got there fast! Don't waver and wait too long - this may fill up sooner than expected!
September 25, 2008
Bankers sometimes look on politicians as people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, order more tunnel.
- John Quinton
September 25, 2008
It was inevitable - took just a few hours (you need to listen, not just watch):
September 25, 2008
Rabies themselves!
We are a proud group of rabies. We are not a rabid group. And we
rarely engage in rabid rabble rousing. As a commonly misunderstood
virus which supports the Barack Obama candidacy, we've formed an
alliance of rabies to pledge our support for Senator Obama. Our group
is comprised…
September 25, 2008
Bats Pick Up Rustling Sounds Against Highway Background Noise:
When bats go hunting by listening for faint rustling sounds made by their quarry on a quiet night they don't have any problems. But what happens when a bat goes foraging next to a noisy highway? Can they still hear the faint sounds?…
September 25, 2008
The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.
September 25, 2008
The cover graphics designer at Nature is not going to sleep very well tonight (and will, in the future, always open up the mag to see both the front and back covers at the same time), after making this gaffe:
September 25, 2008
With almost a hundred people already signed up for ScienceOnline'09, we are busily working on the Program.
But we do not want to force a program on you - we want you to help design the program that you will enjoy and find useful. We need you to look at the Program page and tell us what you…
September 25, 2008
At the time of complicated economic and financial news, I am reminded that the economic system and the financial system are quite separate in this country. The proposed bailout of the financial system only tangentially affects the economy - banks are needed to give out loans, so banks need to have…
September 25, 2008
To Irena Ilic (see here) for winning the Junior Division of the Show Jumping Balkans Championship a couple of weeks ago in Istanbul.
September 25, 2008
As you may have already heard, Alias Zerhouni will step down from his position of the NIH director in October, not waiting for the inauguration of a new Administration. He has been a strong and effective proponent of Open Access and I hope his successor will be as well. The blogospheric responses…
September 25, 2008
Skeptic's Circle #96 is up on Endcycle
Also, it's time for you to write and submit posts (or submit other people's posts that you have noticed recently) for The Giant's Shoulders (October 15th on Second Order Approximation) and Praxis (on October 15th on The Other 95%).
September 25, 2008
A follow-up on last night's repost (originally from April 06, 2005)...
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I've been wavering in how to call the Right Wing. When I say "conservatives" I get attacked for equating conservatism with GOP (with implication that conservatism is good but GOP…
September 24, 2008
The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.
- George Bernard Shaw
September 24, 2008
The The funniest response to today's McCain gambit
September 24, 2008
The PLoS Biology article about science blogs and their (potential) relationship to the academic institutions has, as expected, received quite a lot of coverage in the blogosphere. Nick collects the responses and responds to the responses - join in the conversation in the comments there. Update: So…
September 24, 2008
There are 6 new articles in PLoS ONE today - and one of them has nothing to do with biology or medicine (ONE is meant to be for all areas of science, after all). As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. Here are my own…
September 24, 2008
Go to Mimi's place and state your position:
For a long time, if you wanted to read up on science news or get background information for research, you had to hope that the media got it right, have a subscription to a few journals ( there are thousands though, so you are missing out), or be lucky…
September 24, 2008
Formula Discovered For Longer Plant Life:
Molecular biologists from Tuebingen, Germany, have discovered how the growth of leaves and the aging process of plants are coordinated.
Human Or Animal Faces Associated With At Least 90 Percent Of Cars By One-third Of Population:
Do people attribute certain…
September 24, 2008
An oldie (March 28, 2005) but goodie, bound to stir up the comment section..........
WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THEM?
First, who is "them"? Second, why should they be "called"? Third, who are "we"? Fourth, why "should" we call them anything? Finally, "what" is the appropriate name? These are all…
September 24, 2008
Four Stone Hearth #50 is up on Yann Klimentidis' Weblog
Carnival of Feminists #65 is up on Green Gabbro
Grand Rounds 5.1 - 5th Year Anniversary Edition - are up on Revolution Health
74th Edition of Carnival of the Liberals is up on XXBN Radio
Carnival of Education #190 is up on Steve Spangler's…
September 24, 2008
Since BlogHer cancelled several parts of their Fall Tour, including the one in Greensboro, this does not mean that you go home on Friday night after ConvergeSouth as there WILL be a Saturday program, says Sue.
September 24, 2008
Michael Nielsen wrote another long thought-provoking essay (for his book, I guess):
............Two clarifications are in order. First, when I say that these are examples of scientific facts beyond individual understanding, I'm not saying a single person can't understand the meaning of the facts.…
