September 27, 2006
Tangled Bank #63 is up on OK So I'm Not Really A Cowboy.
Carnival of the Liberals #22 is up on Writings On The Wall.
The 86th edition of The Carnival Of Education is up on The Education Wonks.
The 39th Carnival of Homeschooling: Autumn Edition is up on PalmTree Pundit.
September 27, 2006
I heard this on NPR and now it is available online on Bloomberg.com: USA has slipped from 1st to 6th place in the World Economic Forum's annual rankings.
As I have predicted immediately after the 2004 election, US is not going to survive another 4 years of Bush and retain primacy in anything -…
September 26, 2006
Everything you ever wanted to know about Tesla, you can find here - an amazing collection of links.
September 26, 2006
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September 26, 2006
John, Elizabeth and Cate Edwards will appear on Oprah this Wednesday, talking mostly about Elizabeth's new book, Saving Graces.
September 26, 2006
Parasitic Wasps Protect Offspring By Avoiding The Smelly Feet Of Ladybirds:
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have identified how aphid parasitic wasps prevent their offspring being eaten by ladybirds. The tiny wasps implant their offspring parasitically into aphid pests, but should the aphid get…
September 26, 2006
So, now that you have a better idea how great it was last year, are you coming to ConvergeSouth this year? On October 14th (yup, one day instead of two). Last year was about journalism and blogging. This year, the theme is "beyond blogging", both technologically (podcasting, vlogging) and…
September 26, 2006
What's a bloggercon without a discussion of traffic and how to raise it...
Continuing the ongoing coverage of ConvergeSouth....
Saturday afternoon - the last session of the day.
Michael Cobb Bowen, aka Cobb, is one cool dude. He runs a conservative blog AND a progressive blog. He is a smart African…
September 26, 2006
I see this session as the seed for this year's theme of ConvergeSouth.
Continuing the ConvergeSouth coverage...
Saturday early afternoon:
Exposing a little organizational glitch - Roch Smith's session moved to a different room (Hoder was absent), yet there was no sign posted at the old venue, nor…
September 26, 2006
This sessions tried, once again, to answer the old question "Where are the female political bloggers?"
Continuing the ConvergeSouth coverage....
Friday late morning:
This was probably the most exciting session of all. Tiffany of Blackfeminist blog was going to discuss the problem of an emerging…
September 26, 2006
When you go to bloggercons, you bump into famous bloggers...
Continuing ConvergeSouth coverage....
After getting lost on campus, Atrios made his entrance on Saturday morning. It was a great continuation of the previous day's session on journalistic ethics (see my previous ConvergeSouth post).
The…
September 26, 2006
This was one of the best sessions from last year. As always, you can click on the spider-clock icon to check the comments on the original post....
Coverage continues...
Friday afternoon:
Jay Rosen and Lex Alexander session was amazing (and a number of bloggers have already commented on it).…
September 26, 2006
This post has actually been linked and cited quite a bit by people starting new blog carnivals, as it explains what those things are...
ConvergeSouth is on Friday and Saturday. I am part of the session on "community building" and I am invited to explain the concept of the blog carnival. It is going…
September 26, 2006
Sure, this year they are not paying for my trip, but last year was fun for many other reasons...
Continuing reporting from Greensboro...
Friday noonish:
Dave Hoggart, Ruby Sienrich and I had a great time in our session:
Dave was talking about the vibrant local Greensboro blogging community - the…
September 26, 2006
I understand that this year's ConvergeSouth will be different in theme and format from last year's, but that does not mean it is not going to be full of interesting people and conversations...
Here's a little bit more about ConvergeSouth, session by session:
Friday morning:
Michael Moran started…
September 26, 2006
Hey, it was fun last year, I bet it will be fun this year, on October 14th...
You can see some pictures from ConvergeSouth here, here, here and here. For now, here's a few that prove that I was there:
This is just before our sessions started: L-to-R (but not politically) me, Ruby and Dave.…
September 26, 2006
ConvergeSouth06 is on October 14th. So, in anticipation of the event, I will repost, in rapid succession, my coverage of the last year's ConvergeSouth (October 7-8, 2005). Perhaps this will whet your appetite and you'll decide to register (for free) and show up this year. Here is the first of…
September 26, 2006
Radiology Grand Rounds-IV, now up on Sumer's Radiology Site
September 25, 2006
You are going to love the latest Circus of the Spineless, now up on Deep Sea News!
September 25, 2006
A very cool study that I could not help but comment on (January 18, 2006)...
A brand new paper is making a splash in the field these days - so much that you can find the press release in three places: here, here and here, this last one being the coolest as it contains a movie and three podcasts!…
September 25, 2006
Fruit Fly Aggression Studies Have Relevance To Humans, Animals:
Researchers in the North Carolina Sate University genetics department have identified a suite of genes that affect aggression in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, pointing to new mechanisms that could contribute to abnormal…
September 25, 2006
Pam found the link to this article from LA Times in which Rev.Jerry Falwell compares Hillary Clinton with the Devil:
"I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate," Falwell said, according to the recording. "She has $300 million so far. But I hope she's the candidate. Because nothing will…
September 25, 2006
This is an old pet-peeve of mine. Some things are not sad and saying they are just makes one curl in fetal position and cry instead of taking action.
September 24, 2006
Encephalon #7 is up on Omni Brain
September 24, 2006
When you are hungry for news about mammoths, you go and visit Archy, of course. But this time, he moves sideways to take a look at mastodons, hippos and Ken Hamm. And the tail, or whatever that is....
September 24, 2006
Here is a nice article about Elizabeth Edwards and her new book and here is a nice interview with her. She is such a wonderful person. She should run for President herself!
As for her husband, a new poll from Iowa does not look good for Democrats, but of all Dem potential presidential candidates…
September 24, 2006
My sister in law is an artist and is writing a proposal for funding a project. She intends to use red clay to make some figurines. She has heard an old story that the composition of red clay is similar to the composition of the human body and is wondering how much off the mark is that statement.…
September 24, 2006
Revere and Lindsay now report that the Tripoli Six story has spread from science blogosphere to both Left and Right political blogs, ranging from DailyKos to Instapundit (gosh, even Free Republic!). This is certainly not just a science/medicine issue, and is certainly not a partisan issue - it is…
September 24, 2006
I really need to start using one of those online calendars, like Google calendar or something....I have, again, signed up to host two carnivals on the same day! This probably means that both will have to be done the "regular" way without too much creativity. Ah, well!
So, next Sunday, October 1st…
September 24, 2006
Rare Woodpecker Sends Town Running for Chain Saws:
BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C., (Sept. 24) -- Over the past six months, landowners here have been clear-cutting thousands of trees to keep them from becoming homes for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
The chain saws started in February, when…
