August 15, 2009
A run-down of good recent stuff, highly recommended for your weekend reading and bookmarking:
PLoS One: Interview with Peter Binfield:
...In my view PLoS ONE is the most dynamic, innovative and exciting journal in the world, and I am proud to work on it.
In many ways PLoS ONE operates like any…
August 14, 2009
True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
- William Penn
August 14, 2009
Science Online London is next week. I really wanted to go this year, but hard choices had to be made....eh, well.
For those of you who, like me, cannot be there in person, there are plenty of ways to follow the meeting virtually. Follow @soloconf and the #solo09 hashtag on Twitter. Join the…
August 14, 2009
Bing Haubrich has made new friends in Japan, but they want to keep him there. In fact, they have threatened to hold him for ransom unless his American friends and family do two things:
1. Answer questions about Japan/Nippon culture and cuisine.
2. Donate money to help his mother pay the plane fare…
August 14, 2009
Skeptics Circle #117 is up on Ionian Enchantment
The latest Four Stone Hearth is up on Greg Laden's blog
Friday Ark #256 is up on Modulator
August 14, 2009
Making the Web Work for Science - Full from Jordan Mendelson on Vimeo.
From left to right: Tim O'Reilly, Jimmy Wales, Stephen Friend and John Wilbanks - via Jonathan (there is also a shorter summary version here)
August 14, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 280 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
August 13, 2009
For me the creative process, first of all, requires a good nine hours of sleep at night. Second, it must not be pushed by the need to produce practical applications.
- William N. Lipscomb, Jr.
August 13, 2009
The winner of Ukraine's Got Talent.
August 13, 2009
The series of interviews with some of the participants of the 2008 Science Blogging Conference was quite popular, so I decided to do the same thing again this year, posting interviews with some of the people who attended ScienceOnline'09 back in January.
This is also the first in what I hope will…
August 12, 2009
Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.
- William Hazlitt
August 12, 2009
...and I'll blow the straw house down. And the sticks house down. And, wow, the brick house down as well! Yummy little pigs!
August 12, 2009
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 47 is up on The Covert Rationing Blog
August 11, 2009
Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.
- William Golding
August 11, 2009
via Arikia
August 11, 2009
There are 29 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
August 11, 2009
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
August 11, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 260 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
August 10, 2009
And the sea shall grant all men new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home.
- Christopher Columbus
August 10, 2009
Intriguing, thought-provoking:
If i... from Tim Brown on Vimeo.
August 10, 2009
Wow, the weight-loss topic is still going strong in the blogosphere (see that post for links for several initial posts).
Pal MD has more and some more.
Dr.Isis is on a roll.
Janet is now in the discussion.
Bikemonkey joins in.
Larry's had something related recently.
It is interesting to see how…
August 10, 2009
Let's see what's new in PLoS ONE, PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (…
August 10, 2009
Read about it on TechCrunch, FriendFeed, FriendFeed blog and Facebook.
August 10, 2009
The series of interviews with some of the participants of the 2008 Science Blogging Conference was quite popular, so I decided to do the same thing again this year, posting interviews with some of the people who attended ScienceOnline'09 back in January.
Today, I asked Danica Radovanovic from the…
August 10, 2009
Carnival of Space #115 is up at New Frontier News
August 10, 2009
Scientific facts are fun. But probably to a limited number of people.
It's more fun to know how scientists got those facts - their thoughts, motivations and methods. How they did it. Why they did it. Where did they get the idea to do it in the first place.
It's even more fun, for a broader number…
August 9, 2009
Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
- William A. Ward
August 8, 2009
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
- Welsh proverb
August 8, 2009
Clifford Johnson of the Asymptotia blog is working on some cool movies explaining science! Here is the trailer
And this is the first clip - Shine A Light:
August 8, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 260 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
