February 21, 2009
A couple of times over the past few years I tried to find if there was a Serbian restaurant in New York City, but Google could not find one. So, I gave up looking and assumed there wasn't one. And that was true - until recently. Last night at the meetup, Nikola Trbovic told me there is one now -…
February 21, 2009
Taken on the corner of 14th Street and Avenue C in Manhattan on February 21st, 2009:
moar funny pictures
February 21, 2009
"In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.", Emile Zola (1840-1902)
Or, in modern online usage - "Pics, or it didn't happen!"
So, here are some of the pick from last night. First, we went to Seed offices, where we met everyone during the Happy Hour,…
February 20, 2009
When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
- Robert Anson Heinlein
February 20, 2009
Just had a very pleasant lunch with John Timmer, the editor of Ars Technica. I learned about the history and concept of Ars Technica, we talked about science journalism, science communication, science blogging, and even about science itself: his and my old research:
February 20, 2009
Just came back from coffee with Jay Rosen:
Topic: The state of journalism, of course. Fun was had by all.
February 20, 2009
New 'Light' On Fascinating Rhythms Of Circadian Clock:
....Using DNA microarray techniques, Duffield and the other researchers identified an important gene called the "Inhibitor of DNA-binding 2" (Id2) and found that the gene is rhythmically expressed in various tissues including the…
February 19, 2009
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.
- Richard Feynman
February 19, 2009
Miss Baker and two of her students, Erik and Brandon, who you have met at ScienceOnline'09, appeared on a New Hampshire NPR affiliate station today - you can (and really should!) listen to the entire segment here.
Also see their blog post about it, some pictures from the studio, and how nervous…
February 19, 2009
There are 18 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, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one…
February 19, 2009
Mrs.Coturnix and I arrived nicely in NYC last night and had a nice dinner at Heartland Brewery. This morning, we had breakfast at the Hungarian Pastry Shop, where I ordered my pastry using a Serbian name for the cake, and the Albanian woman working in the Hungarian shop understood what I wanted! I…
February 19, 2009
I and the Bird #94 is up on The Birder's Report
Encephalon - 64th Edition - is up on The Neurocritic
February 19, 2009
Buying Experiences, Not Possessions, Leads To Greater Happiness:
Can money make us happy if we spend it on the right purchases? A new psychology study suggests that buying life experiences rather than material possessions leads to greater happiness for both the consumer and those around them.…
February 18, 2009
Too often the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.
- Rita Coolidge
February 18, 2009
There are 12 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, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one…
February 18, 2009
Air-filled Bones Extended Lung Capacity And Helped Prehistoric Reptiles Take First Flight:
In the Mesozoic Era, 70 million years before birds first conquered the skies, pterosaurs dominated the air with sparrow- to Cessna-sized wingspans. Researchers suspected that these extinct reptiles sustained…
February 17, 2009
Adversity will melt like a giant icicle, though your hardships be that time in between deep Winter and long awaited Spring.
- Richard S. Drapo
February 17, 2009
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 22 are now up on Emergiblog
The 164th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Topsy-Techieis
February 17, 2009
The Open Science panel is this Thursday at 3-5pm.
If you miss that, or even if you don't, come and meet me and other local bloggers, scientists and onlookers on Friday at Old Town Bar on 45 East 18th Street at 8pm.
February 17, 2009
There are 18 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, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one…
February 17, 2009
Last week a did an interview with Dr.Adam Ratner and it is now posted on the PLoS Blog. Go check it out.
February 17, 2009
Rote Memorization Of Historical Facts Adds To Collective Cluelessness:
As fans of talk-show host Jay Leno's man-on-the-street interviews know, Americans suffer from a national epidemic of historical and civic ignorance. But just because most Americans know more about "American Idol" than they do…
February 16, 2009
Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system.
- William Jefferson Clinton
February 16, 2009
Source.
February 16, 2009
No comment....(can you imagine Bush saying anything like this? Ever? Any Republican?)
February 16, 2009
Mrs.Coturnix and I will be in NYCity this week. My main business is the Open Science panel at Columbia on Thursday afternoon, which I hope you can attend.
For a more informal way to meet, let's gather at Old Town bar near Union Square at 8pm on Friday night. Tell your friends! And I hope to see you…
February 16, 2009
Praxis No. 6 is up on mudphudder
Carnival of the Green #167 is up on Reclaimed Home
February 16, 2009
Insights on Economic Choices From Game Theory and Cognitive Psychology:
How game theory and insights from cognitive psychology can shed light on the economic choices people and corporations make will be the focus of a topical lecture presented by California Institute of Technology (Caltech)…
February 15, 2009
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.
- Justice Louis Brandeis
February 15, 2009
Being quite busy lately, I accumulated a lot of links to stuff I wanted to comment on but never found time. Well, it does not appear I will find time any time soon, so here are the links for you to comment on anyway (just because I link to them does not mean I agree with them - in some cases quite…
