clock | October 12, 2006I went to Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh on Monday to hear Elizabeth Edwards read from her new book, Saving Graces (I could not make it to the earlier event in Chapel Hill as I was picking up the kids from school at the time). Quail Ridge Books and the surrounding area can get quite busy when a famous person is coming in to sign books (e.g., when Al Gore and Jimmy Carter came there) so I made sure to come really early. By 6:45pm I have already dropped the kids off at grandma's yet I still had to make a couple of circles to find a parking space and the bookstore was already full. I'd say…
clock | October 12, 2006
Abel PharmBoy is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
Technorati Tag: sciencebloggingconference
clock | October 11, 2006I knew this was coming but was unable to get to the computer until right now. John Edwards posted a diary on DailyKos and answered the commenters' questions. If I knew that this was going to be the format, I'd try harder to get on the computer earlier so you could get there in time to ask your own questions. Nevertheless, there are 758 comments on that thread so you'll have whole night to read the questions, answers and comments there.
clock | October 11, 2006If you are not a North Carolina blogger you may have skipped over this earlier post in which I mention, among else, that a new blog was started right there and then, at the Blogger MeetUp.
Now, the blog is up and running and there is new content there. So, go say Hello to a new science blogger, Lorraine Cramer of Microblogology.
clock | October 11, 2006Thus, you should not be blogging if you are a good Christian child. Because blogging promotes thinking!
(Hat-tip: Justin in the comments here)
clock | October 11, 2006Meandering Musings on evolutionary psychology and many other things (from February 15, 2005)...
I remember when PZ Myers posted this exercise on his blog. The point was to show how much all of modern biology is based on and dependent on evolutionary theory because of oft-repeated bizzare claim by Creationists that this is not so.
Now Josh Rosenau has embarked on expanding this project and has started a pair of blogs just for this purpose. One blog, The Evolution Project will track recently published scientific papers that more or less explicitely are based on evolutionary theory, while its…
clock | October 11, 2006Hearts Or Tails? Genetics Of Multi-chambered Heart Evolution:
A new paper in the October 1 issue of G&D elucidates the genetics of heart formation in the sea squirt, and lends surprising new insight into the genetic changes that may have driven the evolution of the multi-chambered vertebrate heart.
New Bird Discovered On Unexplored Colombian Mountain:
A new bird to science was recently discovered on an unexplored mountain range in northern Columbia by a team supported by the BP Conservation Programme. It was named "Yariguies Brush-Finch," with the scientific name Atlapetes latinuchus…
clock | October 11, 2006
Daniel Collins is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | October 11, 2006I missed it when it happened, but this post was my 1000th since the move to Seed. My average is 8.2 posts per day. How about you?
Fortunately, MovableType has the ability to schedule posts for future publishing. Thus, I usually write a bunch of posts at night (it may take an hour or two to write 5-10 posts) and schedule them to show up during the next day (every 30 or 60 minutes until I run out of posts). The longer, more involved posts are usually written during the weekend but appear during the workday mornings. Thus, there is an appearance that I am constantly online while I am…
clock | October 10, 2006Absolutely read this: If This Goes On....A Scenario. And read the comments (ignore the trolls, focus on people with insight and information).
Funny, when I wrote this, people said that I was "paranoid" while the point of the post that too many people are not paranoid enough.
I particularly like this comment by someone on digg:
I'd move to another country if I wasn't so terrified of our foreign policy.
On one hand, I do not see the utility of moving from one country to another to another until finally dying on the last Pacific island to feel the influence.
On the other hand, I feel the…
clock | October 10, 2006Since the mere mention of Libertarianism induces so much commenting and traffic, I am assuming people are interested in the topic. That post has a bunch of good old links. Here are three brand new ones - what do you think about each one of them?
by Markos Moulitsas
by Bruce Reed
by Harold Meyerson
(Hat-tip: Ed)
clock | October 10, 2006Except that getting elected for office is not a right and saying that a Creationist is not to be trusted with governing is not bigotry.
(Hat-tip: Lindsay)
clock | October 10, 2006October 8-14 is Earth Science Week. This year's theme is "Be a Citizen Scientist!" Wolverine Tom is blogging hard this week - see this, this, this and this for now. How about an Earth Science Blogroll for all of us to bookmark?
clock | October 10, 2006As Nick says:
Interestingly, as opponents of science (.....) continue to take on increasingly scientific-sounding arguments (....) this study demonstrates that these are only quasi-scientific, manufactured to support a particular viewpoint and not intended to actually communicate new information.
I am kinda tired of animal rightists trolls in my comments, so feel free to dissect this site on your own blogs....
On the other hand, I'd like someone with some expertise in reading legalese to explain what SB1032 really means.
clock | October 10, 2006Durham Literacy Center is in trouble and needs your help.
Mold in DLC Office:
For several years, the presence of mold in the DLC building has been a nagging but manageable concern. In the past 4 years, DLC has spent more than $15,000 to contain and destroy the mold that grows in the building's damp basement and the attic. Unfortunately, conditions worsened significantly early this fall. The occurrence of allergic symptoms associated with mold increased. When it became clear that staff were having allergic reactions to the mold, we asked two environmental engineers to assess the building. The…
clock | October 10, 2006Fourth Stone Hearth is a brand new blog carnival which promises to be really interesting (at least to me and a few other souls). Check out the homepage and contribute if this is your blogging expertise.