The Austin Chronicle has an interesting piece today on blogs, which marks the first time anyone's ever interviewed me about the Loom. Conclusion: no money, uncertain future, but much fun.
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Living the Scientific Life
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GrrlScientist is an evolutionary molecular biologist with a BS in microbiology (specializing in virology), and a PhD in zoology (specializing in ornithology and hormone receptors). She blogs about evolution, the environment, birds, dinosaurs…
I'm always learning something from the readers of the Loom. Yesterday, I wrote about how scientists had inserted their names into a synthetic genome, and how such signatures would erode away like graffiti inside real organisms. But how about the opposite case--what if evolution has produced…
As John Lynch points out, today marks the first anniversary of the launch of ScienceBlogs, an experiment in gathering conversations about science in a dedicated corner of the blogosphere. (Yes, I know that spheres don't have corners. Let me enjoy my mixed metaphor.)
You'd never know to look at it…
From quite early on in my blogging endeavor, I was interested in exploring science blogging, what it is, what it can do, and what it can become. So, check out some of my earliest thoughts on this here and here.
Then, over about a month (from April 17, 2006 to May 17, 2006) I wrote a gazillion…
That was one of the better mainstream articles about the phenomenon I've seen. It wasn't snarky or bemused; the author seemed genuinely interested.
I keep running across people who celebrate (or at least take note of) their first or second "blogiversary," so there's something keeping them going.
The URL is now http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-03-05/screens_set4.html
It's a good piece.
I dispute and recent the bases of your facts. During your visit to CSPAN "BookNotes" brief of your book of "Soul of the brain" the lecture of early Greeks and Middle age scientist and philosophers, whom had published rediscoveries or pagdnized knowledge was very interesting.
Ignored, and not talked about was very early '5000 BC and unto AD', Egyptian scientific documents were unpublished, the early medical discoveries during human beings development of modern civilization of amazing pyramids, and other structures and inventions; science of medicine and the body "mummification of the human body"; and society "echelon" structures and mental philosophy of the mind connection to astronomy and gods after the collapses of Egypt. Their written tablets and tomb inscriptions of discoveries and experiments were noted and removed by the Greek conquest of Egypt were housed in Alexandria, Greece "superior" library of scientific studies as attended by those so called enlighten Greek intellectuals discussed while or not pursued toward consensus is irrelevant.
Unfounded!