Anthology

I've been practicing little idiosyncratic rituals on this corner of the web for years: learn something new, obsessively research, get lost in the idea, scribble, converse endlessly, then write. This blog, Universe, has never been about garnering hits or materializing an audience because, for me, thinking and writing about science is a personal tic. I can't help but yell into the void; I understand science as a poetic language for explaining reality, and when I see changes in that language all I want to do is unfasten myself into them. I definitely don't seek any form of recognition for what…
The Open Laboratory third annual compendium of the best science blogging is now for sale at Lulu.com. In it you can find 52 wonderful entries, including one by me. I can't wait to read some of the great stuff that I missed when it first came out - and having a dead tree copy will enable me to take my favorite bloggers with me even when I'm away from the computer. Proceeds from sales of the book go to supporting next year's ScienceOnline conference. So even though you can read all of the entries for free on the internet, if you've got $7.50 (pdf) or $15.50 (paper) burning a hole in your pocket…
Thanks to the herculean efforts of A Blog Around the Clock's tireless Bora Zivkovic, the newly-minted Science Blogging Anthology, The Open Laboratory, is now available for purchase! Featuring 50 stellar science posts from 2006, The Open Laboratory's contributors range from Carl Zimmer of The Loom and Jennifer Ouellette of Cocktail Party Physics to little ol' me. To read more about the genesis of the anthology, please visit The Clock.