Blogging
clock | August 24, 2006Some ideas from November 17, 2005:
So, you've been writing a blog for quite some time now. You are proud of some of your work. You are particularly proud of some of your old stuff, now burried deep in the archives never to be seen again. Who reads archives, after all? You don't want to repeat yourself over and over again, and have never felt at ease with constantly linking back to your old posts (I never had such qualms). So, what can you do to make your old stuff more accessible and available?
Well, now you can turn it into a book form - yup, the real, physical book - and sell it through…
clock | August 22, 2006Facebook, always ahead of competition, just started a blog feature. While the Wall is a place to write notes to others, the Notes is the place to write on your own page.
You can edit or delete your posts and people can comment. I do not see any kind of e-mail notification for comments. Spam should not be a problem as the Facebook is a closed community. Interestingly, if you write about another person on Facebook, you can do a tag, so that person knows that you have mentioned them.
The best thing is I can use the RSS feed of this blog and use it as my Notes. It looks just like in any…
clock | August 22, 2006It took only two months and 13 days for this blog to reach 1000 comments. The honors and a virtual prize, go to John McKay (aka Archy) who posted this comment just a few seconds ago. Thank you and keep 'em coming!
clock | August 22, 2006This was the first of several book-related memes I did, back on April 05, 2005. Follow the responses of people I tagged as well. And if you have not done this version yet, and you like the questions, then feel tagged and post your answers on your blog...
I was afraid this was going to happen. I tried to hide. But, of course, there is no hiding on the blogs, and it was bound to happen sooner or later. The dreaded "That Book Meme" has been passed on to me, by Eric Gordy of
East Ethnia. So, here are my answers:
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
When I first saw…
clock | August 22, 2006 OK, this is not a re-post of one old post, but three. The first one, from December 17, 2005, introduces Institutionalized. The second one, from January 20, 2006, adds some more info about the book. Finally, the third one, from May 17, 2006, gives a paragraph-long review of the book within a bigger question - what should a blogger do when faced with a stack of books sent kindly by authors and publishers for preview? What should one do if one does not like the book? Under the fold....
Institutionalized
Yesterday I received my pre-print copy of Institutionalized by Fred Smith and Joe…
clock | August 21, 2006If you are a blogger and you are in the Triangle area of North Carolina this Friday, I hope to see you at the Triangle Bloggers Barbecue. Sign up on the Wiki there if you know you can show up for sure.
Let's have fun kicking off the Fall '06 Triangle Blogger Season!
clock | August 21, 2006Archy on how politicians try to create conventional wisdom and on parallels between Balkans and Iraq.
Mr.WD on a new moevement within Christianity - Postmodern Christianity (part I).
Publius on the NSA ruling: Part I, Part II, Part III. Lindsay disagrees with some of his points.
Lance on 'conservative' movies and the Western ideal of beauty and what it says about the person holding it.
Jill is back from trekking around the Balkans and has a good one up - Tradition, Family and Property.
Melissa on The Oldest Profession.
Amanda on Nunberg's Talking Left and Projection.
Pam has a personal…
clock | August 20, 2006Josh Rosenau has moved from his old Blogger blog to my virtual neighborhood here on Seed. Go check out the brand new version of Thoughts From Kansas!
clock | August 18, 2006Well, the first five-day plan, all-politics blogging, kinda happened all on Echidne of the Snakes where one post got 120+ comments (mostly nasty) while the same post here got 5 nice comments. So, you pretty much missed out on all the fun if you just came here.
The second five-day plan, all about clocks is now officially over. I could not resist, of course, jumping in with short posts on other topics every now and then, which was probably refreshing for those not too heavily into nitty-gritty chronobiology.
So, tell me, do you like 5-day plans or not? And if so, what should be the next week…
clock | August 18, 2006I know most visitors do not read longer posts, especially not posts on arcane topics likeentrainment of circadian rhythms which filled this blog all week long.
But I wrote them for myself and everything else is profit. I wrote them because I wanted to hype myself for my own Dissertation writing. Even if no one reads those posts, I feel better having written them.
This whole exercise was quite instructive to me. Re-reading my old papers again, after 4-5 years made me see them in a different light. Compare, if you are interested, the way I described the data in my papers to the way I…
clock | August 17, 2006No, not here, but I wrote my first post on my first blog on Wednesday, August 18, 2004.
2144 posts on Science And Politics
220 posts on Circadiana
76 posts on The Magic School Bus
498 posts on A Blog Around The Clock
clock | August 17, 2006[Slightly edited post from May 04, 2006] Collecting stories has become a really exciting endeavor lately. While writing down people's stories has been done since time immemorial, on stone tablets, clay tablets and papyrus scrolls, the modern technology allows more people to record oral and written histories than ever before.
Everyone can now write, make an audio or video recording, and publish their life stories. We can tap into the wisdom of the elders and preserve their memories for posterity. The history will not be written only by winners, and, gasp, by semi-automated textbook-writing…
clock | August 16, 2006KateWD: Eggplants and Exploitation
Mr.WD: Talkin' Tut: 'magic' and 'Africans'
clock | August 16, 2006The post coming immediately after this is, as far as I know, the only blog post so far that appeared in the List Of References of a scientific paper.
A guideline for analyzing circadian wheel-running behavior in rodents under different lighting conditions by Corinne Jud, Isabelle Schmutz, Gabriele Hampp, Henrik Oster and Urs Albrecht is an excellent article on methodology (and reasoning behind it) of basic circadian research. It was published in an online open-source journal Biological Procedures Online. I strongly recommend it to my readers.
The Reference #16 is to this post on Circadiana…
clock | August 15, 2006Fred Stuzman: Blogging: Academia's Digital Divide?:
Considering the value my blog has added to my academic experience, I tend to believe that academic blogs will eventually mainstream. Their acceptance will take some time, but the value provided by blogging - in terms of connecting with others, the public debate, the real dialogue that emerges - will be self-evident. Of course, some things will never change - being a good blogger will always take effort, and not all of us need to blog. However, as we see models develop for academic blogging, it stands that more and more of us will want to…
clock | August 14, 2006Go say Hello to the newest addition to the Seed ScienceBlogs stable, The Scientific Indian.
Grand Rounds 2.46 are up on Hospital Impact. My readers will probably appreciate the entry on sleep disorders by rdoctor.
clock | August 13, 2006Tar Heel Tavern #77 is up on Another Blue Puzzle Piece. The theme is "the future is now" and it creatively done.
clock | August 11, 2006Next Tar Heel Tavern will be hosted tonight (Saturday) by etbnc (one of my most frequent commenters) on My Blue Puzzle Piece. The theme is "the future":
That can include predictions, prescriptions, hopes, dreams, near future, far future, middlin' future, back to...etc.
Send your entries to: tht70 AT nc DOT rr DOT com
clock | August 11, 2006I guess the people at Belk only read personal diaries and Wingnut blogs. They should come visit Scienceblogs sometimes.
(hat-tip:Ed)