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laelaps | March 14, 2009As I mentioned earlier this month I will be heading down to Washington DC next weekend. On Sunday (March 22) I will be visiting the National Zoo and would love to meet anyone who would like to come by. Let's meet at 11 AM at the dining hall right near the giant panda exhibit (map here).
I apologize if this is not the best time/place for everyone interested in coming by, but it seemed to be the best option (it's going to be a busy weekend!). Just let me know if you plan on coming in the comments and I'll see you next week!
clock | March 13, 2009
Now that the Open Lab 2008 is done and up for sale, it's time to turn our sights towards the next year.
If you read the comments on Sci's post and my post (as well as some chatter I picked up on Twitter/Facebook/FriendFeed and privately), the pick for the 2009 editor is a Big Hit! I am truly looking forward to the year of collaboration with SciCurious on the next edition of the anthology.
But, as you know, the anthology is a collaborative project of the entire science blogosphere. Thus, we need to get started! That means YOU!
First, you need to go into your blog's archives and look at your…
clock | March 13, 2009This is an interesting thread developing - I posted a longish comment there already if you are interested in my views.
This, of course, will involve the question of 'appropriate language', so please also re-visit this, this and this.
Related: Do you comment on your own blog?
clock | March 13, 2009The newest member of the Family is Erik Klemetti, a geologist studying volcanoes. You can check out the archives of his old blog for the taste of things to come. But first go and say Hi to Erik at his new digs, here at scienceblogs.com, at Eruptions.
clock | March 12, 2009On Twitter, mindcasting is the new lifecasting:
Even a few years ago the word "blog" inspired that peculiar mix of derision and dismissal that seems to haunt new media innovations long after they're proven. A blogger was a lonely, pajama-clad person in a dark room, typing out banal musings he mistook for interesting ones, to be read by a handful of friends or strangers if they were read at all.
That blogs have now become a fixture of media and culture might, you'd think, give critics pause before indulging in another round of new media ridicule. But it ain't so.
Twitter, the micro-messaging…
clock | March 11, 2009Check out the SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. W00t! Looks nifty!
What they say:
Our online magazine team has been hard at work creating a new look for SEEDMAGAZINE.COM, the magazine's homepage. As you'll see, it has a ton of new features and pretty new colors.
The content of the site is now divided into four departments with subcategories in each, which makes for a total of 11 areas of coverage. The departments are: World (politics, development and environment), Ideas (findings and theory), Innovation (technology, design and business) and Culture (books, art and events). You can go straight to one…
clock | March 10, 2009Gunnar Engblom has another hit: Twitter for birders - Part 1. An introduction - which starts introductory enough, but I am intrigued by the last sentence:
In part 2 of "Twitter for birders" I will tell you how something called hashtags will revolutionize birding and make all bird alert services obsolete in a near future.
Can't wait to see what it really means....
aardvarchaeology | March 8, 2009
It's time for a blogmeet! On Monday 9 March at 17:30 I want to see you guys at Akkurat on Hornsgatan 18 in Stockholm. This place offers an awe-inspiring selection of rare ales and malt whiskeys, and serves great mussels. Please make your intention to be there known in a comment!
Chances are you'll meet me, Felicia, Henrik, Kai and Ãsa there.
Update 4 May: Check out Henrik's photos!
sciencewoman | March 7, 2009The 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…
awild | March 6, 2009
Near Cruz de Eje, Argentina
Tomorrow I leave for three ant-filled weeks in northern Argentina. Don't despair, though, the Myrmecos Blog will not go into remission. Scott Powell will be taking the reins for the rest of the month, and Eli Sarnat will drop in once or twice to regale us with shocking-but-true ant adventures from the South Pacific. I've also pre-scheduled a few Friday Beetles and Sunday Movies.
We've got several goals for the expedition. First, Jo-anne and I are trying to get a better sense of the biology of the closest relatives of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile.…
clock | March 6, 2009Those of you who have been following the science blogosphere for a while may remember that excellent old blog Down to Earth which, sadly, went dormant back in 2006.
I am happy to announce that Daniel Collins has now started a new blog, focused on water, hydrology and other All Things Wet, at Cr!key Creek (with the cool sub-heading: "Water cycle meet Media cycle"). One to check out and bookmark!
clock | March 6, 2009Post with the Most on Tom Paine's Ghost:
A $100 cash prize will be awarded for the most aesthetically powerful multi-media blog post.
Post content is limited only by the bounds of imagination.
Submissions will be selected and judged on the basis of four criteria:
1. Clarity
2. Originality
3. Integration (at least three forms of media must be utilized, images, text, movies, audio, etc.)
4. Power (the post's ability to motivate readers to action).
Submissions will be accepted until April 2, 2009.
aardvarchaeology | March 5, 2009The 2008 Open Laboratory anthology collecting last year's best science blogging is now available on paper and for download. I'm not featured this year, but I was one of the judges, and I can tell you there's some great stuff in there. Jennifer Rohn of Mind the Gap put it all together. Buy one for your mom!
laelaps | March 5, 2009
I'm a little bit late on this one but I wanted to say "Welcome!" to the latest member of the Sb collective All of My Faults Are Stress Related. It's good to have another geo-blog around the place.
The first edition of ART Evolved has been posted. The inaugural edition features a slew of wonderful ceratopsian images, and I can hardly wait until the next edition (featuring synapsids).
During the Saturday night dinner at Science Online '09 I had the chance to chat with Karen James and Glendon Mellow and together we came up with an idea to raise some support for the Beagle Project. (…
clock | March 4, 2009....to PZ Myers for getting a monthly writing gig in The Guardian. This is going to be fun to watch! The other three science writers they hired also sound interesting.
awild | March 3, 2009We're a little bit hectic behind the scenes here at Myrmecos Blog. I seem to have recovered from the flu, finally, and that means a week of work catch up on. That, and I'm leaving for Argentina in a few days. It's a conspiracy of deadlines, so you'll have to bear with us while we work through it.
sciencewoman | March 3, 2009One of my favorite bloggers, with one of the best blog titles ever, has drifted on over to ScienceBlogs. Kim writes beautifully about geology and geosciences education, and occasionally about women in science. She guest blogged for us a few weeks ago, and now she's got her own well-deserved brighter spotlight.
If you are not yet reading All My Faults are Stress Related, you should be. Here's a snippet from a recent post to whet your appetite:
[M]y suggestion for the "100 great geologic places" list might surprise you:
Your own backyard. ...
But I'm serious. Every place has geology. Even if it…