Blogging
clock | September 13, 2008Everything about the Science in the 21st Century conference at Perimeter Institute can be found here.
clock | September 13, 2008Everything about the Science Blogging 2008 London conference can be found here and here.
laelaps | September 12, 2008I was really looking forward to attending the annual SVP meeting in Ohio this year, but after mulling things over I don't think it is possible for me to go. I simply can't afford the cost of the trip. I am very much saddened by this, particularly since I was looking forward to meeting so many people (and a owe a few folks a beer for their kindness to me over the past year), but it looks like I'm going to have to sit this one out.
If you are a paleo blogger and are attending, though, head on over to Julia's blog as there are plans to organize a plaeo-blogger breakfast. I'll be sad to miss it,…
aardvarchaeology | September 11, 2008The forty-ninth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at A Hot Cup of Joe. Archaeology and anthropology, and all intended to recreate the lost 1921 short drama film The Great Day!
Cast
Arthur Bourchier - Sir John Borstwick
Mary Palfrey - Lady Borstwick
Marjorie Hume - Clara Borstwick
Bertram Burleigh - Frank Beresford
Adeline Hayden Coffin - Mrs. Beresford (as Mrs. Hayden Coffin)
Percy Standing - Paul Nikola
Meggie Albanesi - Lillian Leeson
Geoffrey Kerr - Dave Leeson
Lewis Dayton - Lord Medway
Mrs. L. Thomas - Lord Medway's Mother
L.C. Carelli - Semki
Submissions for the next carnival…
skookumchick | September 11, 2008So I'm going to throw my hat in to the Millionth Comment Hoopla and join forces with geographically proximal scibling Steve Higgins of Of Two Minds for a combined Indiana/Illinois party to which you all are welcome! Steve is working on the details, but currently we're looking at Sept 27, at the Blind Pig in Champaign where the first round is on us; however, I'm lobbying for somewhere with food and other than alcohol for our non/low-drinking readers. Short story is, watch this space for more details.
Any one going to join us? I hope? or we'll just have a nice chat, just the two of us?
clock | September 9, 2008Readers of my blog are surely familiar with Scicurious, a frequent commenter here and someone whose posts I have linked several times over the past few months because they are, well, sooooo cool!
So, I am super-happy to announce that Scicurious will be joining Evil Monkey as a co-blogger on Neurotopia 2.0.
Some people are excited about drugs. I am excited about (neuroscience of, OK) sex. I am excited to see the NC contingent grow even bigger!
So, go say Hello to Scicurious and keep checking Neurotopia in the future.
laelaps | September 9, 2008In celebration of hitting 1,000,000 comments here on ScienceBlogs, various bloggers all over the world will be throwing parties to commemorate the occasion. To see if there's one in your area, check out the listing of events over on Page 3.14.
No one knows when we'll reach 1,000,000 comments or where the comment will be left, but the person who leaves that comment will get some special treatment. The lucky winner will receive a four night trip to NYC for two, including access to museums, labs, and dinner with their favorite ScienceBlogger. All you have to do is leave a comment with your e-…
laelaps | September 8, 2008For some damn-fool reason I decided to reorganize the living room the other day, a project that (two days later) is still not fully completed. Moving the furniture wasn't the problem; it was finding a home for the ever-growing library that threatens to overtake the entire apartment. I only have to clean up a little bit now, but it was the sort of project that needs to be done all the way or not at all.
On top of that, there are two new kittens that need some special attention. One foster kitten, Gia, I expected to have, but the other, Owen, I did not. (My wife named him after the anatomist…
clock | September 8, 2008Guys, keep commenting! A lot. Because if you do, and you are lucky, you will be eligible for a prize:
....one lucky reader will win an all-out science adventure -- a trip for two to New York City and exclusive science adventures only ScienceBlogs could give you access to.
The trip includes airfare, four nights in a four-star hotel, behind-the-scenes tours of top museums and labs, and dinner with your favorite ScienceBlogger.
The Grand Prize is this:
Grand Prize: 2 round-trip economy class tickets on a carrier of Seed Media Group's choice from the major airport closest to winner's home, to…
clock | September 8, 2008Check out Paul Bradshaw's list (it's really 100 things, not 1000):
#1 Blogging is not 'writing a blog'. Blogging is linking and commenting. Any writing is a bonus.
...and then there are 99 more. Which ones you agree with, which ones not? After all, blog is just a software and different people use it for different purposes, so none of those lists are applicable to all.
sciencewoman | September 8, 2008As you may have already heard, ScienceBlogs is expecting to reach the 1 million comments mark sometime this month. And our generous overlords want to throw a party...actually several parties. They've encouraged ScienceBloggers to take their readers out for drinks, and the parties are happening all over the world.
To make matters even more exciting, I just happen to be visiting North Carolina the weekend of the big shindig there. Minnow and I will be catching up with my college roomie who has an adorable new baby, and I'll be investigating some potential research collaborations. But we're also…
clock | September 6, 2008Alana Taylor is in J-school at NYU and is not happy with the way she gets unprepared and mis-prepared by the old-timey professors for the journalism of the future:
What is so fascinating about the move from print to digital is the freedom to be your own publisher, editor, marketer, and brand. But, surprisingly, NYU does not offer the kinds of classes I want. It continues to focus its core requirements around learning how to work your way up the traditional journalism ladder. Here is the thinking I find here:
1. Get an internship at a magazine or newspaper. "This is good for your resume…
clock | September 5, 2008Here are some of my best posts from August, in my own opinion. You know it is a small proportion of all posts, but even if I posted only these, that's quite a nice blog right there if I may say so myself ;-)
What I try to do when I travel abroad across several time zones
Well versed in science
Vote McCain?
Importance of History of Science (for scientists and others)
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule? By eliminating Free Market, of course
Paperless Office? Bwahahahaha!
Science vs. Britney Spears
Domestication - it's a matter of time (always is for me, that's my 'hammer' for all nails…
neurophilosophy | September 3, 2008Last week, the number of subscribers to this blog's RSS feed passed the 2,000 mark, after teetering just below that number for a couple of months. It's very gratifying to know that so many people enjoy my writing, and although this increase in subscriptions is tiny compared to the total number of subscribers, it somehow feels like leaping over a high hurdle.
Perhaps you haven't subscribed to my feed because you think you'll have to pay. Actually, it's completely free, as are all other feeds. Or maybe it's because you're unfamiliar with RSS. If so, here's a very short primer on this very…
neurophilosophy | September 3, 2008The 53rd edition of Encephalon is online now at Ionian Enchantment and includes entries about grid cells, cochlear implants and how culture affects the perception of faces.
The carnival comes back to it's original home for the next edition - I'll be hosting it here on 15th September. If you'd like to contribute, send permalinks to your neuroscience and psychology blog posts to encephalon{dot}host{at}gmail {dot}com.
Also, there's a new blog carnival called Hourglass that you might like to take a look at. It's about biogerontology (the biology of aging), and the first and second editions are…
laelaps | September 3, 2008Zach has got the latest edition of the paleo-carnival The Boneyard up at When Pigs Fly Returns.
laelaps | September 2, 2008A few months back I remember first hearing about an absolutely crazy idea proposed by Sb's Dave Munger; a website devoted to blog posts about peer-reviewed research. Ok, maybe it wasn't that out of the vein, but the concept has really taken off, and today the latest iteration of ResearchBlogging has been released.
The update is about more than a new webpage setup and some spiffy new colors, though. Amongst all the other neat features there is multiple language support, topic-specific RSS feeds, customizable blog bios, and the ability to flag posts that don't meet the site guidelines.…