Blog Contest

The 3 Quarks Daily Finalists Have Been Announced!

cwilcox — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:17:33 +0000

The 3 Quarks Daily Finalists Have Been Announced!

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I'M IN!

I feel so honored to be chosen as one of the top 9 finalists!

Go check out the post that made it: Evolution: The Curious Case of Dogs

Of course, there are some FANTASTIC posts in the top set with me. Go check out all of them! They include my fellow sciblings Jason and Eric, as well as other great bloggers like Ed, Margaret and Carl. Basically, it's a list of everyone I mentioned before, plus a couple of other ones just for kicks ;)

Congrats to all, and good luck to everyone! I can't wait to see who Dawkins picks as the Top Quark!

cwilcox Thu, 06/10/2010 - 22:17

3 Quarks Daily Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced!

cwilcox — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:16:37 +0000

3 Quarks Daily Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced!

Sorry to be so late to the announcement party - my ~~stupid, f-cking~~ lovely computer has decided that it doesn't feel like connecting to the internets anymore, so I'm a little hard up for online time.

Anyhoo, thank you to everyone who voted for Observations of a Nerd! Thanks to you, my post "Evolution: The Curious Case Of Dogs" has made it to the semi-final round. You can see all the other semi-finalists here.

There's some stiff competition in there, notably from fellow generalist sci-blogger Ed Yong, my favorite botanist Margaret, and a slew of scibling like Scicurious, Jason Goldman, and Eric Michael Johnson.

Good luck to everyone, and I'll let you know if my post sneaks into the finals which will then be judged by Richard Dawkins!

cwilcox Wed, 06/09/2010 - 11:16

Research Blogging Awards!

cwilcox — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:49:00 +0000

Research Blogging Awards!

If you read this blog, odds are you appreciate those who write about peer-reviewed research. You might have even noticed that little check-mark page image on the upper left hand side of some of my posts: that handy image lets you know that that blog post has been registered with ResearchBlogging.org, a FANTASTIC site which collects posts from all over the web about all kinds of scientific research.

Well, now they've decided it's time to reward the best of the best in research blogging, so they're giving out cash prizes in all kinds of categories. Any blog that has included peer reviewed research in their content is eligible for nomination, and you DON'T have to be a member of ResearchBlogging to nominate a blog of your choice.

So get your butt over there and nominate your favorite research blogs to give them the chance to make a little extra $$$!!!!

(PS: you're including this little blog in that list of favorites...RIGHT?!)
(PPS: I'd recommend best Bio blog or best Lay-Level blog for OOAN.)

cwilcox Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:49