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The Sb 2.0 meme ... Pi Oh My

By jlynch on June 10, 2006.

Janet started it. My answers below the fold.

3 reasons you blog about science:

  • Science is misunderstood by the general public.
  • Everyday brings something new.
  • Politicians and creationists are distorting the methods, goals and abilities of science for their own purpose. Scientists need to stand up and be heard.

Point at which you would stop blogging:

  • When it becomes a chore.

1 thing you frequently blog besides science:

  • Right wing hacks that annoy me

4 words that describe your blogging style:

  • Opinionated
  • Loose
  • Eclectic
  • Opinionated (I know I said it before)

1 aspect of blogging you find difficult:

  • Finding time

5 ScienceBlogs blogs that are new to you:

Most of the Version 2.0 blogs, so here are the first five in alphabetical order.

9 blogs you read outside the ScienceBlogs universe:

Many of my regular reads have moved to Sb. Some of these aren't technically blogs, but you get the idea ... I'm too lazy to add links, but they are all well known.

  • The Panda's Thumb
  • Daily Kos
  • Crooks and Liars
  • Boing Boing
  • Onegoodmove
  • Slashbot
  • Fark.com
  • Crooked Timber
  • Lifehacker

2 important features of your blogging environment:

  • Coffee
  • Music

6 items you would bring to a meet-up with the other ScienceBloggers:

  • My Sigma Beta t-shirt
  • Laptop
  • A towel
  • My sense of humor
  • An excellent bottle of Irish whiskey
  • A good bottle of Irish whiskey for when the first one is finished (there are 40+ of us!)

5 conversations you would have before the end of that meet-up:

  • On poker strategy with Ed Brayton
  • On evodevo with PZ
  • On juggling academics and kids with Janet
  • On not giving up when searching for that perfect job with GrrrlScientist
  • On how to write clearly with Carl and Chris.

Damn, that was harder than I thought.

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