Blogging
laelaps | November 9, 2008
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had entered myself as a contestant for the 3rd annual College Blogging Scholarship. I wasn't too optimistic about my chances, but much to my surprise I got an e-mail Friday evening letting me know that I made the final 20! I am proud to say I'm in the running for $10,000 that will help finance my last semesters and pay down the debt I have accrued over the last few years. (Sorry I did not put something up about this sooner; a scheduled post didn't go up for some reason.)
Now comes the tricky part. The next round of the contest is determined by voting, and I…
clock | November 7, 2008Some people say that Scienceblogs.com is all godless crowd. But no, it can't be - we have and worship our own Goddess! Yes, Goddess Isis has moved in here (from here to here) this morning. Go bow at her feet.
laelaps | November 7, 2008After a few delays, The Boneyard #25 has gone up at The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Big Lie. Check it out.
The next edition is due to go up on December 2, 2008. If you're interested in hosting, speak up in the comments.
skookumchick | November 7, 2008I'm pretty sure I speak for both of the sciencewomen here when I say I am SO EXCITED to announce that the fabulous Isis the Scientist has been assimilated by the Scienceborg, and is now blogging in her new digs! Welcome, Isis, and I totally look forward to your blogging here at Sb! Yayayayay!
clock | November 6, 2008Simon Owens just published a nice article on PBS' MediaShift about crashing internet polls. My SciBlings PZ Myers and Greg Laden were interviewed for the article and have said some smart things with which I agree.
aardvarchaeology | November 6, 2008The fifty-third Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Archaeoporn. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology!
Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to me. The next open hosting slot is on 3 December. All bloggers with an interest in the subject are welcome to volunteer to me for hosting. No need to be an anthro pro.
And check out the latest Skeptics' Circle!
awild | November 6, 2008Another myrmecologist joins the blogosphere!
Scott Solomon is a biologist who studies Brazilian leafcutter ants. He also happens to be a fine writer, and his blog is full of stories about hunting ants in remote jungles.
sciencewoman | November 5, 2008From my email box:
My name is Annie Fox and I am a graduate student in Social Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Currently, I am conducting a study examining the role of blogging in the lives of Academic mothers. We have identified you as a potential participant because your blog came up in our web search for relevant blogs. Consequently, we would like to invite you to participate in our research study.
Your participation would involve the completion of an anonymous online survey. The survey contains a mixture of multiple-choice and open-response questions, and should take less…
clock | November 4, 2008
If you are wondering why I posted this picture and what it all (including the title of this post) means, you need to read the comment threads on these posts:
The Transition to Daylight Savings Time and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
The Response from Janszky and Ljung -- Dr. Isis Defends the Blogosphere
What is 'the normal way to debate and discuss scientific findings' anyway?
Spring Forward, Fall Back - should you watch out tomorrow morning?
Notes of importance
Bora is the Most Brilliant Man Ever and I Love Him
Pseudonimity, scientific criticism and respect on the blogs...
Discourse give…
awild | November 4, 2008...and the woman behind me was holding a tearful and very disappointed three year old girl.
"She thought we were going 'boating'," she explained.
clock | November 3, 2008Let's see if social web services can be used for the science and research causes? Please read: MacBook for me - the power of Web!
I'd like to see her use that MacBook when she comes to ScienceOnline09 in January....
clock | November 2, 2008The monthly recap of posts I liked, but you may have missed. Lotsa politics, understandably, but not all - I did manage to post some other cool stuff as well. Where are the SuperReaders when one needs them?!
From Telecommuting to Coworking
Bloggers at the Zoo - movies #10
Offal is Good
Wikipedia, just like an Organism: clock genes wiki pages
Politics of Animal Protection
What insect is this?
Carrboro Citizen - a model for the newspaper of the future
The Nobel Prize conundrum
Open Access Day - the blog posts
And the Winner is.....!
Quick ConvergeSouth08 recap
Obama-McCain race - a Serbian…
laelaps | November 2, 2008I was recently asked a few questions about ScienceOnline '09 by Stephen, one of Miss Baker's biology class students. You can check out my responses here.
[Thanks to Bora for the link, too.]
clock | November 1, 2008Choose one:
NaNoWriMo
InaDWriMo
NaBloPoMo
Then sit down and write something every day - a novel, an academic piece, or a blog post.
laelaps | October 29, 2008The 25th edition of The Boneyard is coming up next Tuesday over at The Big Dinosaur Lie. You can send your submissions directly to me (evogeek AT gmail DOT com) or to the blog where they will be posted, and let's try to get some of the new paleo-bloggers in on this one!
awild | October 29, 2008
My main blogging computer has gone down again. So, light posting the next few days.
I'm trying to decide whether to fix my 3-year old PC desktop, or just suck it up and drop the money for a new Mac. Windows Vista- which I've been using in the lab- is terrible and I can't see myself going back to Microsoft.
sciencewoman | October 28, 2008Picking up on a meme for which I've been tagged by ScientistMother, I'm going to add my own little twist, and do six random facts along a common theme.
I chose geoscience in seventh grade because I needed a science fair project and I didn't want to do anything my parents knew something about. Between them, they had degrees or jobs in chemistry, biology, and computer science. Physics was a little daunting for a 12-year old, so geoscience it was.
By the time I was 17, I knew I wanted to be a particular geoscience subspecialty. My choice of colleges was influenced by the location of one of the…
clock | October 27, 2008ScienceWoman gives us a heads-up on a new and interesting organization - UnderTheMicroscope.com:
The Feminist Press with IBM have just launched UnderTheMicroscope.com, a new site to involve young women in science and to encourage them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The site is part of the Women Writing Science, a project initiated by The Feminist Press at the City University of New York and funded by the National Science Foundation.
The site features personal stories of women scientists, role models, and mentors; tips for parents and teachers; links to related…
clock | October 27, 2008Tamara Fletcher is currently studying science communication at the University of Queensland. As part of her course she is conducting a research project under the supervision of Dr Joan Leach from the School of English, Media Studies and Art History and she needs your help:
The form of the project is a short survey and analysis of scientists' perceptions of scientific blogging. As your participation in science blogging suggests you are aware, it is important to explore as blogging has the potential to act as a medium for two-way dialogue between scientists and the public, without…