Blogging
clock | February 21, 2007Are you coming to the Triangle Bloggers Happy Hour tonight? Sponsored by DukeEngage. There will be free food, free drinks and free wifi, courtesy of Duke University.
retrospectacle | February 20, 2007The 2007 Koufax Award nominees are up, with many blogs at ScienceBlogs in the Best Expert Blog category. Thanks to whomever nominated me, its a great cohort.
clock | February 18, 2007Ed Cone has a new op-ed up: The way we politick now:
Use new media to influence old media, for example, and read the Web to find out what people are talking about outside the campaign bubble. Understand that the news cycle is dead and that stories don't just fade away anymore; the Web operates in an eternal present, where information gets posted in close-to-real-time and remains a click away forever.
clock | February 15, 2007You know I love Pilobolus (the fungus, not the danced troupe), as I wrote a very long post about it before, the cutely titled Postscript to Pittendrigh's Pet Project - Phototaxis, Photoperiodism and Precise Projectile Parabolas of Pilobolus on Pasture Poop.
Then I returned to it later to point out some cool pictures of it.
Now, via Bouphonia, I discovered a great article with a time-lapse movie over on the Cornell Mushroom Blog, which I somehow missed although it was a part of the December edition of Animalcules.
And through trackbacks on that post, I discovered a new Slovenian mycology blog…
clock | February 15, 2007Nature Network website just had a major rehaul and redesign. Corie Lok explains the details.
clock | February 15, 2007Not every bloggers' meetup has to be talking about blogging. We can also just get together and have fun. And so we did last night. A bunch of us went bowling.
On Wednesday nights they have great family rates. We got four lanes - one for kids, three for adults. My daughter tends to start out slow and get better and better as the time goes. In the end, she got some tens.
I am the opposite - my very first practice shot was a strike and I won the first game, but I get progressively more and more tired. Anton won the second game easily. In the end, my wrist and fingers were hurting so…
retrospectacle | February 14, 2007The cat's been out of the bag about Jennifer Ouellette (of Cocktail Party Physics) and Sean Carroll (of Cosmic Variance) being engaged, and now a feature story on the two of them is on Nature news today. Specifically, she's asking advice from other scientists about how to keep a relationship together when the significant others both have demanding science careers. Jennifer is a science writer, and is relocating to California to be with Sean, although she says:
Alas, scientists who marry scientists can't always get it together quite so easily. There is a daunting obstacle to be overcome: they…
clock | February 14, 2007Tonight at 6pm, bloggers go bowling. Bring your lap-top - the bowling place has wifi.
Monday, some of us will go and get the NBC ascertainment.
Next week (2/21/2007) at 6pm free food and drinks for bloggers, courtesy of Duke University and its new DukeEngage initiative. Read more about it here and about the Wednesday happy hour here.
clock | February 13, 2007After a whirlwind trip to Thailand and a love affair, Jenna is back in school and her mind is focused on science again. Check out her new pictures from the Herpetology class.
clock | February 13, 2007I mentioned before that Archy is about to get laid off. Now, he explains his educational beckground, work history and acquired skills so, if you are reading this, and you are in a position to find him a new job, please take a look.
clock | February 13, 2007Under attack, Pandagon has been down all day. But you can see here (and re-posted here) what scum of the Earth resides on the political Right in this country. This is a good time to read this again. And please find time to read all ten parts of this series on eliminationism in America. Sensing a long-term, if not permanent loss, the wounded beast of the Right is lashing at everything in sight and they are not shy to use physical force if needed.
Also on the topic, three must-read posts by Liza Sabater: Hell hath no fury like a feminist scorned, Aldon Hynes: In praise of Icarus, and…
clock | February 12, 2007[Moved to the top of the page. First posted at 1:43am]
Last year, I collected the links to notable posts about Darwin Day and posted them here. That was fun, so I decided to do it again.
I checked the Technorati and Google Blogsearch and took my picks that you can see below. I will update this post several times today and move the post to the top in the evening. If you want your post to appear here, please e-mail me at: Coturnix AT gmail DOT com.
Also, later today, I will update this post with a special announcement (pending the approval by the person in question) - naming the winner of…
clock | February 11, 2007...memes. Especially when someone tries to track its spread. Especially when they call me "The Thinking Blogger", originating from the eponimous Thinking Blog. Tagged by Greg Laden, so it is really quite simple:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote
I am tagging:
Archy
Jenna
Sir Oolius
Elayne Riggs
Mustang Bobby
clock | February 11, 2007As I indicated a couple of days ago, I'll be collecting a big linkfest of tomorrow's Darwin Day posts.
This is like an annual carnival I like to do.
Make my job easier by letting me know by e-mail when you post one. You know that both Technorati and Google Blogsearch are slow and untrustworthy - get your link in on time!
Update Today's posts on 'Evolution Sunday' are also eligible.
clock | February 10, 2007
Hold the dates: October 19-20, 2007 for ConvergeSouth '07 at NC A&T State University. Things are brewing on two coasts to make sure that the 2007 ConvergeSouth is more special than ever.
The Web site and blog will be online by March 1 (crossing fingers).
We are seeking proposals for interactive discussions, DEMOs and how-to sessions in these areas:
1. New media and journalism
2. New creative online models and tools
3. Blogger how-to and blog improvement
4. Music performance (evenings)
5. Original video and film
This year's ConvergeSouth features a new track: screening original video and…
clock | February 8, 2007Ah, why do I have to be so busy on a news-filled day (no, not Anna Nicole Smith)? I barely saw the computer today. I'd get home, have about 5 minutes before I have to go out again and so on. NPR did not mention Edwards until 4pm or so (that I heard in the car), so when I first got home I only had time to open e-mail, scan about 50 new messages, home in to the one that had the news, open it, get the links and quickly post without more than a quick skim of the statements by Edwards and others, let alone any time to add commentary (except for what the title implied I felt at the time). And…