Last week, Sean raised the critical academic question of when to serve food associated with a seminar talk. He did not, however, address the more important question, namely what to serve at a seminar talk. So I’ll do it, scientific-like: Which of the following items should be served at an event associated with an academic… Continue reading Seminar Food Poll
Month: August 2009
Links for 2009-08-04
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch – NYTimes.com Some decent points, but as with all NY Times Magazine articles, it’s crawling with annoying class assumptions. There’s a passing acknowledgment that the decline in cooking is related to the increase in hours worked, and then it’s back to somewhat over-written laments for idyllic days gone… Continue reading Links for 2009-08-04
Science Blogging: The New Science Journalism?
I’m a late addition to a Sunday panel at Worldcon: Science Blogging – The New Science Journalism? Touted as a new way of reaching the public, has science blogging matched its initial promise? Has it caused more problems than it solves? Well? What do you all think?
What’s Your TED Talk?
Last weekend, I was talking with Ethan Zuckerman at a party, and we talked a little bit about the TED conferences and similar things. A few days later, there was an editorial in Nature suggesting that scientists could learn a lot from TED: [P]erhaps the most critical key to success is the style of the… Continue reading What’s Your TED Talk?
Colbert Nation Baby
We don’t have SteelyKid watching any kind of baby-oriented tv, because I’d rather be stabbed with a fork than have to listen to the Tellytubbies. We do frequently have the tv on while she’s playing in the living room, though, as we try to catch up on DVR’ed programs. This has led directly to SteelyKid… Continue reading Colbert Nation Baby
Beware the Wild SteelyKid
It’s critically important to be on your guard when exploring our living room at the moment. The wily SteelyKid can strike without warning: Of course, not all of her attacks are quite so violent:
The First Steps Are a Doozy
These aren’t really SteelyKid’s first steps, just the first ones I got on video: She routinely goes farther than that, more confidently than that, but the big lunge at the end is awfully cute. It’s hard to get her really good walks on video, because she always seems to be on the verge of disaster,… Continue reading The First Steps Are a Doozy
Links for 2009-08-01
CHART ATTACK!: 8/1/92 | Popdose “I just read the following in their Wikipedia entry: “In 2009, Boyz II Men announced plans for a new cover album, that covers ‘artists I don’t think people would expect us to cover!’ according to Shawn Stockman.” Can Popdose get in on this? Can we make a list of songs… Continue reading Links for 2009-08-01