I’m barely keeping my head above water with the day job at the moment, so I’m a bit behind the curve on this. It’s October, though, which means it’s time for a DonorsChoose fundraiser. If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you’ve seen a few of these. If not, there’s too… Continue reading Science Bloggers for Students 2012
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Congratulations to Roth and Shapley and John Novak
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has just been announced, and goes to Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design.” I know basically nothing about these guys, but I assume they’ve earned their Sveriges Riksbank Prize, so… Continue reading Congratulations to Roth and Shapley and John Novak
Blog Table Discussion with Puff the Mutant Dragon (part II)
In which we have the next round of the conversation with Puff the Mutant Dragon. Previous entries here and there. ———— Amusingly, your post was singled out for high praise in the Knight Science Journalism Tracker review of the book. Probably because Deborah Blum, who wrote it, wrote a book about poisons, so the topic… Continue reading Blog Table Discussion with Puff the Mutant Dragon (part II)
Nobel Prize Betting Pool 2012
It’s that time of year again, when everybody pays attention to Sweden for a couple of months: the 2012 Nobel Prizes are about to be announced. Which means it’s time for the game everybody loves to tolerate: the Uncertain Principles Nobel Betting Pool: Leave a comment to this post predicting at least one of the… Continue reading Nobel Prize Betting Pool 2012
Blog Table Discussion with Puff the Mutant Dragon (Part I)
My post post Faster Than a Speeding Photon, doing a Q&A explainer of the OPERA fast-neutrino measurement was picked for inclusion in The Best Science Writing Online 2012 (confusingly published in late 2012, featuring blog posts from 2011…). As promotion for the book, it was suggested that pairs of authors from the collection “interview” each… Continue reading Blog Table Discussion with Puff the Mutant Dragon (Part I)
It’s Been Fun, But I Need a Break
The title pretty much says it all. One of the reasons I wanted to get the Ten Years Before the Blog series done was that I’m incredibly burned out on everything right now, and I need to step away from the Internet for a while. There are too many things that aren’t getting done, and… Continue reading It’s Been Fun, But I Need a Break
Ten Years Before the Blog: 2011-2012
In which we reach the end of our decade-long historical recap. ———— So, at long last, the recap of my decade of blogging has reached the current year. And I do have a file of pre-filtered links from the current year (well, up through early May, when it was put together), which I was going… Continue reading Ten Years Before the Blog: 2011-2012
Ten Years Before the Blog: 2010-2011
In which we look back on the ninth full year of this blog, and one of the most unpleasant incidents in the whole run, which nearly ruined what was otherwise a good year. ———— This is probably going to be the longest of these posts, at least in terms of the number of links included–… Continue reading Ten Years Before the Blog: 2010-2011
Ten Years Before the Blog: 2009-2010
In which we review yet another good year of blogging, including the establishment of some ongoing series. And also a useful reality check. ———— This great blog re-read project has been useful for a couple of reasons. First, it’s reminded me that there have been long stretches of time when I produced a lot of… Continue reading Ten Years Before the Blog: 2009-2010
Ten Years Before the Blog: 2008-2009
In which the great blog recap rolls on to probably the most important event of the last ten years: the arrival of SteelyKid. And a bunch of other bloggy stuff. ———— There’s really no question what should be the featured image for this recap post: Clearly, it needs to be an early photo of SteelyKid,… Continue reading Ten Years Before the Blog: 2008-2009