I have a Dorky Poll idea for later in the day, but let’s get this out of the way first: Choose only one:(opinion) Don’t say I never gave you these options.
Category: Blogs
DonorsChoose: Now That’s a Noble Cause
We’re currently in the early stages of the annual DonorsChoose fundraiser, helping to raise money for educational projects. This is especially important in the current economic climate– even before things went south, many schools and classrooms were strapped for cash, but now it’s even worse. But I can understand if that’s not a noble enough… Continue reading DonorsChoose: Now That’s a Noble Cause
Donors Choose 2009: Help Kids, Win Books
As you may have seen on some other ScienceBlogs blogs, it’s time again for the annual DonorsChoose fundraiser: If you haven’t been here in past years, DonorsChoose is a charity dedicated to education. They take specific proposals from school teachers looking for items to help their classes– anything from pens and paper to classroom furniture,… Continue reading Donors Choose 2009: Help Kids, Win Books
Donors Choose 2009: What Would You Pay to See Me Do?
SteelyKid has a bit of flu, so we’re all a little discombobulated in Chateau Steelypips. I’m going to be trying to get a full day’s worth of work before noon, which won’t leave room for much blogging. But here’s something for you to think about/ comment on: the day after tomorrow is October 1, which… Continue reading Donors Choose 2009: What Would You Pay to See Me Do?
Joshua Rosenau Deserves a Medal
I’ve grown thoroughly disgusted with most of the science-vs-religion stuff in blogdom, mostly because my views on the matter are kind of moderate, and don’t fit well with the rather extreme positions taken by most of the bloggers and commenters who focus on this issue. This dooms me to either being ignored, or called names… Continue reading Joshua Rosenau Deserves a Medal
Using Analogies on the Internet Is Like Doing a Really Futile Thing
Josh Rosenau is thinking from California about the role of analogy and metaphor in arguments. This follows from a series of posts arguing with Jerry Coyne et al. about the usual science vs. religion stuff. The analogy thing comes in because in the first post, he made reference to Slacktivist’s excellent post about vampires and… Continue reading Using Analogies on the Internet Is Like Doing a Really Futile Thing
Notes Toward a Unified Theory of Political Blogging
Theorem: The worthiness of a blog post on a political or social topic is inversely proportional to the number of times derisive nicknames are used to refer to the author’s opponents.
The Great Bloggingheads Mess
I sort of feel like I ought to have something to say about the recent controversy over creationists on bloggingheads.tv, which has caused Sean Carroll and Carl Zimmer to renounce the whole site. If you’re too lazy to click through those links, the basic problem is that bloggingheads has twice invited creationists– sorry, cdesign proponentists–… Continue reading The Great Bloggingheads Mess
User Poll: What Should ScienceBlogs Add?
The Corporate Masters are considering some steps to take ScienceBlogs more in a community/ social network/ Web 3.14/ whatever direction, and have asked us our opinions of various potential features. I have opinions on the subject, but they’re ultimately less important than the opinions of you, the readers. So here’s an attempt to generate some… Continue reading User Poll: What Should ScienceBlogs Add?
You Say You Want a Revolution?
I’m suffering through a wretched cold at the moment, which will limit my blogging activity. If you’re looking for something to do, though, you might want to check out the Revolutionary Minds blog set up by the Corporate Masters. This is basically a short-form online version of a feature from Seed, in which they ask… Continue reading You Say You Want a Revolution?