Over at Skulls in the Stars, gg has a very good response to the polemic about the dullness of modern science that I talked about a few days ago. He takes issue with the claim that modern science is “dull” compared to some past Golden Age, and does a good job of it– go read… Continue reading Geniuses Don’t Fail Out
Category: Blogs
We’re Gonna Build Something This Summer
I’ve been reading a bunch of posts at Infinite summer lately, where they’re planning to spend the summer (re)reading David Foster Wallaces most magnum of opuses, Infinite Jest. In a development that surely nobody could see coming, I’ve decided to spend some of my infinite (hah) free time re-reading it myself. If you’re not familiar… Continue reading We’re Gonna Build Something This Summer
Desert Island Blogs
I’m thinking of paring my RSS feeds down again, as I’m feeling a little overextended at the moment, and could stand to spend less time reading stuff on the Internet. This brings up the obvious question of which blogs to keep, and which blogs to jettison, and that, in turn, lends itself to a reader… Continue reading Desert Island Blogs
Talk to the Paw
There’s an interview with me, plus bonus comments from Emmy, over at Paw Talk: Words of advice for fellow pet owners? If you’re looking to get a dog, I’d recommend visiting your local animal shelter, as you can find lots of great dogs there. And take walks with your dog– every now and then, I… Continue reading Talk to the Paw
Why the Silent Majority Is Silent
Chris Mooney has found new digs, and, revitalized by the more congenial atmosphere, has been taking up the science vs. religion fight again. Yesterday, he had a post asking what can be done to get moderate scientists more involved in the argument over whether science and religion can coexist: At the same time, though, let’s… Continue reading Why the Silent Majority Is Silent
The PDF Plague
There have been a half-dozen stories in the past few weeks that looked interesting, but didn’t even make it into the Links Dump for the day. Why not? Because the stories or studies were only available as PDF files. I have no idea if this is actually getting worse, but I’m finding this more irritating… Continue reading The PDF Plague
Comment on Commenting
The recurrent timeout problem in the comments has been dragging on and on, but I’m not sure how much of a problem it is for you, the end user, as opposed to me, the guy who has to endure six timeouts while clearing out Turkish dating service spam. Of course, I can’t very well ask… Continue reading Comment on Commenting
Academic Novels and a Comment Experiment
Female Science Professor is revisiting an old topic, namely, the academic novel: I was thinking about the general topic of academic novels because I was looking for some books to read and was looking through the lists in the links above. And then I wondered: Why do I want to read an academic novel during… Continue reading Academic Novels and a Comment Experiment
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges, But We Do Have Some
Dave Ng has recently upgraded the Order of the Science Scouts of Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique site, which provides a variety of achievement badges for members to claim and post. I’m not a big one for extra graphics on the blog (they delay the loading of the cute baby pictures), but if you’re… Continue reading We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges, But We Do Have Some
Kissing and Comic Books
Two things that are worth a plug beyond the Links Dump level: 1) Over at the Intersection, Sheril Kirshenbaum wants you to look at pictures of people kissing. This is for Science, so stop giggling, and tell her what you think of the pictures. 2) There’s a new blog, Ecocomics, dedicated to exploring the burning… Continue reading Kissing and Comic Books