Via Matt Yglesias, an interesting twist on the shuffle-play “meme”: 1. Take out your iPod (or Zune, I guess…really, who buys a Zune?) 2. Press shuffle songs. 3. Answer the following: a) How many songs before you come to one that would absolutely disqualify you from being President? b) What is that song? This sounds… Continue reading My iPod Won’t Let Me Be President
Category: Blogs
Science Blogs: What Are They Good For?
Over at Science After Sunclipse, Blake has a very long post about the limitations of science blogs. Brian at Laelaps responds, and Tom at Swans On Tea agrees. You might be wondering whether I have an opinion on this. Since I’m going to be talking about it at a workshop in September (first talk, no… Continue reading Science Blogs: What Are They Good For?
Ask a ScienceBlogger: Why Do Academics Blog?
The Corporate Masters have posted a new Ask a ScienceBlogger question: The question (submitted by a reader) is this: There are many, many academic bloggers out there feverishly blogging about their areas of interest. Still, there are many, many more academics who don’t. So, why do you blog and how does blogging help with your… Continue reading Ask a ScienceBlogger: Why Do Academics Blog?
Sanity Break
I’m giving the final exam in my E&M class tonight (from 5-7 pm, thank you oh-so-much, Central Scheduling), which you might think would bode well for blogging in the future. However, I also have two summer students starting on Monday, a baby on the way, and major book revisions to do that need to get… Continue reading Sanity Break
DAMOP Day 0
I made it to Happy Valley without incident, though it is Orange Cone Season in Pennsylvania, and I spent a lot of time dodging construction. Happily, there really wasn’t anything important at the meeting last night. So I skipped out on the welcome reception to have dinner and a few beers with Kevin and RPM… Continue reading DAMOP Day 0
Nerd Famous
Most of my reaction to this weekend’s Emily Gould article in the Times was “Gosh, who knew that writing for Gawker might have a corrosive effect on your personal life…,” but there were some interesting bits. She did a nice job explaining how blogging can be sort of addictive, and also had some good bits… Continue reading Nerd Famous
Random Quotes
Via Lara, a “meme” calling for the posting of random quotes. Because why not? “We are an impossibility in an impossible universe. “ Ray Bradbury (1920 – ) “Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. “ Mark Twain (1835 – 1910), Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894) “Progress isn’t made… Continue reading Random Quotes
Associate Professor Stemwedel
In happier news, Janet’s passed her tenure review. Go congratulate her.
Science Habitat Photo Contest
The Corporate Masters are holding a workspace photo contest: Now hard at work on the next issue, Seed editors want to see the typical or not-so-typical places where you do science. For the chance to get your scientific work space featured in Seed, please send a photo of it to art@seedmediagroup.com by Tuesday, May 13th… Continue reading Science Habitat Photo Contest
Weirdness Facilitation
Jacques Distler asks the question that every blog-reader has asked at some point: Did all of this exist before the Web? Or have people just gotten a whole lot weirder in the past 15 years? (I’m not even going to attempt to describe what triggered the question…) I tend to think that the weirdness was… Continue reading Weirdness Facilitation