While I realize that you find your eighty-pound Labrador Retriever utterly charming, there are, in fact, other people and dogs who are not enthusiastic about having him galumphing over to try to jump on us. Hard to believe, I know, but it’s true. For this reason, you should have your dog on a leash when […]
Month: December 2008
links for 2008-12-29
nanoscale views: More about insulators "I’ve been thinking more about explaining what we mean by "insulators", in light of some of the insightful comments [on the last post]." (tags: science physics blogs materials condensed-matter) Cocktail Party Physics: CSI lies and suspicious science "CSI? Unrealistic? Hate to break it to you kids, but, yeah. At the […]
Blogging Is Not Complicated
Bora has a post taking issue with the claim made in Slate’s blogging guide article that blog posts should be short. At least, I think that was his point– the post was much too long, and I didn’t read it all. I’m constantly amazed by how evergreen the “how to blog” topic is. It’s just […]
links for 2008-12-28
nanoscale views: What does it mean for a material to be an "insulator"? "We broadly lump solids into two groups, those that conduct electricity and those that don’t. Materials in the latter category are known as insulators, and it turns out that there are at least three different kinds." (tags: science physics blogs education materials […]
Christmas Baby Blogging
SteelyKid says “Glad tidings for all!” Or, well, something like that. This is an out-take from the Christmas pictures– it’s amazing how hard it is to get a picture of a four-month-old in which she is both upright and smiling. Anyway, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, or at least won’t be offended by […]
Quantum Physics for Dogs, v3.0.1
I haven’t sent it off to my editor yet– I need to look it over one more time to see if there are horrible mistakes anywhere– but I’m officially declaring the third draft of the book-in-progress to be complete. It clocks in at 61,518 words, and 240 pages. That’s 50% more words than the contract […]
Bloggers vs. Journalists, Aleph-Nought in a Series
What with one thing and another, I didn’t watch this week’s Bloggingheads Science Saturday– Kate’s parents were visiting, and then there was the Snowpocalypse, and I have book edits to finish, and I don’t enjoy the John Horgan/ George Johnson pairing all that much. Apparently, I really missed out, because three-quarters of the way through, […]
links for 2008-12-23
The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media » Far from the Peer-Reviewed Journal,Scientists Confront How-Tos of Op-Eds "So how can scientists strategically convey their messages to a broad audience without losing the nuances of their field? " (tags: science politics writing journalism) Christmas, please, but hold the treacle: 42 holiday entertainments that don’t […]
Recent Reading
I was up late watching my Giants play the Carolina Panthers (they won in OT– now you see the importance of Brandon Jacobs), and today is a Baby Day, so I have no deep thoughts to blog. So here are some quick comments on recent reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. This is […]
links for 2008-12-22
Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / How to talk to writers "Writers are people, and they were people before they were writers. They change light bulbs and buy groceries just like everyone else. Really. Because they’re people, they vary. Some of them are jerks, but many of them are very interesting […]