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Logical Fallacy Theater
December 14th, 2009 by Joel
Click through for full comic. Comic 109 is good too, but you were already subscribed to Tree Lobsters, right?
Surely I’ll have some original content soon!
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Damn…
October 2nd, 2009 by Joel
The next three weeks: a test, an exam, three four assignments, and the rest of a thesis. And maybe a paper too. Someone had better tell my boss I’m going to be taking a bit of leave…
On the plus side, after I get this thesis written, maybe I can get back to blogging the Beagle, [...]
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Twittering
September 27th, 2009 by Joel
Just in case you couldn’t get enough of my occasional posts on this blog, you can read my occasional tweets on my twitter feed. I’m feeling Web 2.1 already!
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Links
August 19th, 2009 by Joel
I haven’t quite gotten around to publishing any papers just yet, but I’m glad to have learnt the 123 easy steps to public a scientific comment. I’m sure that’ll come in handy. Dr. Free-Ride has also posted some commentary on the topic.
Hat-tip: Cat Dynamics
Astronomy Cast is always brilliant and educational, but I particularly enjoyed [...]
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Fixed feeds
August 9th, 2009 by Joel
I just discovered that the feeds haven’t been updating properly. It seems to be fixed now.
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Ethan Siegel has too much hair!
July 20th, 2009 by Joel
Ethan Siegel, who blogs at Starts with a Bang, has volunteered to shave his head if 100 people donate some of their money, or some time, to charity.
Here’s how Ethan explained it:
You see, I believe that if a lot of people get involved with something positive, even if it’s just a little bit, [...]
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Historical tweets
June 4th, 2009 by Joel
This is just hilarous.
You know, I could finish blogging the Beagle much faster if I just reduced it to tweets. So much of it is about birds, anyway, and even the whale has merited a mention.
via Bug Girl.
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Silence is the Enemy
June 3rd, 2009 by Joel
In modern times, we’ve seen mass rape as an element of warfare in Congo, Darfur, Bosnia, Rwanda, Liberia — but the lesson here in Liberia in West Africa is that even when the fighting ends, the rape continues.
Nicholas Kristov, After Wars, Mass Rapes Persist
Young girls, some as young as three, are victims of the mass [...]
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Update
June 2nd, 2009 by Joel
I’m swamped with assignments right now, so much so that I’ve barely managed to get any research done for several weeks now. Let alone chapters, and let’s face it, Tierra del Fuego was never going to be an easy one. My team did come third in the Australian finals for the Imagine Cup, though.
Also, [...]
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