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Alpha Meme One Year Old: Zen Exercise in Futility

As of today, I am one year on Science2.0. A year ago, I wrote “Welcome to my first blog entry ever!”; since then, I have written almost 120 articles, which made me about a dollar each – a great way to stay poor. Traffic goes up surprisingly linearly, ever ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Feb 1 2012 - 8:46am

12th Dimensionality

    My right middle finger clicks the button to wake my mind. Greensboro (NC), 4:30 AM, Sunday morning, Holiday Inn balcony. Complimentary Styrofoam cup of warm coffee and a cigarette disguised as a Canadian cigar.  ...

Blog Post - michael gaffney - Aug 13 2011 - 7:04am

Social Media Magazine Is In Print- Wait, What?

In a sign that media people don't always understand media- especially social media- The Cool Blue Company LLC is proud to announce the world's first print magazine dedicated to social media called The Social Media Monthly. Yes, a print magazine a ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 16 2011 - 5:19pm

Life in the fast lane

This is one time you don't want to be in the fast lane... xkcd ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 19 2011 - 11:49am

Stretchy Squids Save The Seas! (Game)

I've seen cephalopods pop up in a few video games here and there, but The Game Bakers'  Squids  is the first one that looks both adorable and fun enough that I want to play it. (Which is a big deal, for me--I don't make time to play video/co ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Aug 28 2011 - 9:47am

Getting No Love: Age Of Autism Wants Autism Speaks To Shut Up

Dan Olmsted is  pissed at Autism Speaks  and wants them to shut up and go away, all because of Dr. Dawson's coverage of the IOM report this past week. ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Aug 29 2011 - 7:23am

4 Content Types

A short entry for today.  Blog material has cycles.  For this blog, I write 4 types of items:    1) Framing pieces (info about satellite work in general)    2) What I have learned (in the process of building this specific satellite)    3) Progress reports ...

Blog Post - Project Calliope - Aug 30 2011 - 5:53pm

Untethered at the End of the Cosmos

It slips from my fingers Cliched grains of sand. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 4 2011 - 10:22am

Your Brain on Politics: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives

"Can neuroscience provide evidence for a liberal and conservative thinking style? It may seem like a stretch to say that one could predict whether you lean left or right by looking at a brain scan—no questions asked, no opinions voiced—purely based o ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Oct 28 2011 - 5:57pm

Squid Gear On Sale!

SquidFire is having an end-of-summer sale: $5 off all their adult t-shirts. (I think it still applies even if you live in the southern hemisphere.) While not all of their gear features cephalopods, they do have many tentacular designs. For direct links to ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Sep 8 2011 - 12:00pm