Archive for April, 2005

Hitchhiker’s Guide

Go see it! (continued)

By popular (er… Teisha) request

Jenny and mine’s Livejournal (continued)

Ethics in the Zhuangzi

This morning on the bus (it was raining), I was re-reading a section from the book “Essays on Skepticism, Relativism, and Ethics in the Zhuangzi”. One passage in particular stuck with me, and I’d like to share it. It’s about desires and preferences, and Taoist/Buddhist reactions to them. (continued)

Photo Manipulation in Science

Nature has a kind of interesting story about the problems with people altering the figures they submit to be published.

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Track Me Down!

In my never-ending quest for more cool gadgets and stuff, I now have an easily-tracked Calendar. Exciting, eh? (continued)

Women in Science — Will we ever stop being sexist?

As all of you are hopefully aware of, we live in a rather sexist country. Of course, it has been getting better over the years, but it is still a huge deal, especially for those of us women in the sciences as some stats (and plain observation) can show. (continued)

Las Vegas: Love it or Loathe it?

Recently, I’ve been feeling the urge to visit Las Vegas again. What do you think of the city of lights? I have a few thoughts… (continued)

Excited and Delighted- the Wiki experiment

If you haven’t clicked the link in the upper right corner of the site linking to the ParaWiki, then I suggest you do so. It’s really quick the amazing system, and people (like you, dear reader) are already contributing and revising. I’ve always thought Wiki’s were a neat concept. (continued)

Gadget Blog

I’ve recently become kind of hooked on GizModo, the gadgets weblog. (continued)

Possible Site Downtime

For a long time, Paradoxdruid.com has been hosted by Domainmonger, but now that I’m actually planning out a budget, I’ll probably be switching to I successfully switched to DreamHost within the month. If budgeting excites you, read on! (continued)

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My first first-author paper!

Just wanted to share that my first first-author paper is now online! In the journal Stem Cells and Development, here’s my paper on “Roles of Integrins in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Growth on Matrigel and Vitronectin.”


The Future of Scientific Publishing

Just read a fascinating (if lengthy) essay on disruptive technology and the future of scientific publishing. Well worth the read!


Deflation!

Just wanted to share Mint.com’s Visual Guide to Deflation, which is quite explanatory.


All Things Stem Cell

Hey all Paradoxdruid readers! I recently started up a blog on stem cells that I’d love you all to take a look at: http://www.allthingsstemcell.com/


Barely Literate: The Fermata

I participated in another Barely literate book review podcast, this time on Nicholson Baker’s “The Fermata”. Give it a listen!


Time for Change

Obama has outlined a strategy for America, in great depth. Read all about Change.gov!


Free Rice

Okay, I’ll admit that it’s entirely possible that I am the last person to learn about this website*, but it’s really addictive. 
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