by podblack on September 21, 2010
I really have have half-a-dozen things requiring completion (particularly new podcast episodes out on Token Skeptic) – but the lure of retweeting jokes about the #onmouseover on Twitter… BBC News: A flaw in the website of micro-blogging service Twitter is being used to pump out pop-up messages and links to porn sites. So, if you’re [...]
by podblack on September 6, 2010
My second day of Dragon*Con 2010! Includes the setting up of the Skeptic Track after Friday night, the first ‘coffee morning’ with James Randi, The Parsec Awards, Benjamin Radford’s Paranormal Workshop and the Parenting Beyond Belief podcast.
by podblack on September 6, 2010
Friday 3rd September — here’s Day One (proper) of Dragon*Con — includes the Token Skepticality Speaking Beyond BS panel; the Scams and Consumerism panel; Scott Sigler reads from his 4th Grade writing book; various costumes and the launch of the Hanny’s Voorwerp comic!
by podblack on June 25, 2010
I would like my readers to notice this particular part in bold, from a blog-post by Dr Barbara Drescher on the Woo Fighters site: On June 10th I posted a solicitation for donations to help us raise $2800 to send four students to The Amazing Meeting 8… …In addition to a very generous donation, Kylie [...]
by podblack on April 12, 2010
A quick-round up for the start of the week – then it’s back to work for me! Firstly – Jim Wallace is not happy about ethics classes being offered to students from NSW as an alternative to scripture… Opinion, The Age: You can’t teach ethics without referring to Christianity: With our nation having just played [...]
by podblack on October 31, 2009
The episode out today on the Skeptic Zone podcast features a panel discussion from the Science Track at Dragon*Con — called “Darwin’s Bulldogs, Teachers on the Front Lines”. This panel was proposed by the moderator Matt Lowry, who is a high school physics teacher and a part-time Physics and Astronomy college professor. Joining him was [...]
