by podblack on May 14, 2010
I have so much to do… so little time! But in the meantime, I’ll be attending: 2010 Annual Conference for “Philosophy in the Classroom” – 5-7 July, 2010 at the University of New South Wales. I plan to be one or two days either side of these dates, so I don’t know if there’s an [...]
by podblack on May 3, 2010
Sorry to all of the people I know who I recently spammed by sending out a link to that most recently-posted YouTube clip of Shakespeare, with the joke ‘dare you to do this at Dragon*Con!‘ I very much doubt anyone will (however, I would love to hear Dr Karen Stollznow recite Shakespeare, as she certainly [...]
by podblack on November 22, 2009
I’m a little sad and embarrassed for the JREF Swift blog today… A Swift article implied Rupert Sheldrake was a ‘Bull**** artist’, for correctly citing a document they produced at TAM3… Mostly, [Rupert] Sheldrake seems discomfited by a document passed out by Randi, Andrew Mayne, and Michael Shermer at The Amaz!ng Meeting 3, entitled “Communicating [...]
by podblack on October 16, 2009
Breaking news – I won a science book! Whoo hoo! Go enjoy the Science Punk site whilst you’re reading blogs today! I did notice this yesterday but only just got a very nice compliment about it via Twitter this morning. An article I wrote for the Skeptical Briefs newsletter, part of the Skeptical Inquirer, is [...]
by podblack on September 16, 2009
Great summary in the most recent e-Skeptic on Dragon*Con! Very pleased to see that Daniel Loxton picked up on many of the elements that make me support Dragon*Con as a skeptic conference. What I would have additionally added was how much you get out of volunteering and helping at a conference. It enables you to [...]
by podblack on August 29, 2009
Sometimes I look at the statistics for my blog. Not very often, mostly just to get a laugh at the search terms that people use to find the site. I even did a YouTube video once about it all – “Got Pussy?” Popular Search Terms That Lead You To Podblack.com. Today, however, people seem to [...]
by podblack on August 23, 2009
Things are going to get hectic… so here’s a few heads-up so you know why I’m busy and what you should be checking out over the next month and year and into next year. If the blog entries are a little sparse over the coming week, here’s some of the reasons why. Feel free to [...]
by podblack on July 19, 2009
This might be very well the last post for a while on the topic for a while — again, some of the points here stem from the group for ‘Women for More Women at TAM8?, and from earlier posts ‘On Skeptic Conferences‘ and On Skeptic Conferences — Part Two. Whether or not such discussions will [...]