Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Don’t forget to check out the latest Token Skeptic Episode: On How We Only Like You Because You’re Good In Blog – Blogging Skeptically. Submission for ‘We Only Like You Because You’re Good in Blog’ Day! …what we will NOT tolerate are veiled threats or references to violence or sex acts such as those above. [...]
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First, massive hat-tip to the wonderful The Seventh Down Under Feminists’ Carnival hosted at Ideologically Impure, entitled ‘Miss QoT’s Guide To Keeping Sassy In A World Gone Mad‘, where my post on ‘Miss Polly Had A Dolly (That Kicks Kangaroo Arse)‘ featured as a link! I urge all other Australian women to check their blogs and [...]
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Heh, this was a really enjoyable read – it’s all kind of… footnoted! In the form of ‘President-Elect Barack Obama’s first science briefing’! Check it out yourself over at A Candid World – Tangled Bank #118. My fave pics for this edition include: GrrlScientist of Scientist Interrupted with a post on teeny-tiny geckos Discovering Biology [...]
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Well, in between everything else that I’ve been doing (currently tidying up the references for my dissertation, popping in some Rasch stats reference books I’ve used) – I’ve got a bit of news. Hello to all of those who searched for ‘Podblack / Kylie Sturgess’ in conjunction to ‘Stop Jenny’, as I’ve been getting quite [...]
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Today, oh venerable readers, I was sent the following news item: Japanese call on deities to discipline wayward PCs – Anti-virus software usually does the job, but if malicious code gets through then it can bring your PC to its knees. So a Japanese shrine’s resorted to a rather more unorthodox way of keeping viruses [...]
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Well, due to my travels and all, it’s been tough to keep up with blog carnivals in terms of contributing. But I will certainly encourage people take a look at the most recent ‘Legacy’, hosted at The Other 95% (and hope that they forgive my pun in the title!)! Some furry, crawly, frondy favourites include: [...]
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Yes, I’m typing this from an airport net kiosk, surrounded by sproglings who are giggling about discovering ‘Design your own can‘ at pepsi.com or some such technical fun on the other terminal. Oh, the days when making inappropriate advertising suggestions served as a distraction during a two and a half hour transit… However I have [...]
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Okay, I admit it – it’s the new features on my host provider, they came with extra cat… but let this not distract you from the fine Australian bloggers who stepped up to the challenge and have provided a wonderful round-up of skeptically-minded reading! Blog circles are well-known and enjoyable for getting messages out to [...]
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