Nature is on YouTube now with its Nature Video Channel. If you only know YouTube from mashup videos and kittencams, this may be surprising. If you have previously seen the …
Last night I attended the party of the year, and easily the best Christmas bash in town. It was organized in two weeks time by volunteers, managed to pack a …
I’m still incapable of writing anything longer than this, but here are 1000 words, in picture form, from Tuesday, when I successfully defended my PhD thesis. Yay! I’m really tired …
How does one prepare for a PhD defense? I really don’t know, but I’m pretty sure these things are wrong: 1. Using pile of papers as a little side table …
At the upcoming Science Online ’09 conference, Peggy Kolm and Stephanie Zvan will be hosting a session about the use of science fiction to communicate science. They’re asking science fiction …
I hadn’t heard of Remembrance Day before I came to Canada. That confused people: “Didn’t we liberate you guys?” Well, yes, on May 5th, 1945, don’t you remember? Holland celebrates …
