MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'housekeeping'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:59:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159800&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F19%2Fday_off_some_links_and_some_ancient_greek.php I'm adding a day to the weekend, so science is going to have to march on without me for a while. I do have a few miscellaneous links to things that have been piling up, though: here's the Chronicle of Higher Education on growing links between drug company research and academia, and (for something completely different) here's a rather crazed editorial at Marketwatch calling for the immediate abolishment of the FDA. ("Everyone would start marketing crazy drugs to cure cancer, impotence, etc. And my response is – so what?"). And here's a short review in Organic Process R&D on a reaction that I've never done, but which looks interesting: direct amine substitution of C-H bonds. You do that with various semi-exotic rhodium catalysts, and I'm not aware of any other useful ways to do it at all.... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159800 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:54:11 +0100 5159800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107874&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F09%2Fwhat_an_offer.php The glamorous side of blogging is that you get chances like this, delivered right to your e-mail queue: ". . .I am working with a couple of small-cap biotech companies who have good fundamental technologies, but are not on the radar screen of a lot of investors. We are looking for some influential bloggers to put some spotlight on these companies, so more people can be exposed to the value proposition and opportunities available. In the past we have worked with some bloggers who have written both paid as well as unpaid articles on these companies. I would like to explore your interest and to discuss this further. . . I explained to this person just what my level of interest was, in terms that I don't think were misinterpretable, and pointed out that if their operation was not, in fact, a... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107874 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:02:59 +0100 5107874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051203&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F19%2Fback_to_blogging.php Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm back, and back to blogging. As usual, I'm spending some of my morning working out again what it is that I do for a living - although, again as usual, many people have been coming by my office trying to remind me. And I'll be putting up a post at lunchtime. But in the meantime, since I've been totally out of most any loop you could name, what have I missed in the last week? Anything interesting? (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051203 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:07:21 +0100 5051203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029174&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F11%2Fon_and_off.php I'm going to be traveling this week, so posting will be intermittent. (It's summer, after all). I'll surface now and then, but for the most part, things will be quiet around here. Enjoy the weather, if you have weather to enjoy! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029174 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:02:24 +0100 5029174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008679&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FK8JQfIyb21o%2Fnew_url_for_this_blog.php Earlier this morning, I have moved my blog over to the Scientific American site - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/. Follow me there (as well as the rest of the people on the new Scientific American blog network (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008679 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:15:09 +0100 5008679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997493&cid=t_99077_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F2hldmfDEcdI%2Findependence_day_open_thread.php Happy Independence Day, everyone! Believe it or not, your normally blogorrheic host is taking this holiday off. For one thing, I have to work on my talk for the Science-Based Medicine workshop at The Amaz!ng Meeting 9 next week. For another thing, I have a fair amount of work for my actual job to do before tomorrow morning. So in the meantime I'll do what I like to call a "lazy blogger trick," namely to post an open thread. I'll also refer you to an excellent post by Mark Crislip about the difference between clinical thinking and critical thinking. It's such a good point that I might have to glom onto it and add my two cents on the issue. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997493 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:15:16 +0100 4997493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883892&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F30%2Fmemorial_day.php I'm enjoying myself at home this long weekend - fencing in a vegetable garden to keep the marauding groundhogs out, hoping the sky clears up enough to use my telescope tonight, and cooking some food in the backyard. And being glad to have the opportunity to do these things - luxuries, all of them - because of the sacrifices made over the last 225 years or so. Happy Memorial Day to my U.S. readers, and I'll see everyone tomorrow! With my Arkansas/Tennessee background, I don't have to go out for barbecue. Just get started early, and make it yourself. . . Update: As one person in the comments section put it, "What is this, Tet. Lett.?" So, here's the procedure for this prep: That's about 7 pounds of ribs, which is all I can hold on that smoker/grill. The key, as far as I'm concerned, is to... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883892 Mon, 30 May 2011 18:03:35 +0100 4883892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853200&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F23%2Finadvertent_day_off.php Sorry about no new post today - it's been a lively day around here, for a number of reasons (none of them bad). New content tomorrow! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853200 Mon, 23 May 2011 17:33:10 +0100 4853200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762927&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F28%2Fconference_time.php As it turns out, I'm not at the bench cranking out the wonder drugs today (or tomorrow) - I'm at this flow chemistry conference, right across the river in Boston, hoping to learn about new ways to, well, pump out the wonder drugs instead from our flow machines. No live-blogging, but I do have wireless in here, and will be keeping an eye on any interesting developments out there. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762927 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:49:09 +0100 4762927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742639&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F22%2Fday_off.php I think that attendance across the pharma/academic/blog-reading-at-work world is rather low today (and I'm not at work myself), so I'll take a blogging holiday. Regular service will resume on Monday - see everyone then! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742639 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:46:05 +0100 4742639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4406021&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F27%2Fanother_snow_day.php Well, the snow is now well up over my knees here at headquarters, which accounts for the lack of posting today. There's only so much the snowplow guy can do out there; it's hard to fine places to shove the stuff to. I've been out moving piles of it around, off the driveway and off the roof, which leaves little time for Science. More tomorrow! Um, I mean more science. Not more snow. At least, I sure hope not. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4406021 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:52:52 +0100 4406021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338250&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F12%2Fsnow_and_chance_happeneth_to_them_all.php In case anyone's wondering, the pace of discovery has slowed a bit around these parts today. We've got a whalloping pile of snow out there, verging on about half a meter, and I'm blogging from my fortified position at home. No French onion soup today, although I do have a couple of home-made pizzas in the oven as I speak. Science should be resuming tomorrow, though, thanks to the snow plows. I find, having grown up in a part of the country where there were none (and where everything just shut down a couple of times per winter), that I'm still impressed at the efforts that go into cleaning the roads. My thinking, though, is that people who grow up under these conditions take road-clearing as some sort of natural process - of course the highways will be clear; they always are. A good look a... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338250 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:17:29 +0100 4338250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300711&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F30%2Fanother_coldweather_recipe_chicken_pot_pie.php Here, as promised, is another dish for weather like the present. It takes some time, but if the snow is coming down and the wind is rattling the windows, you may well have some. You'll need, at a minimum: a chicken, vegetables (carrots, celery, onions, peas, etc.), some flour and milk, and some source of pie crust, either home-made or bought. (Note that if you're going to make your own crust, that needs to be started early in the process so it'll be ready to roll out - see below. If you're a make-your-own-crust type, though, you probably already knew that, though). First take the chicken (up to a 3-pound / 1.4kg one) and simmer it in water (to cover). I season this with salt, black pepper, and a bay leaf, but you can modify this to taste - you're going to have extra chicken broth when thi... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300711 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:10:24 +0100 4300711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294986&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F28%2Fa_coldweather_recipe_by_request_onion_soup.php If there's big pharmaceutical news going on right now, it hasn't reached me. So in the spirit of taking time off, here are some things I've been making here at home while the wind rattles the windows. First up is French onion soup. I use pretty much the procedure that the Cooks Illustrated people recommend. Take half a dozen onions (this should be a bit over 3 lbs, or 1.5 kg) and slice them fairly thinly. The Cooks people recommend red onions, and those certainly work well, but I've used all sorts (and mixtures of whatever's on hand). Now comes the only time-consuming part: cook these in a pot with butter (2 tablespoons, or about 30 grams) over medium-to-low heat, stirring frequently, until they're quite dark but not burnt. This will take at least half an hour, and probably more. If you'r... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294986 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:19:53 +0100 4294986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294987&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F27%2Fweather_delay.php My company closes down between Christmas and New Year's (or at least it has the last couple of years), and I have to tell you that this is a good thing today. We've had between one and two feet of snow, starting late yesterday, and it's now being blown all over the landscape by 40 mile-per-hour winds. Commuting in to work does not appeal. Neither does even setting foot outside, actually - I haven't even put my hand on a doorknob today. Instead, I'm teaching my kids how to play table tennis, and they're whipping me at Mario Kart. Dinner last night was a big pot of French onion soup, which I've always considered an excellent response to weather like this, and tonight I'm making a chicken pot pie from scratch. Recipes on request! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294987 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:21:00 +0100 4294987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294895&cid=t_99077_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FhQQUMUKHmDA%2F photo: Thinkstock Check out this post about men and their home goods by Emily V. Gordon on Lemondrop. As any girl in the dating world will tell you, you can tell pretty much all you need to know about a potential boyfriend from the house he keeps. We’re not saying emotional maturity is reflected in one’s furniture … except, yeah, we kinda are. It’s not about whether or not the guy has money; it’s about whether or not he’s learned to make his house a home without Mom’s help. So, without further ado, we’d like to present 10 home goods that separate the men from the boys. More Than One Towel Some guys will seem to be so grown up, but will have been drying themselves with the same fraying towel for six to eight months, because “it still wor... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294895 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:49:55 +0100 4294895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281529&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F22%2Fholiday_break.php Starting today, I'm going to switch over to Holiday Blogging Hours. Unless something gigantic happens, there won't be anything else here until Monday at the earliest. And blogging next week will be spotty as well, while I lounge around with the family. I've already been contributing on the cookie-baking, tree-decorating, and shopping fronts, and plan to start working soon on the important sleeping-in-late effort. With any luck, I'll have a couple of clear nights over the vacation to break out the telescope. The Christmas lights tend to brighten up the sky background a bit during this season, but one takes what one can get. I hope that everyone out there who's celebrating has a good break, too. See you next week, and after that, next year. . . (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281529 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:34:36 +0100 4281529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4251089&cid=t_99077_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FBj8agoa5mLw%2Fsix_years_in_the_blogosphere.php Has it really been six years? Six years ago today, on a dim and dreary Saturday in December, almost on a whim I sat down, went to Blogspot, and started up the first version of Respectful Insolence with an introductory post with the cliched title, Please allow me to introduce myself. Here it is, six years later. On this cold December Saturday, I still find it difficult to his blog is considered one of the "top" medical blogs by one measure, and some actually--shockingly--consider me somewhat of a "famous" skeptic. I know, I know, I still can't wrap my head around the concept myself. At least, I appear to have become "famous" enough that I receive the invitation to speak on occasion, something I find very difficult to do because (1) until fairly recently I was terrified of public speaking a... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4251089 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:00:00 +0100 4251089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200726&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F25%2Fblogging_break.php No blogging until Monday around here - US readers will mostly be taking today off for Thanksgiving, and people around the rest of the world have learned not to expect too much out of America on this day. My chocolate pecan pie preparation worked flawlessly (well, it looks flawless - we'll put it to the test this afternoon), and a home-made pumpkin pie is next to it. My next job is getting a turkey underway. For some years now, we've cooked a kosher one, because the salt treatment they get really seems to help. (You can brine one at home, if you have space to store the bird, which is a marginal proposition around here most years). Many of the kosher turkeys do need a bit of minor re-plucking before cooking, though, so you have to be ready for that. We have several traditional side dishes,... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200726 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:46:21 +0100 4200726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197342&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F24%2Fholiday_organic_synthesis_chocolate_pecan_pie.php Here's a recipe that I've put up here for the Thanksgiving and holiday season - I'm at home today, and I'm going to be following this exact prep a bit later in the day. I've made it for years this way, as have some friends, so you can consider this the Org Syn procedure for chocolate pecan pie: Melt 2 squares (2 oz.) baking chocolate (see below if you can't find this) with 3 tablespoons (about 43g) butter in a microwave or double boiler. Combine 1 cup (240 mL) corn syrup (see below if you don't have this) and 3/4 cup sugar (150g) in a saucepan and bring to boil for 2 minutes, then mix the melted chocolate and butter into it. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat three eggs, then add the chocolate mixture to them, slowly and with vigorous stirring (you don't want to end up making scrambled eggs... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197342 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:03:30 +0100 4197342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013504&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F28%2Fopen_thread.php I'm out of touch at a meeting all day today, so I thought I'd put up a request thread. What topics would people like to see covered here in the coming days and weeks? I have some chemical biology posts queued up, and current events will always intervene, but if you have any other topics for a medium-to-long horizon, feel free to suggest 'em. Thanks! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013504 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:55:29 +0100 4013504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3938491&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F06%2Fday_off.php Science (and blogging) will march along without me today, in honor of Labor Day in the US. I hope it doesn't get too far out ahead, so I can catch up. I'm home preparing for a big dinner of some of my native Arkansas food (catfish and hushpuppies), planting flower bulbs, and teaching my two children to play seven-card stud high-low poker. Busy, busy, busy. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3938491 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:19:21 +0100 3938491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3911860&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F27%2Fblogroll_update.php Time to update the blogroll! Welcome to Liberal Arts Chemistry, "Generally Chemistry, Organic Chemistry - Education and Industry, Junior Prof, C&E News' The Haystack, Just Another Electron Pusher, The Chemical Notebook, and the newly relocated Terra Sigilatta. Then there's the return of Propter Doc and ChemBark. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3911860 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:29:02 +0100 3911860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899625&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F24%2Fhousekeeping_note.php My time's been in short supply the last few days, so I haven't had a chance to blog about the latest response from Sirtris regarding their compounds and assays. It's coming! I'm doing a side-by-side with the earlier papers calling their results into question. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899625 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:22:38 +0100 3899625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3896078&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F23%2Flunch_at_the_boston_acs_meeting.php A reminder, for those in town for the ACS meeting. If you're interested, there will be a "Lunch and Learn" panel discussion on chem/pharma blogging in the Ballroom West tomorrow, from 12 to 2 (PDF flyer). As the longest-standing chemistry blogger (perhaps the longest standing science blogger, for all I know), I'm glad to have a chance to speak. I was just telling a reader by e-mail that when I started this site in 2002, that I wasn't sure how much I'd find to write about. But (for better or worse) the material just keeps on coming. . . (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3896078 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:00:16 +0100 3896078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3865449&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F13%2Fby_the_way_.php . . .next week. Less depressing. I promise! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3865449 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:17:04 +0100 3865449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3798804&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F28%2Fout_in_the_public.php I wanted to mention a couple of meetings that I'll be attending over the next month or so, in hopes of meeting people there. First off, this weekend I'll be at the 2010 Sci Foo Camp, out at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA. I'm happy to have received an invitation to this one, and I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like. And in August, I'll be attending some of the sessions at the Boston ACS meeting, and speaking at a "Lunch and Learn" session on scientific blogging and communication. It's on Tuesday, August 24, from 12 to 2 at the Boston Convention Center. Here's a PDF flyer for the event. My fellow lunch-and-learners will be Ed Silverman of Pharmalot, David Kroll (aka "Abel Pharmboy" of Terra Sigillata, and Michael Tarselli of Scripps Florida. I hope to meet some of you t... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3798804 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:51:43 +0100 3798804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790930&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F7WOOPEvE0n4%2Fnew_urlfeed_for_a_blog_around.php This blog can now be found at http://blog.coturnix.org and the feed is http://blog.coturnix.org/feed/. Please adjust your bookmarks/subscriptions if you are interested in following me off-network. (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790930 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:17:27 +0100 3790930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3780553&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F22%2Fback_in_business.php I wanted to let everyone know that I'm back from my break, and will resume regular blogging tomorrow. I have a few topics queued up, but in case I've missed something - any big stories out there that we should be talking about? (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3780553 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:31:09 +0100 3780553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750258&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F13%2Fmidsummer.php I wanted to let everyone know that posting is going to be scanty around here for the rest of the week and into the first part of next. Any gigantic events that may happen I'll try to cover, but otherwise I'll be fairly scarce. . . (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750258 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:35:05 +0100 3750258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3726771&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F05%2Fmore_from_the_fourth.php And here's what we had at "In the Pipeline"'s headquarters for the Fourth - yep, a down-home old-fashioned Iranian kebab feast. Works just fine! Update: Since several people have pointed out that this is an experimental result without sufficient preparative details, here's the Supporting Information file: for the meat, you'll want beef tenderloin, cut into reasonable-size pieces (say, 3x4x4 cm). Chop up onions sufficient to cover the meat pieces (roughly one large onion per pound), and stir both of these together with salt (at your discretion, but roughly 10g per pound of meat), and lemon or lime juice - enough to moisten things, perhaps one half lemon per pound of meat. Let the meat marinate for at least two hours, then skewer it (broad Middle Eastern skewers work much better than the t... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3726771 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:52:29 +0100 3726771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3726772&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F05%2Fholiday.php Pretty much everyone in the US pharma/biotech industry has the day off today, added on for the Fourth of July. So here's one of my traditional posts for this holiday, never more true than now: This, at least, I have observed in forty-five years: that there are men who search for it [truth], whatever it is, wherever it may lie, patiently, honestly, with due humility, and that there are other men who battle endlessly to put it down, even though they don't know what it is. To the first class belong the scientists, the experimenters, the men of curiosity. To the second belong politicians, bishops, professors, mullahs, tin pot messiahs, frauds and exploiters of all sorts - in brief, the men of authority. . .All I find there is a vast enmity to the free functioning of the spirit of man. There m... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3726772 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:05:47 +0100 3726772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718709&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F96-5zgHZoL0%2Fthe_best_of_june_1.php I posted only 105 times in June. It is summer, and in summer traffic falls, weather is too nice to stay inside, and blogs tend to go on vacation or at least slow down. And I wrote about it in No, blogs are not dead, they are on summer vacation. But this does not mean that this blog was on vacation. Along with a bunch of cool videos and announcements, I wrote several other posts, some garnering quite a lot of commentary, most in some way touching on media, blogging and science journalism. See, for example, Why is some coverage of scientific news in the media very poor? Or Am I A Science Journalist?. Or 'Going Direct' - the Netizens in former Yugoslavia. Or The continuum of expertise. Or the brief links+notes posts If scientists want to educate the public...but is that the right quest... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718709 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:05:39 +0100 3718709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714456&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FaMsYpDyng9c%2Fthis_is_10000th_post_in_a_blog.php Just saying. I like big round numbers... Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714456 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:55:24 +0100 3714456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3658913&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2010%2F06%2F14%2Fback-in-blog%2F Long term readers of this blog (if indeed there are any?!) will have noticed an increased frequency of posting recently. Partly I’ve just felt the urge to blog again, partly it’s due to many of the big things that have occupied my time this semester drawing to a conclusion (finished exams, adoption assessment over and approved, and other busy things settling down). Plus I’ve started my new job and things have been pretty quiet in the new place thus far (fortunately things are gradually picking up but it’s still going to take a while to fix my budget deficit in the face of my personal GFC!). Oh and the other reason is that I cannot connect to facebook through the internet at work here so I’m stuck with blogging and twitter. Adding to my frustration, youtube doe... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3658913 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:48:36 +0100 3658913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652680&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F10%2Fnativis_in_which_the_distant_footfalls_of_lawyers_can_be_heard.php I've received a letter from John Kingma, the Chief Financial Officer of Nativis. I reproduce it below word-for-word (Here's the PDF of the original, in case anyone would like to check): Dear Dr. Lowe, The scientific nature of your blog seems to have taken a turn for the worse with the negative personal attacks on John and Lisa Butters and othe rmatters related to Nativis. The comments have gone far beyond reasoned scientific debate, skepticism and criticism. In fact, the overall tone seems to have degenerated into something resembling the Internet bulletin boards of old, with personal attacks, sexual comments and statements that may well amount to libel and defamation of character. It appears to us that that the same person, using multiple names, is responsible for many of the negative ... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652680 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:00:24 +0100 3652680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648787&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F10%2Fcoming_soon.php Just wanted people to know that I'll have what should be a very interesting post up a bit later on (around lunchtime). I'm traveling today, but I'll have a layover in which to post. See everyone then! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648787 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:48:27 +0100 3648787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3614490&cid=t_99077_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2Fr8ahIMky8TY%2Fopening_oracs_holiday_mailbag.php Today is a holiday in the U.S., Memorial Day. This is a day when we remember our war dead, but the three day weekend that accompanies the last Monday in May is also viewed as the unofficial start of summer. Consequently, I decided to take it easy and simply post a bit of e-mail from a reader apparently with the 'nym trose313: You need a good dose of positive energy. Such negative rantings cannot be good. Plus, you are very one sided, which is never good. There is a lot of wonderful alternative treatments out there and when one hides behind such slanted information as you, I tend to wonder what the motivation is. Well, trose (or T. Rose, or whoever). Nice stab at the implied evil motivation. I'm surprised you didn't use the dreaded pharma shill gambit. As for the good dose of "positive en... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3614490 Mon, 31 May 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3614490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560186&cid=t_99077_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-miracle-product-23-ways-to-use-vinegar%2F Photo: Thinkstock It’s sitting on a high self in your pantry, ever-present and powerful – white vinegar. This all-purpose liquid has been improving lives for 10,000 years – naturally. With the current push for green household supplies, why not use vinegar – you can’t get much greener (or cheaper). Care2 put together a list of 23 surprising uses for white vinegar. You’re going to want to invest in a gold-plated spray bottle when you find out how valuable vinegar really is. 1. Add a few tablespoons of vinegar to eggs while poaching them. It will keep the whites intact. 2. If your greens are wilting, let them soak in a bowl of cold water with some vinegar to reinvigorate them. Unfortunately, spritzing vinegar on a wilting up-do doesn’t work. 3. Get onion smel... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560186 Thu, 13 May 2010 13:32:11 +0100 3560186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560193&cid=t_99077_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fhealth-benefits-14-time-saving-tips%2F photo: Thinkstock Life is full of little annoyances. And yet, somehow, many people aren’t bothered by them. These people are never sweaty, always dress appropriately for every occasion, and can whip up something tasty for that last minute potluck. Are these people perfect? Probably not. They’ve just learned these 14 simple tricks that save them time and preserve their sanity, courtesy of Real Simple. 1. When errand day comes around, map out your stops in a clockwise pattern. No annoying left turns! And keep a cooler in the car for perishables to save time-wasting trips home in between stops. 2. If you get weepy while cutting onions and don’t want to ruin your fresh mascara, stick your head in the freezer for a few seconds. Seriously. The blood vessels will constrict and r... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560193 Wed, 12 May 2010 17:52:11 +0100 3560193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524465&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FDyHiu2imkCg%2Fbest_of_april.php I posted 153 times in April. First, importantly, I again committed scienceblogging in April, with the post Evolutionary Medicine: Does reindeer have a circadian stop-watch instead of a clock?. April focus appears to be Twitter - hence two posts specifically about it: Twittering is a difficult art form - if you are doing it right and More on mindcasting vs. lifecasting. Early in April, I introduced the Open Laboratory 2010 editor and made available the 'submit to Open Laboratory 2010' buttons. A science journalist curmudgeoned herself, so I felt compelled to collect all the responses, in For the millionth time: bloggers vs. journalists is over! I went to Duke to see the student rendition of RENT and wrote a long review of it afterwards. We went to New York City, mainly to attend the #... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524465 Sat, 01 May 2010 19:02:01 +0100 3524465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519697&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F29%2Fchemistry_in_ahem_everyday_life.php I'm not sure how to interpret this, but my wife just sent me this link. She points out that the item is not only on sale, but that I can get free one-day shipping. Time, however, appears to be running out on that last option, so I must (yes!) act without delay. I'm thinking of counteroffering with a different allotrope. I'll let everyone know how that goes. Update: her latest offer is an equitable 50:50 deal - I buy her the ring, and she gets the graphite rod for me. That plan is, I think, that this way I get the shaft twice. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519697 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:28:28 +0100 3519697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3511760&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F28%2Fdelivery_via_kindle.php I've had a few requests to make the blog available in a Kindle version. So after a visit to the innards of Amazon, here it is, for those of you who'd like things delivered in that format. I don't own one of them myself, but I can definitely see the point of one (or something like it). (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3511760 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:37:01 +0100 3511760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508436&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F27%2Fof_cambridge_ma_interest_only.php Every year there's a big Cambridge Science Festival, which many companies and institutions around here get involved with. My own company is no exception, and we're holding a "Networking Event" for students in academia tomorrow afternoon. Flyers for it went out a while back to all sorts of institutions around the area, but for anyone who's also a reader of this blog, I wanted to mention that I'll be giving a 30 minute talk at this one. So if you're in the target audience, feel free to stop by (4 PM Wednesday, 200 Sidney Street). I believe that there was an RSVP by last Friday, but drop me an email if you missed it, because I don't think we're going to lock anyone out if you really want to come, either. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508436 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:23:40 +0100 3508436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487350&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F19%2Fmore_on_ce_news.php Thanks for all the comments to the previous post! And please, non-chemists who read or have a use for the magazine, please feel free to chime in as well. Just to clear up some confusion, though, this is only an advisory position, and there are plenty of other people from academia and industry who also serve in the same capacity. I'm doing the same job I have been (and writing this blog the same way I have been as well!) Nothing's been affected, but it seems from the comments that some people have thought otherwise. What will be affected around here this week is posting, which will be irregular. I'll try to get some things up, but it'll be haphazard. And I'll report back on the meeting with the C&E News folks as well. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487350 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:34:21 +0100 3487350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433154&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F02%2Fday_off.php I'll be taking advantage of the fact that it's not actually raining today, and adding a day to the weekend. The rising rivers around the Boston area have made me glad that I live on a hill! Regular posting returns for Monday. . . (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433154 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:24:54 +0100 3433154 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433180&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FUhXsqImEK-4%2Fthe_best_of_march_1.php I posted 133 times in March. I was quite focused on science communication and journalism this month and blogged quite a lot about these topics. See, for example, Why it is important for media articles to link to scientific papers, or New science journalism ecosystem: new inter-species interactions, new niches or What is journalism and do PIOs do it? And what's with advertising? or What is Journalism? or Push vs. Pull strategies in science communication. And I was keeping tab on what others are saying: Science Journalism/Communication week in review, Science Journalism must-reads of the day, New blog on science journalism and communication, Today's must-reads on science communication/journalism and Crowdsourcing Honesty and Trust. I did a post-publication peer-review of a paper about sci... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433180 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:48:51 +0100 3433180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3411301&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FU0XTjen8XBo%2Fupdate_and_question_about_comp.php You may have noticed very sparse blogging last couple of days - just the pre-scheduled Clock Quotes... Well, I have some laptop problems (Dell PC with WinXP, only FF as browser). The first inklings of problems showed up right after the AAAS meeting last month. I have been dutifully cleaning with Symantec, Spyware Doctor, SUPERantispyware and Spybot Search&Destroy almost daily since then. My Malwarebytes does not work - after uninstalling it, I get an error when trying to reinstall. Ad-Aware does not let me start (says I am a wrong user for it). WTF? The problem is this - Google sites give me 404, etc.: Not Found The requested URL /accounts/ServiceLogin was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at www.google.com Port 443 I cannot get into Gmail, Google docs, do Go... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3411301 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:47:35 +0100 3411301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378717&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F17%2Fmore_blogroll.php Here's another addition: A New Merck, Reviewed, which is someone's attempt to dig through everything about the new Merck/Schering-Plough hybrid. I'm not sure that all the info is reliable, of course, and whoever writes this has a strange way with italics, but it's worth a look. Update: this turns out to be the Wordpress backup site for Shearlings Got Plowed, which I've mentioned here before. With the merger, the blog's author is covering his bases. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378717 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:05:35 +0100 3378717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362569&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2Fblogroll_update.php Time to sweep out the inactive chemistry sites and bring in some new ones. Welcome to Chemistry Blog, Pharma Strategy Blog, Practical Fragments, Fragment -Based Drug Discovery Literature, Symyx Blog, and All Things Metathesis! And in the resources section, there's Chempedia Lab, a chemistry-question site that's looking for a broader user base. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362569 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:54:19 +0100 3362569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3358915&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2Ftouching-base%2F Alright it’s time for that time honoured cliche of bloggers worldwide – the “apology for why I haven’t updated this blog in a while” post. As you can see from my twitter updates, life has suddenly become very busy for us this year. I’m finding myself very busy at work, out several afternoons a week after work with various kids’ activities, and then out 3 nights most weeks with church stuff (our pastor is leaving and so I’m involved with searching for a new one and keeping the ship sailing in the meantime..). In the midst of all this Jennifer and I are now doing our adoption assessment, which is a series of 6 weekly 3 hour interviews with a psychologist plus extra background work and reading. And of course I’m still doing my Masters of P... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3358915 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:28:09 +0100 3358915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318646&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2Fblog_traffic_thanks.php Just a quick note to say that traffic here broke all the house records last month - over 440,000 page views (partly thanks to a late surge in interest in the wonderful properties of dioxygen difluoride). The number of people interested in this sort of thing continues to exceed my estimates. . .! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318646 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:34:59 +0100 3318646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318676&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2Ftl9lH93MFNs%2Fthe_best_of_february_1.php I posted 126 times in February. The Biggest Event of the month, of course, was the release of The Open Laboratory 2009, the fourth annual anthology of best writing on science blogs. And the first book review came out shortly after. The Second Biggest Event of the month? It involves Science! I published a paper and blogged all about it - My latest scientific paper: Extended Laying Interval of Ultimate Eggs of the Eastern Bluebird. Third Best Post of the month? I can't have a month pass by without writing something provocative - Why is 'scientists are bad communicators' trope wrong. There was an interesting excercise going on Twitter recently, and I donned my rhetoricians's hat for Using Twitter to learn economy of words - try to summarize your research paper in 140 characters or less! ... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318676 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:05:46 +0100 3318676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302625&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Fwrite_a_book_why_dont_you.php Yesterday's "Things I Won't Work With" post has brought on calls to turn these (and some other parts of the blog) into a book. And you know, I'm game, actually - but I have no real contacts in the publishing world. If anyone out there in the readership knows a good agent, or knows someone who does, I'd be glad to have some contact information. Thanks! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302625 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:33:59 +0100 3302625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276072&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2Ftwitter_and_science_revisited.php So I have a number of people trying to set me straight about Twitter. . .well, I'll see what I can do. For some time I've had it set up just to take 140 characters off the top of each post I do here, to serve as a sort of "I've posted something" alert, and that'll continue. I hardly follow anyone there, true. . .and many of them are non-chemical sources (Iranian politics and the like). What I probably need to do is set up more than one Twitter account, with one reserved for blogging and science. But even then, I don't see how I'll have time to look at it during the day, so people who fire messages back to me via Twitter are still going to come away disappointed. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276072 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:29:48 +0100 3276072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231814&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FjjfrJYKynm4%2Fbest_of_january_1.php I wrote 134 posts in January. Unsurprisingly, a lot of that had to do with ScienceOnline (but there was other fun stuff as well, including some cool videos, images, etc.). I went to see a talk about Ecology, conservation, and restoration of oyster reefs in North Carolina and wrote a post about it. At the beginning of the month I announced the PLoS ONE Blog Pick Of The Month and later introduced the 3-D articles in PLoS ONE. We also announced the posts that will be published in The Open Laboratory 2009! In preperation for ScienceOnline2010, I wrote several posts breaking down the Program by themes and topics, e.g., Journalism at ScienceOnline2010, Civility and/or Politeness at ScienceOnline2010, Workshops at ScienceOnline2010, ScienceOnline2010 - evening events (and wild nights afterwar... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231814 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:57:31 +0100 3231814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220728&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F29%2Fsure_thing.php I get a lot of press releases around here - not a day goes by that several don't show up in the e-mail queue. I glance over the titles, and I'll open up the more interesting ones and look at them in more detail. Since I feel no obligation to read unsolicited bulk mail (who does?), the less interesting ones get deleted without opening. Most of what shows up is reasonably well targeted, from university press offices or scientific publishers, and once in a while one of them will lead to a blog post. The PR from small pharma/biotech companies is also probably well targeted, but it's much less likely to lead to anything, simply because there's so much of that stuff around and because it tends, on the average, to be decidedly less interesting: "Spamozyme, Inc. announces its new ZippyChip assay,... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220728 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:43:42 +0100 3220728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176109&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2Fphysics_for_dogs_and_others.php Allow me to recommend a book I received a copy of recently, Chad Orzel's How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. Chad's a fellow scientific blogger from way back, and I have had a chance to consume chicken wings and trade lab stories with him. His new book is a fine addition to the what-the-heck-is-quantum-mechanics field, with some very good analogies and explanations. The format is conversational (which has a long history in the teaching of science), but this time, Orzel's dog is holding up the other end of the dialog. It's a device that lets him get at some pretty complex subjects - complex even for humans, I mean. (The famous Gary Larson "Far Side" cartoon, about dogs being so cute when they try to comprehend quantum mechanics does come to mind). Definitely worth a look. (Source: In the Pipe... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176109 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:40:06 +0100 3176109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3120609&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F24%2Fholiday_time_off.php Well, with the holidays and all, I'll be taking blog-time off until Monday. The pace of scientific discovery has slowed noticeably around here in the last few days (and from the traffic stats, I can tell it's slowing in lots of other places, too!) As usual, I've made notes about what I'm up to in the lab, so I can pick up the threads in January. I also have an interesting manuscript that I'm submitting for publication, which I hope to talk about here soon. I'd like to wish all my readers who are celebrating a Merry Christmas! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3120609 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:07:42 +0100 3120609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3101057&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2Fday_off.php I'll be out doing non-scientific things all day, so the march of progress is going to have to lurch along without me for a bit. I'll see everyone on Monday! And if you're in need of something to waste a bit of time on, this site will make your sense of order shudder: There, I Fixed It. It's a favorite around the Lowe household; I'm trying to turn my kids into the sorts of people who will never do any of those things. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3101057 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:15:33 +0100 3101057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079284&cid=t_99077_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F5l4jkouJK3Y%2Ffive_years.php Has it really been that long? It was a dismally overcast Saturday five years ago when, on a whim after having read a TIME Magazine article about how 2004 was supposedly the Year of the Blogger, I sat down in front of my computer, found Blogspot, and the first incarnation of Respectful Insolence was born. If anyone is curious, this was my first test post, and this was my first substantive post (well, sort of). Every year (at least the ones where I remember my blogiversary, I find it particularly interesting to go back to the beginning and see how true to my original vision for this blog I've been. Looking back over the last five years and comparing how this blog has evolved to my original vision, I'm surprised to conclude that I have been pretty darned true to it. Yes, I rarely write about... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079284 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100 3079284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067300&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F08%2Fanother_blogroll_update.php Time for some more useful sites! In the blog category, welcome to Intermolecular, Natural Product Man, Experimental Error. And in the chemistry data section, I've added Synthetic Pages, Not Voodoo, and the Organic Chemistry Portal. And finally, I'd inexplicably left Ben Goldacre's Bad Science off the blogroll, even though I've linked to it several times, so I've fixed that. Enjoy! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067300 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:19:56 +0100 3067300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048369&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FnztM9KOIh0g%2Fbest_of_november.php I posted 143 times in November. This was a busy month, getting to the end of the submission period for Open Lab 2009 and getting ready for ScienceOnline2010, so most of the posts had something to do with one of those two topics. And I posted quite a few good videos and a couple of cool photographs. I decided that I did Tweetlinks long enough for everyone to get it that I post a lot of cool links there, so if interested, you know where to find me on Twitter. But I did blog about science as well - in this long post I covered several science-related events I attended and discussed the science I heard there. Work-wise, we announced the PLoS Store and the October blog pick of the month. I also posted the interview with Christian Casper and a brief review of the Leonard Cohen concert. Read... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048369 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:02:12 +0100 3048369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026901&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Flight_blogging.php I'll have the Grand Recommended Med-Chem Book List up later today, but otherwise, blogging will be light over the next few days, what with Thanksgiving and all. A very happy feast to my readers who are celebrating, and hey, those of you in other countries, feel free to enjoy yourselves, too! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026901 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:24 +0100 3026901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023401&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fapplied_organic_synthesis_chocolate_pecan_pie.php I first published this recipe on the blog a couple of years ago, and I'd like to put it out there again for those readers who will be celebrating Thanksgiving this week. This is a slightly modified version of Craig Claiborne's recipe in the New York Times Cookbook . He was a Southerner himself, so he knew his pecan pie. Substitutions for the ingredients are listed after the recipe: Melt 2 squares (2 oz.) baking chocolate with 3 tablespoons (about 43g) butter in a microwave or double boiler. Combine 1 cup (240 mL) corn syrup and 3/4 cup sugar (150g) in a saucepan and bring to boil for 2 minutes, then mix the melted chocolate and butter into it. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat three eggs, then slowly add the chocolate mixture to them, stirring vigorously (you don't want to cook them with t... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023401 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:19:02 +0100 3023401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008387&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F18%2Fmore_for_the_blogroll.php Two more blogs that I've forgotten to add are now on the blogroll: Pharma Conduct and Chemical Space. Welcome! Update: oh yeah, Pharmalot returns, too! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008387 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:19:52 +0100 3008387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999838&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F17%2Fa_blogroll_update.php I've gone through the blogroll, clearing out inactive sites and adding new ones. So welcome to Med-Chemist, Chemical Crystallinity, Synthetic Nature, (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999838 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:27:04 +0100 2999838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2971865&cid=t_99077_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F-729e1--dvc%2Fidiotic_comment_of_the_week.php In a nod to fellow ScienceBlogger Ed Brayton, with his hilarious Dumbass Quote of the Day, I hereby inaugurate the "Idiotic Comment of the Week," culled from this very blog. I don't guarantee that I'll do it every week, but when I see neuron-necrosing idiocy below and beyond the usual call of pseudoscientists and quackery boosters who occasionally like to try to match their "wits" (such as they are) with my reality- and science-based commenters, usually to hilarious effect, I'll give it the "honor" it deserves. This week, despite highly intense competition (thanks to a recent infestation of new anti-vaccine trolls even dumber than the old bunch of anti-vaccine trolls), this particular comment sank below all the rest with its sheer unrelenting level of utter ignorance: May I make a suggest... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2971865 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100 2971865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2963066&cid=t_99077_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Ffive-tips-for-housekeeping-with-a-baby%2F In accordance with my belief that a new parent’s job is to focus on the baby at the expense of the house if need be, I have developed some shortcuts to getting the cleaning and cooking basics done while maximizing time with the baby. Here are five tips for being as efficient as possible: Amber Strocel wearing her son Jacob (Strocel.com) 1. Wear your baby. Babywearing keeps your baby safe and happy while giving you two hands free to get some work done. If you can master carrying your baby on your back, you can even accomplish some more rigorous cooking and cleaning jobs. Just the other day my refrigerator stopped working and I had to empty both the fridge and freezer and allow them to defrost. The fridge was fairly clean already (I swear!) but I knew I needed to wipe it down. My toddl... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2963066 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:42:58 +0100 2963066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2951008&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FAL3z1CnefTI%2Fthe_best_of_october_1.php October was a very busy month and the blog must have felt a little neglected. Still, I managed to post 142 times last month...and not just Clock Quotes. Open Access Week was in October, and I particularly paid attention to Open Access Week in Serbia. I announced the PLoS ONE Blog Pick of the Month for September 2009 , the new Genomics of Emerging Infectious Disease PLoS Collection and the New and Exciting in PLoS ONE - articles with embedded interactive 3D structures. I got off the computer, out of the house and in the car and went to some science/technology local sites and events, which I blogged about in Field Trip! Water, sewage and flowers and New jobs in North Carolina at CREE, producing LED lights. The big job last month for us was managing the registration for ScienceOnline2010.... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2951008 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:29:31 +0100 2951008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2948287&cid=t_99077_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FrivpAlJVnLg%2Fa_brief_time_out_for_self-congratulation.php I just looked over my statistics for the month of October 2009, and I was shocked. Pleasantly shocked, but shocked nonetheless. Why do I say that? I say that because traffic from October 2009 is more than twice the traffic from October 2008. Moreover, it's not an anomaly. Although there have been fluctuations in traffic over the last year, so far the trend has been steadily upward, so that I've more than doubled my traffic since this time last year. Not bad, not bad at all. Actually, it's more than that. It's friggin' unbelievable. If, when I started this thing nearly five years ago, someone had told me I'd eventually hit traffic levels as high as they are now, I'd have told him he's out of his mind. Why traffic has increased so much over the last year, I have no idea. I haven't really ... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2948287 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100 2948287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916429&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F21%2Fback_to_school.php I just wanted to note that the entire BioCentury "Back to School" issue mentioned in the post below can now be read for free (PDF). Thanks to the folks over there for doing this! The original post has been updated as well. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916429 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:07:35 +0100 2916429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883203&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F12%2Fday_off.php I'm taking the day off today (it's a school holiday, so I'll be out doing fall-ish stuff with the family rather than pushing back the boundaries of human knowledge. The frontiers of science will come under fresh assault tomorrow, though (as will the frontiers of science blogging). I did want to mention, though, that Pharmalot is active again - Ed Silverman has his old domain, and is posting as time allows from his day job over at Elsevier. Welcome back! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883203 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:01:23 +0100 2883203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865913&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Ftraveling_updates_later.php I've been traveling since Saturday, and have just spent an unplanned night in Atlanta, so things are a bit behind schedule around here. Regular posting will resume here tomorrow, when we'll have news of the Nobel in chemistry for this year. See everyone then! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865913 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:56:26 +0100 2865913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2852038&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F01%2Ftraffic_record.php By the way, I just wanted to thank everyone who's been stopping by here. Traffic for last month broke all records: 260,000 visits, 350,000 page views. And that's not too bad for a site that talks about smelly chemicals and the people who work with them! Much appreciated. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2852038 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:35:08 +0100 2852038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2852062&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F9d4ryRyDwLY%2Fthe_best_of_september_1.php I have posted 131 times in September (exact same number as August), including many cool videos as well as a few pictures from a recent trip to the zoo. This month I also started importing the best links I posted on Twitter over the day, in Tweetlinks. In September I interviewed Victor Henning, John Wilbanks and Kevin Emamy. At work, the most exciting news was the release of Article-Level Metrics at PLoS - Download Data. I announced the Blog Pick Of The Month and that PLoS ONE won the '09 ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation!. Then I did an Interview with Dr.Derya Unutmaz, Section Editor for Immunology at PLoS ONE and told you about our cool new dinosaur paper. Speaking of dinosarus, it was also the time to announce the Open Dinosaur Project. I got a brand new Homepage and did some fid... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2852062 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:12:50 +0100 2852062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2804248&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F4EkkRBub1h0%2Fhousekeeping_news.php A) If you click on any individual post on any Scienceblogs.com blog, you will see new sharing buttons on the bottom which make it very easy for you to, with a single click, send the link to that post to Twitter, Facebook and other social networking services (or e-mail to friends). B) There is a new page on Scienceblogs.com - this one - where you can see all the comments made recently on all of our blogs. And, lo and behold, they are not all on Pharyngula posts! Once you scroll down and read them all, just refresh the page to see the new ones. Click and add your own comments. Get to know the bloggers (and their regular commenters) you are not familiar with yet. You can get to that page from any blog by looking at the right-hand margin and clicking on the "More Scienceblogs" menu, then choo... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2804248 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:06:29 +0100 2804248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774926&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F-YWOOPSjcu4%2Fhousekeeping_time.php I am superhappy with my brand new Homepage. So now I want to do all sorts of fixin' around here. The About page was horrendously out-dated so I did some quick fixes and edits to make it a little less embarrassing, though it probably needs a complete rethinking and rewriting from scratch one of these days. But what should I do with the Blogroll?!?! It is huge. And it is so out-of-date. And unmanageable. So many broken and dead links. Blogs that have quit months or years ago. And lacking so many blogs that I read now. Option 1) delete the whole thing (nobody uses blogrolls any more) Option 2) delete the whole thing and rebuild it, smaller, from scratch (people left out will be mad!) Option 3) spend a few weeks fixing it: removing bad links, adding new blogs (will I ever find time and ene... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774926 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:36:55 +0100 2774926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2770249&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2Fsz0aS0wQHIw%2Fhomepage_yeah.php Drumroll, please*.... Check out my brand new and unique HOMEPAGE!!!! I never had a homepage before. I never made a static web-page in my life. I made blogs. I made many, many blogs. And I always used my main blog (this one since summer of 2006) as my homepage. But now that I am all over the place, on various social networks, while reserving the blog for Most Important Stuff only, it makes sense to have a homepage that links to everywhere I am on the Web. It makes it easy to tell people in person how to find me. It makes it easy to make Moo.com business cards. It removes the need for a dozen links in the signature of my e-mail messages. Everything is at a single one-stop-shop page. The page was designed and built by Arikia Millikan of The Millikan Daily, the former Overlord here at Scien... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2770249 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:18:04 +0100 2770249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761802&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F09%2F03%2Fwelcome-back-to-perth%2F It’s quite possible that no-one even noticed this website was down but I’ve been busy over the last half a day. My old webhosting provider (netlogistics.com – stay away from them) was getting increasingly unreliable and their software didn’t allow me to take advantage of new features of wordpress. Finally yesterday after a week of crashes by account went offline and that was the last straw. I have now migrated succesfully to a new provider Dreamhost, who for about the same cost provide a much better level of service, or so it seems thus far. [thanks to ob1 for the recommendation] Setting up email and transferring my domain over to the new host was very simple, as was installing the WordPress blog software which basically was a 2 minutes job. The tricky and frustrati... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761802 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:22:40 +0100 2761802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758145&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2Fu8zvSAwfG98%2Fthe_best_of_august.php I have posted 131 times last month (definitely a decrease in numbers as most of the one-off quick-links are now going straight to Twitter/FriendFeed/Facebook instead of cluttering the blog). Interestingly, many of last month's posts were some amazing videos - check them out. Here are some of the highlights: Not-so-self-correcting science: the hard way, the easy way, and the easiest way was, in my opinion, the best post of the month, with The Perils of Predictions: Future of Physical Media coming in second place. ScienceOnline2010 is off to a good start. But unfortunately, I had to miss its offspring, the Science Online London. Several more interviews with the participants of ScienceOnline09 came in, including with Danielle Lee, Carlos Hotta, Erin Cline Davis, Bjoern Brembs, John Hogenes... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758145 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:43:59 +0100 2758145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2752133&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Fback.php Just wanted to let people know that I am actually around. Yesterday was a home improvement day, so I didn't contribute much to the march of science (or to the blog!). And this morning I have a lot of catching up to do on that march-of-science front, but I'll have a post up at lunchtime. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2752133 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:45:43 +0100 2752133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2744314&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FAYPS6NQ_tFU%2Fscienceblogscom_reader_communi.php From the Overlords comes this message that you, the readers, should take a look at and provide us, in the comments, with feedback: In the next three to four weeks, we'll be creating and unveiling a user registration program ... This will allow users to sign in, create a profile, track discussions they're interested in, customize their content, and interact with one another directly. We will also be introducing other benefits for registered users such as entry into prize drawings and possible rewards for commenting. ... registration will be optional at least to start, so no need to worry about readers who don't want to register being unable to comment. ... Some of the features we're looking into include: * Registration Profiles * User Pics * Comment tracking * Voting/Starring sys... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2744314 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:09:22 +0100 2744314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741311&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F08%2F28%2Fipost%2F Another test post, this one. I just downloaded the wordpress app onto my iPhone, which is cool. Now I can write or edit blog posts, check comments and much more from anywhere, even my bedroom where I am now. The photo below is of my bedside table – posting it only for the reason of testing this app… Hope it works… If you can see this I guess it means it does Spent the first part of the evening playing with Apple GarageBand – such a fun and easy piece of software. The new version makes recording guitars so much better as it gives visual representation and control over virtual amps and stomp box effects. I also added in some nice clarinet and organ sounds. It took 2 clicks to send it to iTunes and now I have the fruits of my labour on my iPhone. Very cool. I could ea... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741311 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:23:46 +0100 2741311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730019&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F08%2F25%2Fiphone-tips%2F Partly I’m just doing this post to test my blog after I upgraded to the newest version of WordPress today at work (where are all the sick people?), but to make it at least slightly interesting for some people, here’s a useful link I discovered : 25 (Most Wanted) Tips For iPhone 3G Some of these tips are genuinely useful, like switching quickly between alphabet and punctuation keys. If you’re an iPhone user take a look – you might discover something you didn’t know. I did. (Source: Baggas' Blog) Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730019 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:32:10 +0100 2730019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2716231&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F19%2Ftime_to_sing_the_alma_mater.php Many of you may have looked at the short bio on the left-hand side of the site and wondered where the heck Hendrix College is. To my surprise, I opened up the New York Times today and found this article, which is surely the most coverage the school has ever received from them. (No science or chemistry connection in the article, though). Last year I saluted Warfield Teague, my now-retired inorganic chem professor there, and I've mentioned the school's (in)famous organic professor, Tom Goodwin, several times (most recently here). (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2716231 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:34:05 +0100 2716231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712351&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F18%2Fhhhholy_cccccow.php I was going to put up another post here at lunchtime, but they've been tearing up the street or something right outside my building all morning. It's like a gigantic dental drill is trying to break in here - my desk vibrates. I've hardly had two sequential thoughts all morning - any more of this, and I'll be fit to be a managerial consultant. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712351 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:00:39 +0100 2712351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688905&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F10%2Fblogroll_update.php A few more additions to the list at left today - welcome Node in the Noosphere, The LouRoe, and Heterocyclic Chemistry. In general, if you can't find anything worth reading here, there's generally something good over in the blogroll. . . (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688905 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:33:33 +0100 2688905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670809&cid=t_99077_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fhousekeeping.html Sorry, but I'm getting s boring amount of Oriental spam.So, as far as I can see, it's either no more Anon comments, or Word Verfication. I'm trying the latter. Suggestions, comments (English language only) welcome.Slainte dear reader, as ever. (Source: The KnifeMan) The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670809 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:02:00 +0100 2670809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2660961&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2Fuv6kSjEIfVk%2Fthe_best_of_july.php I posted 173 (this is 174th) posts in July. As I was traveling the first half of the month, I scheduled a bunch of quotes and also a bunch of re-posts of the most basic and informative posts about chronobiology for your summer education ;-) The first week of July, I was in Lindau, Germany, at the Nobel conference. I blogged about some talks and some more talks and about the blogger meetup, I took some pictures of the Lindau island, and did a series of 1-minute video interviews with the participants, including Matthew Siebert, Anna-Maria Huber, Fenja Schoepke, Jan Wedekind, Ghada Al-Kadamany and Jennifer Murphy. On the last day, we went on a boat trip to the island of Mainau (and back), where animals are so tame. After the panel on Climate Change we wandered around the island and visited... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2660961 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:37:10 +0100 2660961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653995&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F29%2Freturn_from_travel_a_note_about_cheapticketscom.php I've now returned from a family vacation, so regular blogging is set to resume. Before it does, though, I have a brief public service announcement for readers who are looking for airfare deals: beware of Cheaptickets.com. I went with them this time because they beat what I could find on Kayak, but TANSTAAFL, or even necessarily a cheaper one. Even when you've paid for your tickets and picked out your seats two months before, even after Cheaptickets sends you an e-mail with your reservation info, one that lists all your seat numbers and says "Your Seats Are Confirmed", don't just go and assume that those are, you know, your confirmed seat numbers. They aren't. You and your family can easily end up scattered throughout the plane - we sure did, at least until a helpful person from United was... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653995 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:23:52 +0100 2653995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645545&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F27%2Ftravel_continues_.php I'm still on the road - just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still out here, and piling up topics to cover here. Should be another day or two before regular posting resumes. See you then! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645545 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:22:05 +0100 2645545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630366&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F22%2Ftravel.php Just wanted to let people know that posting will be irregular around here for the next few days, due to some traveling. I'll probably be able to put some stuff up, but it'll show up at odd intervals. I assume that no gigantic science/pharma stories will break in late July, but I guess one never knows. . .! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630366 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:12:45 +0100 2630366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2626292&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FFuOqEf6vpK0%2Fa_programming_note_1.php The backside of Scienceblogs.com is gettin' some tunin' tonight, starting in about 30 minutes or so. That's what she said. So, we cannot post anything and you cannot post comments (though it may seem like you can) until, hopefully, tomorrow morning. Afterwards, we all hope, posting (by us) and commenting (by you) is not going to be as frustrating as it has been for a while. No more "submission error" messages, no more multiple copies of a comment, or so they promised....fingers crossed. This is a great opportunity for all of you to catch up on our rich bloggy archives. Or, better still, to go out and commune with nature or RL people. (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2626292 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:22:42 +0100 2626292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615502&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FsqvH8zzKRyk%2Fthe_best_of_june.php Ah, with all the traveling I forgot to post the 'Best of" post on the 1st of the month. But what the heck - I got new readers over the past couple of weeks, so better late than never. So here it goes - I posted 150 times in June. Here are some of the highlights. I announced my plans for the trip to Germany and Serbia and later added some more details. I was interviewed by Caryn Shechtman at Nature Network and later reposted the interview here. I went to the XXVI International Association of Science Parks World Conference on Science & Technology Parks in Raleigh and wrote a longish post with my thoughts about the future of such physical sci-tech spaces. In science news, a beautiful Mammoth fossil was discovered in Serbia. And Victor Bruce, a pioneer of my field, died in June. I saw a b... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615502 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:20:56 +0100 2615502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598513&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FzhHVINYVuDc%2Fi_am_back.php Back home after two weeks. Jet-lag will probably hit me tomorrow. Lots of catch-up with PLoS work awaits me tomorrow as well, but blogging should continue afterwards - several more posts about the Belgrade part of the trip are yet to come. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598513 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:21 +0100 2598513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2571199&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F03%2Fday_off.php I'll be taking today off, as an addition to the Fourth of July weekend. I hope that my American readers enjoy some warm, sunny weather (of the kind that's been in very short supply around here). No matter what the conditions, though, I'll be making a large slow-cooked pork shoulder with plenty of hickory wood. I'll see everyone on Monday! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2571199 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:55:36 +0100 2571199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561558&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fblogroll_update.php Time for a quick blogroll update. Heading into the various science and pharma blog category over on the left are PK/PD, BBSRC/Douglas Kell, and Sigma-Aldrich ChemBlogs. Enjoy! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561558 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:05:44 +0100 2561558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463253&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F08%2Fquick_blogroll_update.php In an effort never to let the blogroll slip like I did throughout 2007-2008, here are a few more chemistry/science blogs. Welcome to Zusammen, Chemical Crosspatch, Culture of Chemistry, and Chemical Professionals. As always, suggestions for new inclusions are welcome! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463253 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:06:04 +0100 2463253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453179&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fblog_contestification.php Voting ends Monday at the 3Quarks science blogging contest, so anyone who hasn't put their chip in can do so over the weekend. They're trying to make sure that everyone only votes once, which is a good plan. Looks like I have an entry or two doing well, and I've learned about several other blogs that I hadn't heard of before by looking over the tallies so far. Another blogroll update is pending! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453179 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:30:54 +0100 2453179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2448127&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F02%2Fblog_contestiness.php Voting has started on that 3Quarks science blog prize - here's the voting page. I have several posts on their nominees list, so I'll probably be diluted a bit, but please vote for your favorites (and discover some blogs that you probably haven't heard about). (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2448127 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:23:01 +0100 2448127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442738&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F28%2Fa_science_writing_award.php The folks over at the science-and-culture blog 3 Quarks are running a blog award for science writing, to be judged by Harvard's Steven Pinker. I figure that the readership here sees a lot of science blog posts from a lot of sources, so feel free to nominate anything that you've found especially memorable. They're looking for pieces written during the last 12 months, and it looks like their nomination process ends rather soon - wouldn't surprise me if they're working off of Pinker's schedule, which must be rather tightly articulated. . . (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442738 Thu, 28 May 2009 11:25:33 +0100 2442738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2406162&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F11%2Fstill_more_blogroll_additions.php I did indeed miss a few in the latest update, so (before I let things sit for months, again), welcome Chemjobber, Science-Based Medicine, Chemical Quantum Images, Noel O'Blog, My Chemical Journey, and Eigenfunction/Eigenvalue. Good grief. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2406162 Mon, 11 May 2009 18:28:14 +0100 2406162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399207&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fblogroll_update.php I've finally, at long last, updated the blogroll to include a lot of sites I should have included. . .well, a long time ago. No doubt I've missed some, so let me know. For now, welcome new additions (and re-linked old sites) On Pharma, The Science Business, (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399207 Fri, 08 May 2009 16:22:57 +0100 2399207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382849&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FfdN8l8kWU-Y%2Fthe_best_of_april.php April was a busy month, so I posted only 145 times. Also, posts that would have been just simple links and one-liners are now more likely to be found on Twitter (from which I import the feeds into FriendFeed and Facebook). Go through the April archives - lots of news and several excellent (or very funny) videos to be found there - but here are the "more serious" posts of the past month: First, there were several interesting events in April, often populated by friendly bloggers, e.g., Seder, Triangle Blogger Bash at DPAC and Triangle Tweetup Tonight. Probably the most thoughtful (and perhaps provocative) post of the month was ScienceOnline'09 - Saturday 4:30pm and beyond: the Question of Power. We had long and interesting discussions in the comment threads of Eliminate peer-review of ba... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382849 Sat, 02 May 2009 02:20:14 +0100 2382849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349715&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F20%2Fmore_travel.php Posting will be irregular this week - I'm off traveling again, this time in the Washington, DC area. (This hasn't been the single most scientifically productive April I've ever had, unfortunately). I do hope to get some posts up, but not today - whatever news is happening, I'll catch up on it for tomorrow! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349715 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:42:29 +0100 2349715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2341845&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F06%2Fsan_diego.php Thanks to the readership for all the suggestions. Today I managed to survive on fish tacos for lunch and a fearsome bacon burger at Hodad's over in Ocean Beach for dinner. Good thing the hotel has a gym. No one's going to mistake Newport Street there for La Jolla, are they? Tomorrow I'm having a working lunch, a light one, I should hope, and at some point I'll do my Mexican thing over on University Avenue (Super Cocina has come highly recommended). And yes, for the folks back at the shop who read the site, I am doing something here other than plow through the local food. Honest. I have witnesses that I was in every single talk at the meeting today, and y'all know from experience how rare that is. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2341845 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:36:44 +0100 2341845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2341846&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F06%2Ftravel.php Most of my last 24 hours have been spent in travel mode, of one sort or another, so I doubt if I'll have a full blog post this morning. I'm out in San Diego for a conference, so if any of you are doing the same, perhaps I'll run into you. I won't be blogging the meeting itself. I'll be taking a lot of incoherent notes for my own use, naturally, and putting them into immediate readable sentences takes a lot of mental overhead. And naturally, proprietary concerns might well keep me from revealing which parts of the meeting I find most important. Of course, you could say that about the literature that I mention here on the blog as well. It's something that crosses my mind, but I try to arrange things so that I'm not giving away much. I also make sure to talk about fields about which I have n... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2341846 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:58:34 +0100 2341846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2302449&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FQAawI2lD8LU%2Fthe_best_of_march.php I posted 239 posts in March. The best post of the month, IMHO, is Defining the Journalism vs. Blogging Debate, with a Science Reporting angle which is now slowly accumulating comments as well as links from various places online. My second-best post was the in-depth review of Fiddler On The Roof with Topol. The Open Laboratory 2008 is now up for sale. The guest editor for the Open Laboratory 2009 was announced with great fanfare. Lots this month about 'citizen scientists, e.g., Science crowdsourcing - ecology. And Twitter for Birders. I also discovered an Innovative Use of Twitter: monitoring fish catch! And Try to get strangers to talk using objects on April 5th. And a Call for articles: User-led Science, Citizen Science, Popular Science I had a productive and pleasant trip to Boston.... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2302449 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:14:31 +0100 2302449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2300975&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F22%2Fblogs_and_journalism.php Nature is out with a piece on the state of science journalism, and I'm quoted several times as a representative science blogger. They've overstated my blog traffic, though, which is gratifying but inaccurate. Instead of 200,000 page views per week, that's more like my traffic per month. Give it time, I guess! I also am an occasional contributor to an Atlantic web site, not a regular columnist for them. Update: And in a response to the Nature article by science writer Francis Sedgemore, there's this: One successful science blog identified by Brumfiel is that of pharmaceutical industry researcher Derek Lowe. “In the Pipeline” is a very well-written blog, but here we have a classic example of a blogospheric closed ecosystem. Lowe’s writing is not journalism, and can never be so given ... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2300975 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:25:18 +0100 2300975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2206840&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F20%2Fhexacyclinol_another_request.php I'm taking the day off from cranking out the medicines of tomorrow (OK, the day after tomorrow), so there will be no post today. I did want to add something about yesterday's post on the La Clair/hexacyclinol controversy. I'd like to ask that people not fill up the comments with ad hominem remarks or potentially libelous statements about La Clair himself. I don't mind saying that the evidence so far makes it very hard for me to believe his original paper, and I also have to say that I haven't seen any convincing explanations for all the discrepancies that have turned up. And I think that those opinions are shared by many people who've followed the story. But let's keep it on a scientific plane, if possible. Opinions on NMR spectra and the like are one thing, but personal insults are anot... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2206840 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:41:34 +0100 2206840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200919&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F20%2Fhexacyclinol_another_requestr.php I'm taking the day off from cranking out the medicines of tomorrow (OK, the day after tomorrow), so there will be no post today. I did want to add something about yesterday's post on the La Clair/hexacyclinol controversy. I'd like to ask that people not fill up the comments with ad hominem remarks or potentially libelous statements about La Clair himself. I don't mind saying that the evidence so far makes it very hard for me to believe his original paper, and I also have to say that I haven't seen any convincing explanations for all the discrepancies that have turned up. And I think that those opinions are shared by many people who've followed the story. But let's keep it on a scientific plane, if possible. Opinions on NMR spectra and the like are one thing, but personal insults are anot... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200919 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:41:34 +0100 2200919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2194920&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F02%2F18%2Fhiatus%2F Haven’t been here much lately so let’s say this blog is officially in hiatus. Between Uni and family and church and what-not blogging has just been crowded out. I’m still fairly active on facebook, so you can find me on there most days. Also Owen has his own blog now which get’s updated every week or two - www.owenrocks.com. I’m sure this blog will become busy again in the future, but for now it’s just not a season for blogging. In the meantime, for those who are on facebook… I think you’ll enjoy this clip that I found on Mark’s blog… 25 things I hate about facebook. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVA047JAQsk (Source: Baggas' Blog) Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2194920 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:58:09 +0100 2194920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2191019&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F16%2Fday_off.php Today is a holiday in many workplaces around the US today, and so it is at mine. I'm home at stately Lowe Manor, breaking ice off the shady front steps and cleaning out the cage of my daughter's guinea pig. The comparatively relaxing (and comparatively nice-smelling) business of drug discovery will resume tomorrow, as will blogging. See everyone then! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2191019 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:20:47 +0100 2191019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2107898&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F15%2Fthe_blogroll.php This is long, long, overdue, but I've finally gone through the blogroll and cleared out the dead sites, of which there are (were) many. Stage Two will be adding news ones. I already have a list going, with an eye on getting them in this weekend, but I'd be glad to hear about others that I might have missed. Chemistry / biology / pharma / science blogs that I don't yet link to, anyone? Add 'em to the comments if you have some, and thanks! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2107898 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:19:36 +0100 2107898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2096070&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F508866419%2Ftesting_testing_1-2-3-.php OK, the system is up and running. Let's see how this new software works! Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2096070 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:00:26 +0100 2096070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2092773&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F507371432%2Fnote_on_commenting.php If you really, really want to comment on my posts during the upgrade, you can do that on my FriendFeed as all my posts are exported there and you can comment there as well. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2092773 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:44:47 +0100 2092773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2090192&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F506719963%2Fa_programming_note.php Starting tomorrow at 1pm EST and lasting through most of Saturday (or until it's done), scienceblogs.com will be undergoing an upgrade to MoveableType4, specially fitted by SixApart for the gigantic network we have here. What does it mean to you, the readers, and to us, the bloggers? We will not be able to post any new content during this period. You will not be able to post comments. I am sure some bloggers will "front-load" the weekend by posting a bunch of stuff tomorrow morning, so there will be plenty of stuff for you to read. Some bloggers may post temporarily on their old blogs (check each of your favourite bloggers for notices like this one to see their plans). Several bloggers will guest-post on Comrade PhysioProf's blog, letting their inner sailor free - as that is the "F-w... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2090192 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:51:24 +0100 2090192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2061547&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F23%2Fholiday_break.php Posting will be intermittent around here until after January 1st. I'm going to be doing various important tasks at home, such as wrapping presents and making another chocolate pecan pie for folks who didn't get any the last time around. There's also some snow to be shoveled, particularly if I want to get the telescope out during this period of new moon. There's 15 to 20 inches out there on the ground, which is not much of a stable surface for the equatorial platform to sit on, nor do I relish wading through it while hauling the telescope tube itself. My workplace is very quiet indeed today, I can report, and later on I'll be doing my part to keep it that way. I suspect it's the same across a lot of labs today and for the next few days, and that's a good thing. It's impossible to have good... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2061547 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:28:26 +0100 2061547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1991558&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F26%2Fhow_slow_is_research_today_heres_a_recipe.php The pace of research has noticeably slowed today here in the US. Most industrial labs will be empty tomorrow, Friday, and through the weekend, and even the academic labs will have fewer grad students and post-docs hanging out in them. I'll be cleaning up some previously run reactions, setting up anything that can comfortably go for a few days, and otherwise getting ready for Monday myself. This is not a day to try any tricky chemistry. I also have a manuscript that I'm working on, and it would be a good use of my time to try to finish up its experimental section. The paper will likely be of interest to the readership here, so I'll be sure to note when it makes it into print. It'll be good to hit the scientific literature again; everything that's gone onto my list for the last year or two ... In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1991558 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:21:27 +0100 1991558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1943310&cid=t_99077_99_f&fid=34589&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Faetiology%2F%7E3%2F444641469%2Fradio_silenceplease_stand_by.php I know I have many promised posts, and I'll get to them one day. Alas, the family and day job come before blogging, and I've been swamped with ongoing projects, grant applications, and manuscripts. I've been so busy, in fact, that revere over at Effect Measure beat me to the punch on my own upcoming paper, looking at antibodies to Streptococcus suis in Iowa swine workers. The paper is scheduled for the December issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, but the unedited draft is already up in their ahead of print section. As revere already has a good overview of the paper, I'll just point you there rather than re-hash everything. (For a bit of a review of Strep suis, I have an overview post here.) I'll likely have little time to do any updates here until January, but you can always find out w... Aetiology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943310 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:40:00 +0100 1943310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1889098&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F425802452%2Fblogrolling_letter_g.php Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll: Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. See so far: Numbers and Symbols A B C D E F Today brought to you by letter G. This is what is on the Blogroll right now. Check also the Housekeeeping posts for other G blogs I have discovered in the meantime. Check links. Tell me what to delete, what to add: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1889098 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:28:30 +0100 1889098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1848098&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fday_off.php No time for a post this morning, unfortunately. The arguments are continuing full speed in the comments to Hard Times: A Manifesto, though, and I plan to do a long-overdue blogroll update this weekend. There are several sites that have needed to be added for quite a while now, and several others that have fallen into inactivity. Inactivity doesn't seem to be a problem around here, anyway - today's an exception! Have a good weekend, and I'll see everyone on Monday. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1848098 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:56:25 +0100 1848098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1845077&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F408611109%2Fthe_best_of_september.php The monthly ritual - the choiciest posts (out of a total of 325) of September: Obama answers science questions Compare and Contrast, Part 6 Advice To Young Bloggers Are they cheap, broke, or understaffed? Circadian Biology in PLoS ONE Bats, Bats, Bats! What kinds of posts bring traffic? ScienceOnline'09 - Registration is Open! Spaceship toilet - how does it work? ACTION: let's kill this anti-OA bill before it's even born! Bloggers at the Zoo! A non-biological biological clock Help Biology teachers use blogs in the classroom 'Advancing Science Through Conversations' article - summary of the blogospheric responses Zerhouni to step down The Divine Right of Capital 'If Blogging Had No Ethics, Blogging Would Have Failed' Do we need a bloggers ethics panel? Shimmering Bees Five stages of a blog... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1845077 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:11:13 +0100 1845077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1815732&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F400215251%2Fblogrolling_letter_f.php Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll: Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. See so far: Numbers and Symbols A B C D E Today brought to you by letter C. This is what is on the Blogroll right now. Check also the Housekeeeping posts for other C blogs I have discovered in the meantime. Check links. Tell me what to delete, what to add: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1815732 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:34:37 +0100 1815732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806499&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F396740991%2Fprogramming_note.php I tend not to delete comments (except for obvious spam) or ban commenters. If you post more than one link, I will rescue your comment out of the Junk Folder once I discover it there, no matter how much I may personally dislike what you say. I let Creationists' comments stay - nice fodder for my regular commenters to debunk. I let Serbian and/or Albanian nationalists' comments stay as long as they do not cross the line of proper behavior (e.g., physical threats). It is the last few weeks of the election season so I am posting a lot of posts on politics. The emotions are high, I understand. The comments by folks defending the GOP (or collecting McCain brownie points) will remain, as long as they do not cross the line. Who decides what "crossing the line" means? Me, of course. This is ... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806499 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:05:02 +0100 1806499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1755211&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F381663317%2Fblogrolling_for_today_104.php Too Sexy For My Books The Earthly Paradise Your Daily Art The Art History Blog Lines and colors Passing Gaz Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1755211 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:06:19 +0100 1755211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742943&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F378671769%2Fcomments_competition.php Less than 100 comments to go. The lucky 10,000th commenter gets a prize - a choice from the Clock Store or perhaps one of the anthologies.... Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742943 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:38:01 +0100 1742943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739505&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F377356469%2Fnot_shabby_at_all.php A few minutes ago - 3 million pageviews! Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739505 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:25:43 +0100 1739505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734264&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F375803813%2Fblogrolling_letter_e.php Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll: Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. See so far: Numbers and Symbols A B C D Today brought to you by letter D. This is what is on the Blogroll right now. Check also the Housekeeeping posts for other D blogs I have discovered in the meantime. Check links. Tell me what to delete, what to add: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734264 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:02:17 +0100 1734264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734266&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F375716143%2Fblogrolling_for_today_103.php I was lost but now I live here Academic Productivity Victoria Stodden Leftward Ho Mind Surfing With Shecky NeuroWhoa! Neurotonics: a PT team blog Rationale Thoughts Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734266 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:49:08 +0100 1734266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1711852&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F367689080%2Fblogrolling_letter_d.php Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll: Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. See so far: Numbers and Symbols A B C Today brought to you by letter D. This is what is on the Blogroll right now. Check also the Housekeeeping posts for other D blogs I have discovered in the meantime. Check links. Tell me what to delete, what to add: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1711852 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:32:34 +0100 1711852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1709722&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F366913054%2Fblogrolling_for_today_101.php Pangeables Advances in the History of Psychology All in the Mind Laura's Psychology Blog Cognition and Language Lab Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709722 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:27:38 +0100 1709722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1709717&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F15%2Fback.php Just wanted to let people know that yes, I'm still out here. I've returned from vacation, and am dealing with the usual catch-up on everything that's going on. That includes a flood of interesting data at work, thanks to my summer student, which is always nice to come back to! Regular posting will resume on Monday, and we'll get back to what passes for normal around here. (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709717 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:46:51 +0100 1709717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1704968&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F364439521%2Fblogrolling_for_today_100.php Forgetomori Freelancing science Bond's Blog Prehistoric Insanity Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1704968 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:52:49 +0100 1704968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1704970&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F364366790%2F6000.php This is the 6000th post on this blog. Just sayin'.... Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1704970 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:59:44 +0100 1704970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1692390&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F359443687%2Fblogrolling_letter_c.php Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll: Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. See so far: Numbers and Symbols A B Today brought to you by letter C. This is what is on the Blogroll right now. Check also the Housekeeeping posts for other C blogs I have discovered in the meantime. Check links. Tell me what to delete, what to add: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1692390 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:37:24 +0100 1692390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1689212&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F358750942%2Fblogrolling_letter_b_2.php Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll: Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. See so far: Numbers and Symbols A Today brought to you by letter B. This is what is on the Blogroll right now. Check also the Housekeeeping posts for other B blogs I have discovered in the meantime. Check links. Tell me what to delete, what to add: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1689212 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:15:33 +0100 1689212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1686530&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F358003263%2Fblogrolling_letter_a.php Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll: Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list. Today brought to you by letter A. This is what is on the Blogroll right now. Check Housekeeeping posts for other A blogs I have discovered in the meantime. Check links. Tell me what to delete, what to add: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1686530 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:06:47 +0100 1686530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1683449&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F356400849%2Fblogrolling_for_today_98.php Mild Opinons Gunther Eysenbach's random research rants It's Lovely! I'll Take It! Margaret McCartney Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1683449 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:53:00 +0100 1683449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1683433&cid=t_99077_149_f&fid=35776&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpipeline.corante.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F05%2Ftime_off.php I wanted to let people know that starting tomorrow I'll be taking some vacation time. Internet access will be rather limited - I'll be checking my mail some in the evenings, but there will be no posting until the middle of next week. Science will have to march on without me for a few days! (Source: In the Pipeline) In the Pipeline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1683433 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:33:59 +0100 1683433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1679644&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F355547734%2Fblogrolling_for_today_97.php There's a war under the bed... Gallery of The Absurd Resplendent Chaos Digital Ethnography 30Threads Ether Wave Propaganda Dependable Erection Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1679644 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:56:50 +0100 1679644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671527&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2008%2F08%2F01%2Femail-crash%2F Doing this as a bit of a test post to make sure all is still working properly. My domain was hit by a bit of a spam attack over the last 2 days and we were without email and any that were sent to us during that period have been lost. It’s a terrible feeling to be without email, not knowing if I am missing out on something important. Almost as if the postman was in an accident and his motorbike exploded - we may never know what letters we may have missed, burned up in the accident. Anyway, if you have sent me or Jennifer any important emails or the last 2 days please send them again. It seems like the email system is all back to normal again but I keep sending myself emails to double check. Fortunately I now have my uni email address which has been a useful backup during this time. If... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671527 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:19:28 +0100 1671527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1664641&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F350095877%2Fblogrolling_for_today_95.php The Genomic Standards Consortium Mad Scientist, Jr. On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess.... 3D Science News Ceptional Dr. Derya Unutmaz Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1664641 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:23:55 +0100 1664641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1658140&cid=t_99077_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2008%2F07%2F28%2Fpre-emptive-update%2F Haven’t blogged a lot here lately, and I doubt that’s going to change much since I officially resume life as a Uni student again next week. I got the course outline for my first unit of my Masters degree last week and I’ll admit I was not enthused. The unit is on Human Health & Environmental Change - basically looking at the effects on climate change on public health and disease as far as I can tell. The thing that I was least impressed with is that the bulk of the assessment for this unit is through a large project/case study - I’ve never been keen on assignments, preferring to get marks through cramming for exams, so this will not be my cup of tea. I’m yet to work out exactly what my weekly study commitment will be. This unit is one of the 5 compulsory c... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1658140 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:46:12 +0100 1658140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1655680&cid=t_99077_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F346259700%2Fblogrolling_for_today_94.php The path forward Maxwell's Demoness Science Matter The Technium The Wobbling Mind Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1655680 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:48:41 +0100 1655680