Archive for 2008
Tomatoes
One of my tomato plants finally has tomatoes. Tiny, tiny tomatoes. There is no way they are going to be ripe before the first frost. The other plant doesn’t even have tiny tomatoes yet. The one with tomatoes blew off my porch in a storm and its stake broke. Now it’s indoors, propped against the […]
Blogs I love
I know you don’t look at my blogroll, so I thought I’d point you in the direction of a few blogs I really enjoy. If you like plants, Seeds Aside is awesome (and has a great sense of humor). If you’re addicted to shoes, Manolo’s Shoe Blog points out the best. If you’re into art, […]
Citation managers
I have to read a lot of papers for work, and every once in awhile I write one of my own. Keeping track of all the papers and then citing them and building bibliographies can be pretty time consuming. Citation managers make the job a lot easier. I’ve been using RefWorks for the past year, […]
Weekly top 5
It’s been a few months, but the weekly top 5 is back. I know you missed knowing what I listened to while studying the past few weeks… Interpol – Antics Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Plus and Minus – You Are Here Air – Moon Safari Zap Mama – Ancestry in Progress
Why I hate migraines, #213
I am occasionally tempted to remove my right eye.
Making my day
A beautiful girl in a beautiful skirt reading a calculus textbook like it was her favorite novel.
What I’ve noticed
Lots of interesting science this week: Here‘s an incredibly interesting experiment that shows how easily our brains can be fooled into disowning our own bodies. [via 3QD] Cows have a compass! In addition to killing birds, wind farms are killing bats. Wind farm mortality is nothing compared to the damage this strange illness (likely related […]