Journals do open access like gramma does email

An elderly relative once sent me a card in the mail letting me know that she’d sent me an email.

When we try to use a new tool without understanding the purpose of the tool, we can end up looking silly. Which is fine if you’re my Great Aunt Dorene forwarding me every email that’s ever been submitted to snopes. Not so fine if you’re a leading medical journal:

Or perhaps this is what Elsevier means when they say they want to use Mendeley “to provide greater access to a growing repository of user-generated content.”

While you’re waiting for the bus April 13, 2013

Stuff worth reading

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Stuff worth reading

While you’re waiting for the bus April 6, 2013

Stuff worth reading

Advice for migraines getting you down

Even when everything in your life is as close to perfect as it can get, migraines will make you feel like it is all nothing. On such occasions, I recommend going to bed, immediately, and making a very fancy breakfast when you wake up.