Monthly Archives: October 2007

In the field

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I’ve been asked to go and help out with some fieldwork in Northern Cape. It was on quite short notice, and I was feeling a little bit flu-ridden over the weekend, so this blog will probably be quiet for the … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery

Pay Attention!

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I have to make a troubling admission: when it comes to gender issues in academia, my internal monologue has often been rather silent. What is more, until relatively recently, I didn’t see this as a problem: given that a person’s … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life

South African creationists: out, proud and part of the teaching staff

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Chris Rowan

A few weeks ago, I was wondering about the attitudes to the teaching of evolution here in South Africa – it’s now in the curriculum, but in a form which sounds disturbingly familiar to those of us who have encountered … Continue reading →

Categories: antiscience

Because I really need to spend more time typing random things into Google

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Chris Rowan

David Ng at the World’s Fair has come up with a new game for net-enabled procrastinators everywhere: the “I rank number one on google” meme: I’d like to suggest a meme, where the premise is that you will attempt to … Continue reading →

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Accretionary Wedge #3: an early heads up

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Chris Rowan

After this month’s fiesta of epic death and destruction, Kevin Z of The Other 95% has chosen a more cuddly theme for the next geoblogging extravaganza: I will be hosting a special edition of the geology carnival, The Accretionary Wedge … Continue reading →

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