Category Archives: academic life

Publication tag clouds

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Brian’s had the cool idea of summarising some of his pending scientific papers using tag clouds, and I’m joining Lab Lemming, ReBecca and Maria in jumping on the bandwagon. The following two clouds, which may or may not provide some … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, publication

Update: Aetogate

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Chris Rowan

It’s no surprise that neither Bill Parker nor Jeff Martz were particularly impressed with the inquiry that wasn’t, and they’ve both posted responses that should have been solicited anyway over at Mike Taylor’s site. It’s of particular interest to me … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, general science

The balancing act

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Chris Rowan

It was nice to get away over the Easter weekend – I went with some friends down to St. Lucia, on the east coast of South Africa north of Durban. I’m not generally the sort of person who gets much … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life