Category Archives: bloggery

The World’s Fair invites us to make a bid for scientific immortality: … this meme asks that you come up with your own scientific eponym. What’s that exactly? Well, first read this excellent primer by Samuel Arbesman, which basically provides … Continue reading →

I’m not quite as “longwinded and incomprehensible” as James, it seems: I’m not sure exactly how useful this little tool is. Not only does it not give any indication of exactly how your ‘readability’ is calculated, but it also seems … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →