Via Library clips :: arxiv: e-print trackbacks :: August :: 2005
An interesting Library Clips post on trackback, spurred on by the enabling of trackbacks for all papers in the popular arXiv.org electronic document repository. I would asume that there is some level of interest from their user community, a likely indication that there is […]

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Fellow Canuch Dave Pollard’s report card on the current state of blogging and where we might be headed…
Everyone has their own specifications for what they’d like blogs to do. Advanced users, comfortable with the technology and able to tweak their blogs to do some amazing (and some silly) things, are quickly leaving the rest of […]

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For those that feel the need for speed and power, this is rather amazing…
This Saturday, April 3, hundreds of computer enthusiasts will create FlashMob I, the first FlashMob Supercomputer in the world, and attempt to break into the Top 500 Fastest Supercomputers on earth. Sponsored by University of San Francisco, FlashMob I will be created […]

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The Isaac Newton of logic — It was 150 years ago that George Boole published his classic The Laws of Thought, in which he outlined concepts that form the underpinnings of the modern high-speed computer. [The Globe and Mail via Slashdot]

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Unbelievable.
Soundwaves uses ‘bone conduction’ technology, which when placed on both temples allows sound to be heard “inside the users’ head” in all conditions, including when fully immersed in water. This allows users to listen to music with unrivalled clarity. Vibrations from the MP3 device are passed safely through the skull to the inner ear, completely […]

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I came across a very interesting read regarding the Bush administration and their influence on the scientific community. The article unmasks the bias of so-called “peer-review” that happens when peers are selected or excluded using criteria based not on merit but on the desired outcome of their findings. In this case, the Bush administration seems […]

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Randy points to an interesting series:
Science continues its monthly series, Essays on Science and Society, in 2004. The theme this year is 2004: Beyond The Ivory Tower…. [STLQ]

Several of the essays look interesting, among them Sejnowski’s “Tap into Science 24-7,” which deals with the challenges of communicating scientific research to the public in a meaningful […]

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Researchers at the University of Calgary made the headlines of Wired today for the creation of the iPill - an “intelligent pill” that when ingested, take readings of the host body with the ability to deliver the appropriate dosage of a drug.
“Instead of taking many pills at different times, with the iPill you could adjust […]

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As a biological sciences librarian, I have the pleasure of working with some great coleopterists. Had you asked me a year ago whether I would ever blog about the dung people beetle (now that’s a strange freudian slip) or polarization patterns, my answer would probably have been no…
At first glance, the African dung beetle does […]

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Nano this, nano that, there’s much ado about nanotechnology in the news as of late. Wired has an interesting article, Rage Against the (Green) Machine, on the possible downside to nanotechnology. The debate about the environmental impact of nanotechnology research provided me with some interesting food for thought over the lunch hour. Talk of “goo” […]

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