Random Thoughts

Solid Space, Private Space, And Open Space

I've often run into the idea of 'realspace' (or 'meatspace') versus 'virtual reality' (or 'the Internet').  The concept is that they are two often separate worlds.  I disagree with that, and feel there are three ...

Article - Project Calliope - Jan 6 2010 - 10:57pm

Google is a verb

The deadlines for reports, projects, assignments make the students grumpy and tired. The pressure of preparing manuscripts and taking out those fine print make them work no end. However, little do they realize when the aspiring scientists had no access to ...

Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Jan 7 2010 - 5:43am

There’s a lot in the name, Shakespeare!

Bon Jour everyone. Recently, I attended a three day pharmaceutical conference at Ahmedabad. Conferences are events which always teach me about the venue rather than the scientific communication. During the meet, I met people of all shapes and sizes and es ...

Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Jun 27 2010 - 12:04pm

Smile away

Sunshine smile is the most amazing expressions on a human face. Cheeky chuckles, blushing ones, blah, blah are the happy expressions on the human face. What happens when the sunshine smile is converted into ghastly graphics making pace in the normal commu ...

Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Jun 27 2010 - 12:03pm

Staying off Facebook

Every now and then, someone invites me to join some social network, and the same thing usually happens:- I sign up, enter in some subset of the usual 'profile' questions (especially the personal section is worth looking out for)-I find a few peo ...

Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Jun 27 2010 - 11:36am

Late Morning Science Poem

...Why are you so insistent on the sweeping Poetry of sky and sea? Are you, then, fonder Of the circumference of earth's impounding Than of some sphere on which the mind might blunder, If you, with irrepressible will, abounding In..                   ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 8 2010 - 12:03pm

Morning Science Quote

Science is inextricably interwoven with cosmology, with theology, with epistemology, with ethics, politics, and psychology, all of them crucial to exploration into the human condition. A cosmology cannot be taken seriously that is not consistent with mode ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 11 2010 - 9:35am

Energy Efficient Appliances Are A Waste Of Money (And Energy)

In an effort to be more environmentally conscious, the United States government is dolling out various rebates and tax credits to consumers who purchase more earth friendly, energy efficient appliances. While the aim of the rebate program may be admirable, ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2010 - 2:54pm

The Buzzword Blog #6: Customer

If you are unsure what a buzzword is, please first read: The Buzzword Blog #2: What is a Buzzword? The Buzzword Blog #6: Customer The word ' customer ' comes via old French from the Latin consuetudinem, meaning 'habit' or 'useage&# ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 12 2010 - 3:01pm

Friends Influence How Much Children Eat

Parents are acutely aware of the influence that friends exert over their children's behavior-- how they dress, how they wear their hair, whether they drink or smoke. And now a new laboratory-based study has shown that friends may also influence how mu ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2010 - 3:18pm