Research Blogging
If you blog about peer-reviewed research, then you’ve probably heard about ResearchBlogging.org by now. It’s an aggregator that pulls together posts from around the world that have added a snippet of code to identify themselves as blogging about peer-reviewed research.
The keen-eyed regulars among you will have spotted the occasional “green-tick” icon next the references I cite in my blog posts here and on the sibling sites Sciencetext and SciScoop, which flags them for the Research Blogging system.
Gratifyingly, Dr SkySkull, an editor on the RB blog frequently highlights my stuff in the Editor’s Selection section. Here’s a bunch of the most recent that drew their attention:
Taking the P
The old alchemist’s trick of attempting to use urine as a starting material for all kinds of products could offer the twenty-first century a golden opportunity, we learn this week, while electrospinning DNA nanofibers might shed white light on new technologies without requiring a naked flame…
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Tech Talk- Forty years of hackers at the movies February 4, 2010There are two definitions of “hacker” the first is the one we geeks mean when we call someone a hacker – a person skilled in using technology, particularly computers, who enjoys understanding the inner workings of that technology, perhaps for personal education. The second is the colloquial definition that refers to someone engaged in break […]David Bradley
- Force Google to spider your site February 3, 2010If you have a static website, one with content that doesn’t change often and that has no RSS newsfeed (so not a blog), you’ve probably noticed (if you care about these things) that Google doesn’t bother to visit, or spider, your static that often. After an initial flurry of activity when you first created the site, [...]Post from: David Bra […]David Bradley
- One simple trick to boost Adsense earnings February 2, 2010Are you a blogger running the Google Adsense revenue generation program on your blog? Disappointed with the results? Well, there’s one thing you can do that is almost guaranteed to boost income significantly almost instantaneously. Add an optimal ad unit in the most prominent and appealing place on your blog. So, you ask, what’s the optimal [...] […]David Bradley
- Facebook Doppelgängers February 1, 2010In case you missed it, quite a few Facebook users were switching their avatars for photos of famous people they have been told they resemble, their celebrity Doppelgänger, if you will. It followed on quickly from the “retro” meme where a lot of people were posting a picture of themselves when much younger. But, that seemed [...]Post from: David B […]David Bradley
- Hey pal, your widgets are showing! January 29, 2010I’m not sure whether the phrase “flying low without a license” translates beyond the shores of the British Isles. Nevertheless, it is an expression one gent might remark to another when he spots that said gent has failed to fasten the fly buttons on his 501s or the zipper on his pantaloons and is in [...]Post from: David Bradley's Scie […]David Bradley
- iPad – pretty, pointless January 27, 2010Is there a killer app for Steve Jobs’ new baby, the long-awaited and uber-hyped Apple iPad (clever name, eh, and what were the splotches of paint and the mention of creativity all about in the press release?). Am I just being an Apple unfan boy? Am I missing the point. It’s essentially a giant iPhone [...]Post from: David Bradley's Sciencete […]David Bradley
- You and your ugly avatar January 26, 2010More and more people have an online presence in virtual worlds, such as Second Life, in which their persona is encapsulated in an “avatar”, an often three-dimensional model or character meant to represent you as an individual. Of course, on the internet no one knows you’re a dog, so you can make your avatar look [...]Post from: David Bradle […]David Bradley
- Youtube comment snob filter January 25, 2010I’ve been a relatively passive Youtube user for years, I’ve created a few playlists (one a general one and one listing songs that I sing and play with Big Mouth). I’ve also had permission off a couple of content creators to upload their clips, including the great Einstein meets Hendrix clip by Dr Mark Lewney. But, [...]Post from: David Brad […]David Bradley
- 17-year old Windows bug fix January 25, 2010Google got caught out in China, allegedly because of a bug in Internet Explorer version 6, it was a Google engineer who spotted the security bug. Now, the same engineer has found a bug in all 32-bit versions of Windows (including 7, Vista, and XP) that date back even further into the depths of ancient [...]Post from: David Bradley's Sciencetext Tech Tal […]David Bradley
- Sarcastic punctuation, next big thing January 21, 2010Feeling impertinent or cynical? How about spending $2 to download and use the new punctuation mark that’s meant to tell your readers that you’re being sarcastic… Yeah right, like that’s going to catch on Apparently, it’s available for Windows 7, XP, Vista, Mac, Blackberry, and iPhone. That’s great, it’s just what we […]David Bradley
- Forty years of hackers at the movies February 4, 2010
