Greg Laden is a biological anthropologist and science communicator. His research has covered North American prehistoric and historic archaeology and African archaeology and human ecology. He is an OpenSource and OpenAccess advocate. Greg's wife, Amanda, is a High School biology teacher, his daughter Julia is a world traveler and his son Huxley is 2.
The survey site burst open releasing all the data into .... wherever. So please go do it again. Scicurious has a more robust survey site that won't break. It might not feel as natural but it won't break.
HERE
Actually, if you took the survey and were able to finish, then you can relax, have a…
Sort of techno jazz fusion. And yes, there really is going to be a Jaunty Jackelope. Whcih, I think, is the first non-real animal to use for an Ubuntu release.
Hat tip: Javier
EFCA stands for the Employee Free Choice Act, and it is the controversial US federal bill that would change the way Unions can be formed in the workplace. This bill is so controversial that it is one of the reasons that the Republican Party is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the Minnesota…
The story of Norm Coleman's database hack inadvertent access from the hacker security consultant (whom I consider to be a hero) herself.
Wow. She'd going on my blogroll. Check it out.
See comments below for commentary on the meaning of the word "hacker" and it's change over time.
1) No matter how secure the secret government facility, there will always be an unguarded network of tube-like service entrances;
2) The head of the most important secret government agency, charged with the greatest of responsibilities, will be a knuckle headed moron;
3) No matter how many people…
Do we need any more evidence that banks are evil? That the anti-union movement is evil?
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It used to be a festival of fun created and celebrated by geeks but with no official recognition. Now, National Pi Day is a legal holiday in the US (but not one you get to take a day off of work for).
Washington politicians took time from bailouts and earmark-laden spending packages on Wednesday…
List of earmarks for Michele Bachmann's district:
- $94,000 for Sheriffs Youth Program of MN
- $335,000 for Equipment Acquisition for Northland Medical Center
- $803,000 for Replacement Small Buses, St. Cloud Metro Bus
and many more. Details here.
Does she really think she can get away with these…
On this week's show we're going to try something different. We'll have a discussion between an atheist and a Christian about the current state of morality in this country. Is the decline of religion really leading to a loss of moral values, as the Religious Right claims? Is America going to…
This is the river just above the dam (you can click this picture for a whopping big version):
And these birds seem to be waiting for the other shoe to drop:
Spring is an ecological phenomenon of weather and biota linked to orbital geometry. More importantly, spring is here, as of this very moment, in Anoka County, Minnesota.
The parts of Anoka County, Minnesota that are not built on consist of scrubland, prairie, and marsh. So there is a lot of…
And ... WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!
Oh, I don't think Glen Beck is excusing the killer. He's blaming mass murder on the Democrats and Liberals. Subtle but important difference.
Hat Tip Dump Bachmann
We're all stupid on facebook, but maybe this guy was extra stupid:
"A man on trial in New York for possession of a weapon has been acquitted after subpoenaing his arresting officer's Facebook and MySpace accounts. His defense: Officer Vaughan Ettienne's MySpace 'mood' was set to 'devious' on the…
A recent report has revealed that France's national police force has saved an estimated 50 million euros since 2004 by adopting open source software and migrating a portion of the organization's workstations to Ubuntu Linux. They plan to roll out the Linux distro to all 90,000 of their workstations…
I live in a state where the governer, in order to maintain his moral and ethical high ground, must refuse any stimulus package money whatsoever.
I also live in a state that just accepted piles of stimulus money to start up a number of shovel-ready projects. If my calculations are correct, this…
Today, the last witness for the Franken campaign made it through the weather and testified. Franken's side rested! The special side case of the Nauen petition "count my votes" appeared to finish. However finishing does still seem to be a problem, because apparently the rebuttals and cross-…
I just got this brief from Robert Luhn of the NCSE
Representative Leo Berman (Republican, District 6, Smith County) has just introduced HB 2800, which would exempt "certain private nonprofit educational institutions" from the rules other degree-granting schools must follow in Texas.
The aim,…
You probably know by now that the travelling exhibit featuring the bones o Al-288-1, known to most as "Lucy," has been drawing small crowds, and the museums that are hosting it are losing money. Why?
I have guess.
You may remember that when the news first got around that Lucy would be on tour,…
Rachel Maddow on the Thwarted Dirty Bomb Attack that didn't happen. And the one that did. (As an extension of the Palin/McCain incitement of violence.)
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Dr. Erik Klemetti is
... a geologist who spends most of his professional time thinking about magma. Looking for info on the latest eruption? You've found the place.
You can't have too many geologists. Welcome Eric!
ERUPTIONS
An interesting example of natural selection. If these organisms were humans, someone would be asking "Has evolution stopped for these jellyfish, I mean, humans?" And the answer is no.
