Just to give those of you who might care a heads-up, my blogging is likely to become somewhat sporadic over the next two-to-three months, mostly due to family commitments. We're moving again in early July. This time, it's a relatively short move - Pensacola to the Dothan, AL area, but there's still that whole pack, load, unpack thing to deal with. We're also going to a wedding (my brother's) in mid-June, and may be following that up with a trip to the Kennedy Space Center (my wife's got some business there in late June). I'll blog as opportunities arise, but there's no way to know how often that will be.
In other news, there are a few good reads elsewhere this morning:
John Wilkins, over at his new blog, has a post up on a "plagiarism checking" database.
Kim Hannula has a nice article up on a recent controversy involving whether or not the Quaternary should be an official geological period. I've got to admit that I managed to entirely miss that discussion, but that's not really much of a surprise. When I was doing geology-type stuff, the word we used for Quaternary was "overburden".
Brian Switek has a really good op-ed in The Times of London on the whole "Ida the 'Ancestor'" escapade.
Enjoy.