Tracks and Traces 04.19.10

  • An amazing photo of a South Korean warship being raised from the depths.

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Session description: Our panel of journalist-blogger hybrids - Carl Zimmer, John Timmer, Ed Yimmer Yong, and David Dobbs- will discuss and debate the future of science journalism in the online world. Are blogs and mainstream media the bitter rivals that stereotypes would have us believe, or do the…
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Here are some of the thoughts and questions that stayed with me from this session. (Here are my tweets from the session and the session's wiki page.) The panelists made a point of stepping away from the scientists vs. bloggers frame (as well as the question of whether bloggers are or are not…
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Ha! I've actually owned a copy of the "Thai Elephant Orchestra" CD for about 5 years. It's pretty fascinating to listen to, and not too hard on the ears! I think I'll give it another listen on the way home from work.

The freelancer tax form is a riot.