Sociably Waving Not Drowning (much)

I’m getting  a little social networked out.  I mean, its hard work keeping your twitter tweeting, facebook updated, and Google waves waving (seriously in danger of a standing wave there…).  With additional stuff like MyRSC (the Royal Society of Chemistry’s social networking site),  Nature Network, keeping up with blogs and glancing at FriendFeed, I’ve just had [...]

Should we be polite on blogs?

The old saying ‘politeness costs nothing’ doesn’t have much status anymore.  Especially not in the untamed wilderness that is the internet. You’ll also hear a lot of chat about how the ‘call to civility’ stifles debate and discussion of the really contentious issues.  I don’t buy that for a second.  I will agree that establishing rules of civility has been an effective [...]

Satisfying your inner geek…

I get quite jealous of all the cool science related gadgets and stuff that the North Americans can get through various internet sites so I thought I’d do some investigation to see what was available in the UK.

MUTR has many useful things for teaching and gifts.  I have a robotic duck, and some very cool thermochromic [...]