Daily Archives: 5 July 2011

Tuesday Pet Peeve: shoulder check

I’m a reasonably competent computer user. I can’t do anything fancy, but I’ve got the basics down pat. And I’ve built up my folder (and sub-folder and sub-sub-folder and sub-sub-sub-folder) structure in a very logical manner that allows me to … Continue reading

Posted in career, communication, personal, plagues, rants, technology | Comments Off on Tuesday Pet Peeve: shoulder check

On the Journal with No Name

There was a little bit of kerfuffle a week or two ago. Apparently some rather well-respected institutions (and the Max Planck Institute) decided to announce they were thinking of launching a journal. Maybe. In a year’s time. With no editor-in-chief … Continue reading

Posted in Literature, Open Access, publishing, The Journal with No Name, wellcome | Comments Off on On the Journal with No Name

Printers

I’ve never had much luck with printers. No – not those fine people who print things, but those devices we attach to computers that facilitate that tricky phase transition from ones and zeroes to ground-up beetles on parchment. Recently, though, … Continue reading

Posted in Dell, Epson, Hewlett Packard, iGadget, Printers, Technicrox, Writing & Reading | Comments Off on Printers