Author Archives: rpg

A week ago I was at a departmental Christmas party. During it they had a quiz, and one question was “Which animal has the longest tail?” The right answer was the giraffe, but one group suggested it was the chicken.

This is more education about Finnish Exports, but this time detailing the lengths the Finns go to to make sure they are safe. The wilds of Finland can be dangerous.

I posted this a year ago, but as only about 3 people were reading my blog then, it’s worth re-posting. It’s a short educational piece about one of the major Finnish exports.

This morning I got a message through Nature Network from a Ms. Mary W.Matsuno of Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa. I suspect some of you got the same message. Here is how it starts:

I really must stop making suggestions if I’m not sure how serious I am. People take them seriously.

I know this is trivial and obvious, but some people seem to think that Nature Networkers aren’t superior to other denizens of the scientific blogosphere. In order to demonstrate this to one fowl witch, I suggested that we compare abilities … Continue reading →

A lot of electrons have been whizzed around the world discussing how scientific publishing will be changed by the internet. The move from having to massacre whole forests to produce journals like Forest Ecology and Management has changed the possibilities. … Continue reading →

I’ve put up the answers to the 5-56 book meme. Whilst you’re all digesting that, I thought I’d give you some more fun for the weekend.

Henry started it, but Mike decided to tag people, the fiend. I hear and obey. So, this is the meme:

Some of you may have noticed my absence for the past few days. Well, I finally packed Grrlscientist back off to New York, and then had to deal with the usual pile of stuff that builds up (manuscripts, questions etc. … Continue reading →