Author Archives: rpg

About rpg

Scientist, poet, gadfly

How Not to Package Software

Posted on March 29, 2010 by rpg

I’ve just been trying to get Texmaker to run. This is a free programme for writing stuff in LaTeX, and I needed it to write some equations for a blog post (I tried OpenOffice, but couldn’t find where it stored … Continue reading →

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Branch Lengths and Species

Posted on March 22, 2010 by rpg

Some creationists have become terribly excited by a recent paper and accompanying New Scientist article. It’ll come as no surprised that they have failed to understand the paper, and I’m confident that explaining the paper in a post won’t help, … Continue reading →

Posted in Research Blogging, Science Blogging | 6 Comments

Submit to Scientia!

Posted on March 20, 2010 by rpg

Yes, it’s time (again!) to tell you to SUBMIT TO SCIENTIA PRO PUBLICA! This is the blog carnival for posts about science, aimed at the general public.

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Help With the New Policy

Posted on March 19, 2010 by rpg

One of the changes at the Nature network blogs has been the introduction of a whacking great big Policy button on the blogs. Not everybody is happy about this, partly because of the tone of the piece (Yes, Policy, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Meta, Science Blogging, Silliness | Tagged | 23 Comments

Anyone Watching TV in the US Tonight?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by rpg

Over on Bioephemera, Jessica took some time out from her wrestling practice to eulogize over this advert, for a national Geographic programme that is on tonight in the US:

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Scientia Pro Publica Is Up

Posted on March 15, 2010 by rpg

It’s here! Well, actually it’s over there. This week’s host is Bjørn Østman of Pleiotropy (Bjørn also runs the Carnival of Evolution).

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Stirring Things Up

Posted on March 12, 2010 by rpg

Sorry, I just can’t resist doing this. I don’t want people to start slagging off ScienceBlogs, especially as it’s only a minority of Sbers who behave like this. And I could take PZed and Ed on single-handed in the beard … Continue reading →

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I’m Here! At last.

Posted on March 5, 2010 by rpg

The last couple of days have been strange at NN. First, we were told that the site would be taken down at noon GMT. It wasn’t so some of us spent the afternoon waiting to see when it would happen, … Continue reading →

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Quill and parchment was so much easier

Posted on March 3, 2010 by rpg

I’ve just made a decision about a manuscript I’m editing. Now the software won’t give me the form letter to send to the authors. Aaagh! I have to think of what to write all on my own! I FEEL SO … Continue reading →

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On Editors [THINK UP PITHIER TITLE LATER]

Posted on March 3, 2010 by rpg

There is much excitement on NN today because we’ll finally be getting MT4 as a blogging platform. I’ve just had a great idea for a post, so we’ll see if I can get it ready in time.

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