Category Archives: meta

Occam’s Birthday!

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Happy First Birthday to Occam’s Typewriter! And what a great first year it’s been! Having left Nature Network in July 2010, I was delighted when the December 9th, 2010 birth of our very own blogging network reunited me with my … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, meta, photos | 33 Comments

Third Annual VWXYNot? Readers’ Choice Comment of the Year Award!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

So as regular readers know, every Friday, more or less, I choose my favourite comments from this blog (and my favourite posts I’ve read on other blogs), and list them in the sidebar under the title Bragging Rights Central. In … Continue reading →

Posted in competition, meta, Uncategorized | 28 Comments

2011 Bragging Rights

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

HURRAH! It’s that time of year when I start going through the Bragging Rights Central archives of my favourite comment(s) from this blog and post(s) from other blogs – see the sidebar for details – trying to pick my favourite … Continue reading →

Posted in competition, meta | 31 Comments

Weight, watt?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

From an automatic pre-send spell check of an email I sent today, asking a PI for guidance on some subfield-specific terminology: Very helpful. In other news, I learned today that my online life is benefiting my career: years of experience … Continue reading →

Posted in career, English language, grant wrangling, idiocy, meta, publishing, science, screenshots, silliness, technology | 20 Comments

Frittering

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Friday Twittering – is there anything finer? In other news, while tidying my desk today I found a new and miraculously untouched science puzzle from last year’s desk calendar. I’ll post it tomorrow (or possibly on Sunday) for your geeky … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, Canada, competition, family, meta, silliness | 6 Comments

Bragging Rights Central: New Archive Post

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

October 2011 – March 2012 Ricardipus has been dominating recently; the rest of you clearly need to comment more. Comment(s) of the week Oct 7 2011:  Chall for “I’m in. Somehow I don’t think it will go worse than the … Continue reading →

Posted in meta | 7 Comments

Update on two previous posts…

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…because I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats. 1) We had the “good riddance, pink form!” party that my colleague suggested when our internal grant review form was retired. Someone made pink cupcakes, I brought pink … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, food glorious food, grant wrangling, meta, personal, photos, silliness | 7 Comments

Geeky Grossness Gauntlet

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Long-time readers may remember my friend Kyrsten’s famous guest post about Bob the bot fly. Commenters’ reactions on the original post ranged from mild (“kinda icky”) to ambivalent (“horrible. but very cool” / “utterly revolting, but sort of fascinating” / … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, career, freakishness, medicine, meta, monkeys, nature, personal, photos, science, silliness, TMI | 17 Comments

Crashing through the block

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve had a bad case of blogger’s block lately, brought on by a double whammy of: 1) the worst cold I’ve had in years (which is also my third cold in 2011, ugh), and 2) News Paralysis – the state … Continue reading →

Posted in current affairs, meta, personal, politics, sport, videos, whining | 15 Comments

Captcha *this*, sucker!

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

If you read a lot of blogs, you’ve probably seen something like this: This is the reCAPTCHA version of the spam test that some blogs require commenters to pass before commenting; typing the correct word into the box proves that … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, meta, silliness, technology | 27 Comments