*gurgle* Scienceblogs *gurgle*
Been quiet here for a few weeks now, mainly because I just ain’t been feeling it regards writing online (and the World Cup has been a more compelling time-sink). In the past month – while I was essentially offline and not posting anything meaningful – there were still over 200,000 visits for the post that refuses to die, and somehow I find that somewhat dispiriting. Especially considering other posts garnered no comment or interest. Go figure.
That aside, I de-lurk to the sound of Scienceblogs perhaps circling the drain (at least in the form I knew it). Regular readers will know I was blogging there for a few years before coming here last summer. Now it appears that corporate indifference to the bloggers (which always was a vague problem and a factor in my leaving) and the bottom line has trumped all. Ex-sciblings Carl Zimmer and John Wilkins have more as we watch bloggers swim to freedom from the wreck.
It’s depressing. but the only constant one can look forward to in life is change.
Welcome back.
I am very interested in your book reviews, I for one wouldn’t have known where to start to pick the right book on the preferred subject if not for your reviews.
ie. Signature in the Cell, by Stephen C Meyer. I keep picking this book up
I’m at page 77 I’m not a fast reader but the content reading moves at a good pace with details of history and practical information, dosen’t seem a bit misleading to me. I’ve learnt a lot up to now. I hope I get through it all.
ie. 99% Ape. Edited by Jonathan Silvertown. I got this book to see how it explains evolution, I’m at page 29, the illustrations are wonderfull but it’s not so compelling to me, also on page 18, that’s a Springer not a Cocker Spanial, so what am I to think.
It seems clear the Irish could have made a better showing than the French.