Last big boxes Got two boxes yesterday, which contained one of my last major equipment purchases (for a while). It was the second of two s...

Quirks and Quarks informed me that today is the 42 anniversary of the first manned space flight, by Major Yuri Gagarin . Major Gagarin died...

Data! Little late to report this, but on Monday I was back out at the Coastal Studies Lab, taking our second candidate for a Biology facul...

While walking into my office this morning, I noticed that there’s heavy machinery on the future site of the Regional Academic Health Center ...

"Debunking" a 'Net "psychic," Part 2 How does the Flash Mind Reader work? (If you haven't seen it yet, you ma...

A crucial part of research is skepticism. It”s not just useful to being a practising scientist; skepticism saved me from the fake eBay email...

eBay lookalike scam Received a sneaky email that just about caught me. It looked like it came from the well-known online auction house, eB...

Spent a good part of the day showing off our Coastal Studies Lab to a job candidate. Our department is in the market for a “Vertebrate Physi...

Where two cultures meet... Being a Canadian living in the southern most tip of Texas, this makes my heart feel good as much as it makes my...

A look in the lab Here's the infamous microscope that took an inordinately long time to purchase (partly due to delays in getting star...

Biology myths of our time Heard on television commercial currently playing locally: "I can't concentrate. Could I be pregnant?...

Anyone who still doubts the power of blogs (“web logs” like this journal) to be effective at reaching a wide audience will probably not be a...

Another piece of the lab puzzle My new microscope is now assembled and ready for action. I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to...

And... Action! One best momentary distractions I've come across lately is the Action Film Trailer Generator . The visit is enhanced if...

Evidence Back to teaching, preparing for teaching, and pretty much nothing else. Like most others, my mind has been very much on the conf...

Scope it out Oh joyous day! Two big boxes arrived today, containing within them the components for one of my microscopes. Now I just have ...

Was so run off my feet yesterday that I didn't have time to report a piece of good news. I have finally been given the go-ahead to spend...

Palindromes Not much to report here, but who can resist the urge of making a post on 03/03/03 ? Hm. I wonder how many doomsayers will ap...

Grants; screensaver needed! The major research thing I'm working on these days? A draft of another grant proposal for the National Sci...

Off topic I can't resist the urge to post a link to one of my favourite writers, Peter David , for his comments on Saddam Hussein'...