As promised …

William the Blogger of YNH fame should seriously consider starting a new blog (after a suitable rest period in a witness protection program).

Continue reading Whither William: To wither or to write? →

It’s called “Science is Culture” and it is run by Adam Bly, who …

…. founded Seed out of a biochem lab in Montreal, where he studied cell adhesion and cancer. He now lives in New York and is the CEO of Seed Media Group.

Go say hey to Adam.

… As promised …

Chris Mooney is about to explain to just posted a detailed explanation (which I have not read yet) of his interaction with the famous William the Blogger of YNH, posed as “Tom Johnson.” He’s posted Part One of an explanation of this infamous maneno, and we await Part II.

Continue reading William fooled everyone, but Chris Mooney is taking most of the blame. →

On Skeptically Speaking:

We talk to researcher Dr. Kathleen Taylor, the author of Cruelty: Human Evil and the Human Brain. Has the human brain evolved the capacity for evil? We’ll examine cruelty as a scientific phenomenon, using the latest research from psychology and neuroscience.

Friday. Click here.

Since its inception, the Huffington Post’s business model has been one based on providing decent political reporting and serving as a liberal news aggregate of content assembled from around the internet.

But in addition to its main news page, it has also built its success on the idea that it will let just about anyone write for them as long as they’re willing to do it for free. …

What…ever. Click here.

There are three topics I want to blog about in the near future, but given baby duties, narcotic haze, and a few other factors I won’t get to right away. But I thought I’d tell you what they are in case you have any preliminary remarks that I might find useful. Or, perhaps you can talk me out of addressing these topics.
Continue reading What I had for lunch today →

I want everyone else on the Innertubes to be nice to me, but I don’t care to be nice to them unless I feel like it.

Continue reading I am a hypocrite →

The site has been removed from Scienceblogs.com.

So, moving right along…

OK, not really. But … following Pal MD’s nostalgia/softdrink/video theme, here is what happens when the Pepsi Theme Song meets the Internet:

The scary guy in the middle is Physiprof.
Continue reading The overlords told me to play the Pepsi Theme Song →

If you look at the Pepsi Food Frontiers Blog you will see that it now says “ADVERTORIAL” along the top of the blog. My understanding is that this is temporary and more design changes may occur, but the objective is to make this sort of blog clearly distinct from regular blogs. This is a good first step.

The RSS feeds from sponsored blogs, including the Google News Feed and such, will be handled separately, and posts from the sponsored blogs in the Fire Hose feed will be marked as such (eventually, not sure if that is in place yet).

People should still send in their feedback on this.

Having read my colleagues blog posts and many comments thereon and elsewhere, I want to suggest that we consider the new blog, “Food Frontiers,” a little differently than some have suggested (see my original post) and, actually, welcome it to the Sb fold.
Continue reading The Pepsi Maneno: Further Thoughts →

UPDATE: It gets worse. Chis Mooney has provided some additional details. As more and more is known, my tendency to say to ‘William’: “oh, stop confessing and just get back to blogging, we forgive you” is turning into “OMH, you fuckhead, please slit your wrists now” … except I’m afraid he’d do it and I’d feel a little bad about it. For a minute or two. Anyway, check this out: Appalling Revelations about “Tom Johnson”

This is interesting enough to bump to post status; More information from the Buddah is not Serious YNH Confession Thread.

Chris Mooney wrote this on The Intersection last October:

Continue reading UPDATED: A truly WTF moment: YNHB Poser was Chris Mooney’s Imaginary Friend →

The BBC Sports Section accidentally released a version of its newly designed website that insulted many of its readers, and possibly insulted The Queen (depending on one’s interpretation). The web site had “place holder” text and graphics that were not removed before release. Here’s the story.

Let this be a lesson to you, web developers!

A legislator in California is afraid of the asbestos in the State Rock. But, this asbestos can’t really get out of the rock an harm you. But technically, yes, it is in there, in the serpentine, helping it look all cook and stuff. Read about the stupidity.

IBM has a computer that produces hot water to use for heat and takes less energy (than comparable computers) to run. Check it out.

Certain individuals who shall not be named (or linked to) by me on this blog have been making the usual petty and annoying nuisance of themselves. But there is some justice on the Internet, and the slapping upside the head happens here. Enjoy. Or throw up a little in your mouth. Either way, fine with me.

… in a research project having to do with dialect …
Continue reading Are you a North American and interested in being a research subject? →