Tag Archives: Administrative
Sorry for being absent
Stuff has been happening, and I have been Blogor absentibus, for which I apologise. I will soon be doing an introduction to argument series which will begin when I can take material I used in teaching and format it. I … Continue reading
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Oops
Rule number 1 when doing a large scale edit to a blog: turn off all automatic notifications. If you got a request to join Gravatar just now, or you saw a slew of notifications of old posts on Twitter or … Continue reading
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Me-mail
I hate moving, so the Universe has kindly arranged that I must do it around once per year. Despite having pared my possessions down to a begging bowl, loin cloth, and several thousand books, it is still a royal pain. … Continue reading
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How to export a blog as a document
Anyone got smart ideas here? I want to convert my whole blog into a formattable document, including comments, with a view to doing a book format (The Very Best of Evolving Thoughts). I want to be able to edit it, … Continue reading
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A new comment policy?
From Barry Ritholz’s blog Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things … Continue reading
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Are you a HPS scholar?
If so I invite you to join our group blog Whewell’s Ghost, even if you already blog. You can either write for WG directly or repost some or all of your blog’s posts with alink back to your home blog, … Continue reading
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The bloggy kindness of strangers
Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. [Blanche DuBois, in Streetcar Named Desire 1951] I am going to do something I very rarely do: boost a commercial product. In the running of this blog I … Continue reading
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Need editors for PhilPapers
I edit the Philosophy of Biology section for PhilPapers, “a comprehensive directory of online philosophical articles and books by academic philosophers”. It’s basically assigning categories to record entries, which I do when I am not (as I am now) as … Continue reading
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Something happened to the DNS again
For some reason my DNS settings reverted to the old blog. I’m trying to wrestle with the settings to prevent that happening again. This blog should be pretty much as it now is for a while.
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Talk on natural classification
If anyone happens to be near the University of New South Wales on Friday, I’m giving a talk on natural classification. Come and heckle (or Haeckel).
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