The Antarctic Grrl 26 Jun 2009 I’m very conflicted about this because I wanted to go to the Antarctic (but not for a month), but GrrlScientist has thrown her fedora into the circus, so I will tell you all to go vote for her to win the “spend a bloggy month in Antarctica” comp. Just so long as you vote for me when a “Send a blogger to Space” comp comes along. Or vote for my friend Wesley Elsberry. Damn! Now I’m conflicted! Administrative
Administrative Something happened to the DNS again 24 Mar 2011 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. Read More
Academe Herding cats, ethically 20 Jul 2010 There is a famous ad on Youtube in which cat wranglers herd cats to a final destination (for slaughtering? really?) as a metaphor for providing IT services. What is underpinning that humor is that domestic cats are not, typically, herd animals. They do not get along in large groups, although… Read More
Administrative A philosophy blog 24 Jul 2010 I have only just found the blog Journeyman Philosopher by Paul Mealing, a fellow Australian. It is a thoughtful and infrequent blog in which he deals with everything from quantum mechanics and time through to popular culture and speciation. I strongly recommend subscribing to this one. Mealing is a writer,… Read More
It doesn’t bode well for the expidition if they illustrate blogyourwaytoantarctica with a pic of a polar bear! You can’t get more lost than that.
moochas smoochas, john! i agree, eddie, but i checked their site more carefully and they apparently specialize in trips to the arctic and the antarctic, so that’s what the polar bear in their banner is about.