Rattling shrouds blog
Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice,
With the masts went by the board;
Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sank,
Ho! ho! the breakers roared!
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Wreck of the Hesperus”
Latest posts
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Something from nothing
Oops…
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All good
After an unusually long interval…
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Good to know: part 5
“Let’s face it…” must rank as one of the most arrogant (and ineffective) ways to engage in a discussion
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Good to know: part 4
Here’s the thing about wars: they’re great for science, both in its acceleration and in its funding. WW I was good. WWII was great.
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Good to know: part 3
When it comes to the provision of public goods, it turns out, fairness (suum cuique tribuere), has nothing to do with it…
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Henny Penny
The Abolition of Man…
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Good to know: part 2
That would be the hope…
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Good to know: part 1
Many things in life are tiresome, and among those things might fairly be included the open-access debate in scholarly publishing.
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That and the thing it came in
Everyone knows what they’re writing about, right?
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Except, maybe
For reasons beyond imagining (but maybe that’s the point) you find yourself reading…
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The betting sort
If you were French in the latter sixteenth century lucky enough to have time to pass…
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For want of a vowel: part 1
For want of a nail the shoe was lost…
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Agents and causes
It usually begins something like this…
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I almost forgot
Imagine that you’ve established a routine…
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Blankets all the way down
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For want of a vowel: part 2
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Willy nilly
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Dog in a manger
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