November 11, 2008 – 4:46 pm
I just discovered what promises to be a cool plugin for Word Press. It’s called Twitter Updater. If it works, every time I publish a blog post, Word Press will automatically update my Twitter status with something that says “Published a New Post: [Title]“.
This is a test post to see if it works.
UPDATE: It works!
October 16, 2008 – 12:25 am
There were two parts of the debate tonight where I honestly can’t figure out what McCain was thinking. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way. I’m saying that, as a matter of fact, I do not know what was going on in McCain’s head - and I’m genuinely curious to find out.
Does McCain think [...]
October 2, 2008 – 10:34 am
I’ve been posting about the controversial law suit that Thomson Reuters (EndNote makers) have filed against the makers of Zotero here and here.
Ironically, I just received a request from Thomson Reuters to participate in Market Research today. I thought it was worth reminding other academics who might receive this request that Thomson Reuters is behind [...]
October 1, 2008 – 11:47 pm
UPDATE: The bounty has been met. Now we’re just waiting on the development of the module.
Good news. The software that I’m using to run Sympoze should be getting an external vote button module. There’s a bounty out now for the button, and it looks like we’ll probably scrounge up enough money for the developer of [...]
September 11, 2008 – 10:51 am
The developers of the module that I use to run Sympoze have just released a massive update. I installed it this morning, and after a brief scare things seem to be running smoothly. I’m still sifting through all of the updates to see what new goodies have been added, but here are two of the [...]
September 9, 2008 – 9:00 am
Here’s a write-up on a new Ebook reader that Plastic Logic just unveiled. It uses the same electronic ink technology that Kindle uses, but has a screen that is about the size of a normal piece of paper. It’s thin, flexible, and durable. Evidentally, it can take a beating.
If they make this so that it’s [...]
August 29, 2008 – 10:22 pm
This is a heads up for readers who haven’t heard about academia.edu. Academia.edu is a social network site for all academics. This looks like it’s going to be pretty cool. Check it out.
August 26, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Mark Kalderon has an excellent idea for sharing BibTex files!
[HT: Brad Weslake]