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Self Service Science Search

February 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For quite a few years I have been contributing to the ABC Science forums, particularly the ABC Self Service Science forum. Over the years the forums have accumulated quite a few answers to questions on topics from quantum physics to belly-button fluff, but finding them can be a problem without an internal search facility. [...]

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Tags: Computing · Science

Podcasts for Science Geeks

September 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Swinburne University, my alma mater, has recently started publishing podcasts covering research programs at the university. It is often very difficult to keep abreast of research goings-on without keeping a constant reading program of appropriate journals. Even a lot of the journal articles I do read are too terse for an outsider [...]

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Tags: Astronomy · Science

Science Projects in a Small World

August 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

I recently blogged about a great source of used books: Better World Books. I used them again to purchase a copy of Design Patterns and was presented with another excellent book replete with a bookmark. That’s not really the topic of this entry… but I am getting there I’m writing [...]

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Tags: Science