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Info Post

Eva — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:10:32 +0000

I’m probably slowly going to stop this blog, but because the URL on all my Moo Cards points here, I should just add a placeholder post.

My main blog at the moment is Expression Patterns (I moved Etsy Wednesday to there, so bookmark it if you’re a fan of science-themed crafts)

I’m also doing science/music stuff over [...]

What’s in a name?

Eva — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:54:03 +0000

If you get your hands on this month’s Chemistry World, and flip to the back section – the “Last Retort” – you can read about the kinds of reactions I’ve had on the name of this blog. I’ve been using easternblot as online handle for several years now, and it has led to some interesting [...]

Etsy Wednesday – Recommendation

Eva — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:52 +0000

Etsy user beanforest recommends the scientific method.

Five

Eva — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:12:39 +0000

This blog turned five years old on February 1st, and I completely failed to acknowledge that. My excuses were (in order of appearance): moved across the Atlantic, started a new job, was looking for a place to live, went to a conference, had my own birthday (older than five) and then didn’t have internet [...]

Scientists in Avatar

Eva — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:06:20 +0000

I saw Avatar last week. IMAX screen, 3D – the way it was meant to be seen. Many reviews online and offline criticized the movie for being unoriginal, and this brilliant observation on FAILblog definitely hits the nail on the head: it’s Pocahontas in space. But that should not stop you from seeing it. First [...]

Moving

Eva — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:19:00 +0000

I saw Avatar today. I didn’t read much about it beforehand, and only listened to people telling me I needed to see it on IMAX 3D, so I was surprised to see that scientists play an important role in the story. I especially liked the research leader, Grace. The two thoughts that went through my [...]

Little Blog Break

Eva — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:57 +0000

After that burst of posts, I made it through the backlog, and I’m going on a little break until about December.

In the mean time, I will still be at Nature Network. You can read up on some places I’ve been, like the Ambi-valent Objects exhibit at York, or the Imagine Science Film Festival – [...]

Creature Cast

Eva — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:35 +0000

Creature Cast is a podcast from the similarly-named website, hosted by the Dunn lab at Brown University. They have two episodes so far, both really creative:

Episode 1:

CreatureCast Episode 1 from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.

Episode 2:

CreatureCast Episode 2 from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.

I want to be in a lab that makes videos with play-doh!

You can subscribe [...]

Inkling is back!

Eva — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:16:43 +0000

Good news from the internet this weekend: Inkling Magazine is back! \o/

(And just after I had gotten over their apparent death. Don’t toy with my feelings like that!)

It’s now edited by Meera Lee Sethi, but it’s still the same old familiar Inkling. Just with new articles. And they now have a Facebook page, too!

Microbial Art

Eva — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:53 +0000

From T. Ryan Gregory come the website Microbial Art. It shows petri dish art make with various bacteria and fungi in different colours and structures.

Sometimes pretty coloured plates happened by accident in the lab, when we left something in the fridge too long, and strange pink fuzzies would take over. But on Microbial Art, [...]