Friday, December 20, 2013
New blog post: If I won the lottery, I'd end up with a dollar.
mistersugar.com
It's #ff (Follow Friday), & I'm reminded of this beautiful John Denver song: Follow Me
lyricsfreak.com
Introducing The New Yorker's Poetry Podcast : The New Yorker.
newyorker.com
40 Years Later, the Cruelty of Papillon is a Reality in U.S. Prisons by @CBSAndrew - (I read Papillon when I was 14)
theatlantic.com
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
New blog post: Evolution of an online essay - how one set of my ideas has gone from outline to draft to blog.
mistersugar.com
Writer Pro --�Takes iA Writer to new levels.
writer.pro
Perspective Page View Navigation - very cool - I think @jschuller suggested this would be next trend.
tympanus.net
"outfitted in a pink feather boa & Panama hat ... was cultural maven Richard Gildenmeister" #myfriend #cleveland
cleveland.com
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
New blog post, about seeking integrity through words & silence, actions & inactions: How do I want to be?
mistersugar.com
Wired on Snapguides. Anyone in #sciox community using this for lab, research or science teaching?
wired.com
What Happened On Easter Island - A New (Even Scarier) Scenario : Krulwich Wonders
npr.org
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Finding Vivian Maier - new documentary - wow, look at the photos she took!
trailers.apple.com
I'm liking the new Castro podcast app. First added @themonti1 podcast, naturally.
itunes.apple.com
Subreddit Announcement: Nature Partnership with Journalists and Editors
reddit.com
Interested in getting Master of Science in Global Health @DukeGHI - attend webinar 12/17 to learn more.
globalhealth.duke.edu
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
I've been using the @ruhlman All-Strain Reusable Straining Cloths to filter this year's DIY slivovitz
shop.ruhlman.com
NPR Music's 100 Favorite Songs Of 2013
npr.org
Headroom.js - lightweight, high-performance JS widget that allows you to react to the user's scroll.
wicky.nillia.ms
Duke Children's Hospital Patients Read Jim Valvano's ESPYS Speech - YouTube.
youtube.com
Monday, December 09, 2013
I may drive to the a/perture cinema in Winston-Salem Thurs to catch showing of Broken Circle Breakdown.
aperturecinema.com
Cool. The Chelsea Theater (here in Chapel Hill, NC) will show Inside Llewyn Davis starting Dec 20.
thechelseatheater.com
This is fantastic photo by Humans of Vanuatu - shows how big the coconut crab gets.
facebook.com
My cousin, Mark, climbed Kilimanjaro. First of 7 summits he & team will climb to raise $$ for cystic fibrosis fund.
vimeo.com
SPI World Cup group stage projections - ESPN FC.
espnfc.com
Thursday, December 05, 2013
The Big Roundtable is a digital publishing platform ... to connect passionate nonfiction writers with readers who will support their work.
thebigroundtable.com
Just watched The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) for first time. Great! (Saw Glee cover with my daughters.)
youtube.com
Nov 2012 news I missed: Eric Toone to Lead Innovation and Entrepreneurship Efforts.
today.duke.edu
Judy Rodgers, Chef of Refined Simplicity, Dies at 57. via @ruhlman
nytimes.com
Friday, September 27, 2013
.@dukemedicine Research Conference today is Matthew Wolf talking about cardiomyopathies.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Have you blogged about science lately? Make sure we can find it on ScienceSeeker.
scienceseeker.org
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver on covering Peter Gabriel's Come Talk To Me
youtube.com
The Waiting Room: 24 hours, 241 patients, 1 stretched ER - documentary from @waitingstories
whatruwaitingfor.com
How to Go Viral on YouTube - tips from 2 successful @DukeU students.
today.duke.edu
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Waiting to @tryghost for simple, fast blogging? Check out @dropplets & Fargo by @smallpict for good alternatives.
dropplets.com
Build Your Best-Ever Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich - @bigspooners in the WSJ.com.
online.wsj.com
A Spoken Dish: What food tradition in your life reflects time, place, and people, or evokes a specific memory?
aspokendish.com
I'm going to the Sackler Colloquium next week. Hope to meet @xeni, see @rangerrik again.
nasonline.org
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Here's my 2003 blog post, Piss Poor, about my dad's contribution to helping Idaho's migrant farmworkers.
mistersugar.com
Heard Woody Guthrie's Deportee? There's more to story: 60 years after crash, names of migrant passengers emerge.
thestory.org
Pictures and a story: Bashar Al-Assad, Syria's autocratic ophthalmologist - Slate Magazine.
slate.com
Hand Drawn Goods - Brainy Icons - some good free icons here that the #sciox community might like.
handdrawngoods.com
Two ways of looking at an outliner - I learn much every time @davewiner talks us through outliners & Fargo.
scripting.com
Ten Things We've Learned About The NSA From A Summer Of Snowden Leaks - Forbes.
forbes.com
WordPress slideshows have grown up - WooSlider can display Instagram photos.
woothemes.com
Monday, September 09, 2013
embedresponsively.com - responsive embed codes for embedding rich third-party media into responsive web pages
embedresponsively.com
The Global Elite's Favorite Strongman - @NYTimes on Rwanda president Paul Kigame.
nytimes.com
Haven't had my usual dose of tea this morning. You can tell by the spelling mistakes in my tweets.
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for cochlear implant pioneer Blake Wilson @DukeU @Duke_Medicine
today.duke.edu
A full week of reporting on the microbiome from NPR this week.
npr.org
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Murphey School Radio Show - next fundraiser event is Sat Nov 2 - would love to go, but may not be in town.
murpheyschoolradio.net
I have a yearning to go to Lantern Restaurant for drinks & dim sum menu. Tonight? Any joiners?
lanternrestaurant.com
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
"The piano doesn�t care who you are." - Sweet message from a father to a daughter.
medium.com
Duke Recognized as Family-Friendly Workplace - I'm quoted (Oliver + helicopters).
today.duke.edu
Viva La Evidence - Coldplay parody about evidence-based medicine. #sciox #hcsm
youtube.com
Mystery of the Missing Women in Science, by @angier58 in NYTimes.
nytimes.com
Friday, August 30, 2013
About the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
www2.gwu.edu
Fascinating declassified State Dept memo about Israel nukes, written by my mother's uncle, Joseph Sisco.
www2.gwu.edu
Powerful: Olbermann talks about his dad, Satchel Paige and King's speech.
shermanreport.com
Colum McCann to speak to @DukeU first-year students about "Let the Great World Spin".
today.duke.edu
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Scenes from Vanuatu, the Happiest Place on Earth. - Man, do I miss the place!
mentalfloss.com
State of Transition by @Stuntbox - This is what I'm trying to accomplish with my blog, & 1/100th the web skills.
stuntbox.com
For later listening: The History of Rome by Mike Duncan - (to go with multi-volume Gibbon I've yet to read)
itunes.apple.com
A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA - I finished reading this superb feature by @amy_harmon this morning.
nytimes.com
Monday, July 29, 2013
John Carroll magazine - Class notes 1992 - Nice to see mention of @boraz interview with me from earlier this year.
sites.jcu.edu
Congrats to @griffey on raising 10x more than he requested: LibraryBox 2.0
kickstarter.com
The Local Yarn: Habemus Papoose - @joeld describes the birth of his daughter at 65 mph. Congratulations!
jdueck.net
The Nai'a Guide - iPad app about dolphins in Hawai'i.
naiaguide.org
Conversing with a scientist - interesting proposition: Experts must be able to talk usefully to generalists
smith.smallpict.com
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Big Spoon Roasters founder looks to boost nut butter production.
heraldsun.com
'Rural Life' Adds Natural Color To 'The Grey Lady' - NPR - Verlyn Klinkeborg about new book of his essays on farm life.
npr.org
Fargo - easy enough for a 9-year-old: Malia just changed the style of her new blog: Malia's Chronicles.
malia.smallpict.com
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Gone Fishin' - @iammattthomas goes on sabbatical, but takes a second to remind me of font used in mistersugar logo.
mattnt.com
The birth of the Eiffel tower - Google Cultural Institute.
google.com
About Ron Chester. Oh, great idea: "My plan is to build an outline of my life at this website."
Monday, July 22, 2013
Enigma Misheard Song Lyrics - yep, I searched for 'enigma don juan' - listening to Sadeness right now.
amiright.com
Enigma (musical project) - listening to Mea Culpa and Sadeness.
en.wikipedia.org
Jekyll * Simple, blog-aware, static sites - looks like a good solution, but too much for me right now.
jekyllrb.com
Space Images: The Day the Earth Smiled: Sneak Preview - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
jpl.nasa.gov
Another good article by @Atul_Gawande: How Do Good Ideas Spread?
newyorker.com
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
PCORI Names Winners of Patient-Researcher "Matching" Challenge. cc: @jranganathan
pcori.org
Big new building @Duke_Medicine opens this week - called Duke Medicine Pavilion. Duke Cancer Center opened last year.
construction.dukemedicine.org
I hate it when I go for a run in the woods and I'm pestered by a deer fly.
en.wikipedia.org
PSA #2: Participate in the Voices of Medicine pilot project - share a story about health & medicine.
themonti.org
PSA #1: @ScienceOnline needs your support - $20.14 helps support the organization that supports you.
scienceonline.com
Acoustic @JoshRitter - A Certain Light (Live from Orange Street) - he'll be touring Europe this summer.
youtube.com
Monday, June 10, 2013
I was only mostly dead this weekend. My blog post on a midnight migraine, & what Oliver asked Erin.
mistersugar.com
Here's my report from yesterday's Farm to Fork picnic in North Carolina.
mistersugar.com
Bound Custom Journals - thanks @ktraphagen for introducing me to @boundcustom - I love notebooks!
boundforanything.com
Sunday, June 09, 2013
.@ruhlman, you know about The Drunken Botanist from @Amy_Stewart - growing plants for great cocktails.
drunkenbotanist.com
It's been 6 years since I was last at Farm to Fork dinner. I'm going back today (solo). Here's my earlier post.
mistersugar.com
Another midnight migraine. Not fun. Wish I were smarter & could catch the signs of onset.
Friday, June 07, 2013
New work posted from Documenting Medicine. Here's story by @mariafdsouza, geriatrics fellow @dukemedicine
news.medicine.duke.edu
Here's my story from Talk Story: Voices of Medicine show in May. About reading, malaria, #peacecorps, stories.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Exciting pilot project: We want your stories about Health & Medicine.
themonti.org
How To Sell Coke To People Who Have Never Had A Sip - good reporting. But is this really something to celebrate?
npr.org
The Boomerang Graffito (Or Bad, Bad, Luther B!) : Krulwich Wonders
npr.org
Hey, NSA, can you do something about all these spam messages offering me millions of dollars?
Going Full Circle - documentary about history of family medicine residency @duke_medicine by @vivimbmd
vimeo.com
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Hey, @boraz, there's a slivovitz festival we need to visit!
slivovitz.us
Star scientist out as head of Nature Research Center @naturalsciences - disappointed, hope it turns out for best.
newsobserver.com
Hoping we're not in for a repeat of this: Staph stalls settling down.
mistersugar.com
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Blackfish - documentary about captive orcas - this trailer is suspenseful!
trailers.apple.com
That was so cool to hear coyotes out beyond my front porch. Hope they're feasting on the damn deer that feasted on my garden plants.
Farmer Foodshare - Creating healthy and sustainable food systems - collects food donations @carrboromarket
farmerfoodshare.org
Starting to get email scams regarding my domain registrations: "We are the department of registration service in Asia."
"Rescuing drowning children: How to know when someone is in trouble" - we had a scare with Oliver recently.
slate.com
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Just posted: When a tornado rolls over - how a stormchaser video reminds me of an experience in high school.
mistersugar.com
Just posted: VUR and us - about new research helping my family understand an old illness.
mistersugar.com
There's a rabbit in the yard, eyeing the garden. Kids don't think a rabbit stew is a good idea.
"Get to know mangos" - the National Mango Board
mango.org
An ecology poem by my daughter, Anna, using vocab words from her science class.
mistersugar.com
The ethics of health information technology in oncology - by @tomleblancmd @dukemedicine
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Friday, May 31, 2013
I've been blogging for 13 years, but I still don't get the excerpting of posts on front page. Not reader friendly, imho.
Video of Dr. O'Connor @dukemedicine on mechanisms of how mental stress can induce myocardial ischemia - @JAMA_current
jama.jamanetwork.com
Foundation Docs: Top Bar - what does 'clickable topbar' mean? I don't get it, @foundationzurb
foundation.zurb.com
Everest hosts breathtaking medical research - @DukeU researchers helping to look at oxygen levels in blood up high.
guardian.co.uk
Thursday, May 30, 2013
50 minutes past my bedtime. Yes, I now have an intended head-on-pillow time. Trying to be more disciplined, productive, healthy, serene.
Mission Statement. Good mission statement - Empowering farmers & ranchers to connect communities through social media platforms.
2013 Agvocacy 2.0 Conference - Aug 22-23 in Charlotte, NC. #agchat
agchat.org
I just bought my ticket to the Farm to Fork 2013 Picnic. Who else is going?
farmtoforknc.com
Cooking With Cicadas: No Weirder Than Eating Cheese? cc: @boraz
npr.org
History from @smalljones: The Story Behind the WWW Hypertext 91 Demo Page and UNC and me.
ibiblio.org
I just added a storytelling idea to the ScienceOnline Together #sciox planning wiki cc: @benlillie @jeffpolish
scio14.wikispaces.com
ScienceOnline Together #sciox planning wiki - @tomlinden, see proposed session on future of science writing programs
scio14.wikispaces.com
The cast of 'Gatz' goes to see 'The Great Gatsby' in 3-D : The New Yorker.
newyorker.com
Colum McCann's Radical Empathy. Profile of one of my favorite writers.
nytimes.com
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Cool full-page search function from the Archive page of website of @BenedictEvans.
ben-evans.com
Thirst For Knowledge - @dukemagazine article about new book, Drinking Water, by #dukelaw prof James Salzman.
dukemagazine.duke.edu
Straight Shooting - feature @dukemagazine - subhead: "More guns equals more dead people." Never would have thought.
dukemagazine.duke.edu
Monday, May 27, 2013
Last couple of weeks we did massive spring cleaning in the houser. Today, I'm cleaning out my servers, slimming my online sprawl.
"Typical nonreactive materials are glass, enamel, and plastic." - The Elements of Cooking by @ruhlman
I was confused about 'nonreactive cookware' so I looked in the ever-useful The Elements of Cooking by @ruhlman
ruhlman.com
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Eating an apricot. Mmmhmm. I search my blog archives to see if I've ever written about the apricot tree in Idaho. Nope.
Sound the Alarm: Fraud in Neuroscience - Steve Lisberger, Ph.D, chair of Neurobiology @DukeU
dana.org
Monday, May 20, 2013
Just able to catch up on submissions to call for stories about @ScienceOnline impact - thanks, & keep 'em coming!
scienceonline.com
Tumblr launched in February 2007 - I created my account 3/6/2007 - have used it sparingly, though.
coconut.tumblr.com
My alma mater, @JohnCarrollU, has an institutional archive: Carroll Collected.
collected.jcu.edu
Paradoxos I'm looking into the Paradoxos event in Durham next month.
How come I never knew about this? Needed a massage last week!
today.duke.edu
ICYMI: Please help us understand the impact of @ScienceOnline. #sciox
scienceonline.com
Friday, May 17, 2013
hey, @boraz, I'm headed your way for this: Thomas Keller Book Signing @fearringtonnc
fearrington.com
There will be some, mad #madwriting from me this weekend, for work @dukemedicine, blog @scienceonline and my own.
Doctors should discuss financial concerns of cancer patients - @yzafar @dukemedicine
dukehealth.org
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
One more reminder - Talk Story: Voices of Medicine show @casbahdurham tonight. Starts 7:30pm
news.medicine.duke.edu
Infographic: What's possible for health care? - Institute of Medicine.
iom.edu
Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America - Institute of Medicine.
iom.edu
Michael Pollan: Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome. #citizenscience #sciox
nytimes.com
Red Pen. Red Pen - Effing fast feedback: 'Because we are not douchebags.'
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
@ScienceOnline needs our support. Please be 1 of 2,014 people to donate $20.14 to the org before 2014 arrives. #sciox
scienceonline.com
Scholars@Duke - new faculty profile system @DukeU - starting with School of Medicine, including our @dukemedicine
scholars.duke.edu
Listen to this short montage of stories from Voices of Medicine. And join us tomorrow evening for more stories & music.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Short blog post: Someday, I hope we have a way to give BlogTogether Awards to recognize community builders.
mistersugar.com
Sunday, May 12, 2013
I blog about food as much as I do about science - why I'm working on a #sicox food event. Contact me if you'd like to help plan this.
Just posted: Mother's Day meal to remember - cooking w/ kids to honor mom - inspired by @andreareusing @bittman
mistersugar.com
Cooks & Books dinner with @Chef_Keller @FearringtonNC 5/17 sold out. I may still go to signing earlier that day.
fearrington.com
Last blog post of the night: Memories of molasses - about the smell of my Caribbean youth & @CruzanRum
mistersugar.com
Also just posted: Remembering a college class on terrorism.
mistersugar.com
Just posted: What's paper got to do with Blogging 2.0? - mentions @IndyWeek @davewiner @bittman
mistersugar.com
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Next Talk Story event is Wed 5/15 in conjunction with @dukemedicine Annual Humanities in Medicine show.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Blogging, Chit Chat and Listening - @om on how blogging is conversation.
om.co
Farm to Fork 2013 Picnic - best $100 you can spend this summer - June 9 in Hurdle Mills, NC
farmtoforknc.com
Really enjoyed listening to this on @thestorywithdg - One String Is All You Need - Brushy sings Chicken in the Corn
thestory.org
Drinking keemun mao feng, ordered from @TeaSource! Made it in teapot from @liazuiker.
teasource.com
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Facebook ad by @zappos tantalizes me with pic of blacks shoes w/ orange soles. Must have. But htf do I find them on the site?
What Vanuatu taught us about surviving - rereading this, & it pretty much sums up my amazing #peacecorps experience.
indyweek.com
My 2007 blog post about importance of independent newsweeklies - why being featured in @IndyWeek means so much!
mistersugar.com
In #springcleaning, I found draft of this essay about Survivor in Vanuatu. Couldn't recall where it ran. Now I know.
indyweek.com
The illustrated encyclopedia of Durham - thanks, @IndyWeek - happy to bring up the end of the alphabet!
indyweek.com
Saturday, May 04, 2013
Check out the program for ScienceOnline Oceans - this looks great! Registration opens 5/8/2013 #sciox
oceans.scienceonline.com
My house needs place to quarantine paper before it's allowed inside. So much crap. Just spent 7 hours filtering. #springcleaning
In #springcleaning, found Directory of Returned #peacecorps volunteers, discovered @szuiker was in Tanzania same years I was in Vanuatu.
And I have 2 Handspring Visor Deluxe PDAs. Where to send these? #springcleaning
There seem to be a lot of Underwood Standard Typewriter Model 5s on ebay. What to do with one I've got?
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
I need to help someone make a website to sell a house. Wonder if @getLeeflets might do the trick.
github.com
An essay by @aquavita about the leek - I used leeks, sweated in butter, for chicken noodle soup last night.
medium.com
What Today's Revolution in Publishing is Missing - personality - what I'm looking for in redesign of my blog
tomtunguz.com
Mast cells give clues in diagnosis, treatment of dengue - research @DukeU @DukeNUS
dukehealth.org
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
My Petri dish post also reflects #sciox kindnesses by @ktraphagen @rachelfeltman @laminda
mistersugar.com
It grows in a Petri dish - reflecting kindnesses by @joshwitten @artologica @fiaianros @cotesia1 @amoebamike
mistersugar.com
PLOS Biology: An Introduction to Social Media for Scientists.
plosbiology.org
DukeHealth.org: patient online tool Duke HealthView will be converted to Duke MyChart.
dukehealth.org
Monday, April 29, 2013
I posted this earlier: A doctor's heart beats - Q&A with brother-in-law about open-heart surgery
mistersugar.com
Lots of tweets about this site - HERE IS TODAY - if you haven't visited it, do! Shows how we divide time.
hereistoday.com
I posted this earlier: A doctor's heart beats - Q&A with brother-in-law about open-heart surgery, blogging, recovery
mistersugar.com
Just listened - A Soldier's Eye: Rediscovered Photos From Vietnam - & got ideas for my Talk Story project.
thestory.org
Final Banquet Closes First Science of Cooking Class - @DukeU - cc: @ruhlman
today.duke.edu
Uber Media WordPress Plugin - adds support for third party services such as Flickr, Instagram, 500px
dev7studios.com
ICYMI over the weekend: my post at Medium about dengue fever & what I realized about research -
medium.com
Friday, April 26, 2013
Feels good to be in a blogging groove - 5 posts last night, & this science piece tonight. #sciox
medium.com
Please join me in giving $20.14 to ScienceOnline. Help us get 2014 donations before 2014 arrives! #sciox
mistersugar.com
My grandfather would have appreciated banjo that opens the short montage of Voices of Medicine stories.
mistersugar.com
Food for thought: Achieving Without Goals : zenhabits.
zenhabits.net
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Discovered Kodaline's stream on SoundCloud. Enjoying the tunes.
soundcloud.com
Have lost track of how many times I've listened to The Beast in its Tracks by @JoshRitter. It's so good!
joshritter.com
New post - short review of attending #Switchpoint conference @Saxapahaw @HRBallroom
mistersugar.com
New post - why I think @davewiner wrote the 'pretty perfect paragraph'
mistersugar.com
New post: Hearing voices - the Voices of Medicine project is moving along - collaboration with @JeffPolish
mistersugar.com
New post: Friends reforming health care - An acquaintance featured in @TheAtlantic.
mistersugar.com
It's pledge week @WUNC, but here's why I donated $20.14 to @ScienceOnline instead.
mistersugar.com
What I wouldn't give for pneumatic tubes to deliver chocolate to me at my desk at any moment.
youtube.com
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Good list from @jschuller - Promising Solutions for Simple Websites and Blogs - (I have similar list on my blog)
jason.sc
I make things break - @davewiner says that's a good thing. :) But I broke 50-yr-old china cup Mon. :(
threads2.scripting.com
I make things break. And @davewiner says that's a good thing. :) But I broke a 50-yr-old china cup the other night. :(
threads2.scripting.com
Journal of Clinical Investigation - assistant science editor position - requires PhD in biomedical sciences. DM me.
jci.org
Duke Cancer Institute and Duke School of Law each looking for director of communications.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Now Annika Scheynius of Karolinska Institutet, about malassezia (we've all got it), pityriasis versicolor (I've had it)
ki.se
"Chasing that elusive dengue vaccine" - by Ooi Eng Eong - he'll present this afternoon.
todayonline.com
I'm learning a lot about cell structures & viruses. Just now, enveloped hepatitis A virus.
Next on the symposium agenda: UCLA's Benhur Lee, MD, talking about Henipavirus.
en.wikipedia.org
Learn more about vaccine development - HIV, influenza, more - coordinated by Duke CHAVI-ID.
dhvi.duke.edu
Hearing now from Bart Haynes, director of CHAVI-ID, talking about research for effective HIV vaccine.
dukehealth.org
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Converge SE is conference for designers & developers in Columbia, SC April 25-27.
convergese.com
Just slivovitz tasting with mother-in-law, incl my DIY slivo & 2 different Serbian brands. Wish we had stuff @boraz mom sent from Belgrade.
Friday, April 19, 2013
One Day at Duke capturing all the activities of a great American university.
spotlight.duke.edu
Global health conference returns to Saxapahaw - The (Burlington, NC) Times News. Quotes me @dukemedicine #switchpoint
thetimesnews.com
What Took You So Long? - guerrilla filmmaking to tell stories from the corners of the world.
whattookyousolong.org
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Thinking of going to med school? Watch this: Office Hours with Dr. Ed Buckley, vice dean for education @DukeU
medschool.duke.edu
Got a mobile app related to diabetes? Pitch it at the Diabetes Tech Summit @DukeU June 20. #TEDMED #mhealth
durhamdiabetescoalition.org
So nice to see positive reactions to Fargo - @davewiner & @kyleshank have put much thought, effort into it!
threads2.scripting.com
Month Long Celebration of Hawai'i's Music * May 2013 @MeleMei
melemei.com
The video player for the Web - Flowplayer. This is what #TEDMED is using for it's streaming player.
flowplayer.org
Monday, April 15, 2013
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Communications & Community Manager job @DukeU
linkedin.com
Duke computer science professor Landon Cox traces his academic genealogy (includes Isaac Newton).
cs.duke.edu
New @medium collection started by @notscientific: Us, Africa. Looking forward to what people post here.
medium.com
Later this month, @MichaelPollan comes to Durham for chat with @andreareusing about his new book. But show sold out.
regulatorbookshop.com
.@TEDMED starts tomorrow. Here's the schedule. Duke's @abern003 speaks Wed morning.
tedmed.com
Here's the 60 Minutes segment about Marfa, Texas.
cbsnews.com
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Feeling lucky because I finally get to use @Medium (thanks @cyrusradfar). My first post: Lucky, for dinner.
medium.com
N&O: Palliative care program @DukeMedicine can mean a better life for seriously ill patients.
newsobserver.com
Look at all the events happening across the state today that are part of 2013 @ncscifest.
ncsciencefestival.org
Today is first Carrboro Open Streets event, with bikes, games, food, more.
facebook.com
Today is ScienceOnline Teen in NYC. A really proud day for our #sciox community. #scioteen
scienceonline.com
Friday, April 12, 2013
Split Liver Hologram - cool augmented reality example from @HenryFordNews (download printed pattern first)
henryford.com
Here's the tool for creating interactive Google Street View hyper-lapse animations.
hyperlapse.tllabs.io
This is mesmerizing: Google Street View Hyperlapse - from @teehanlax
vimeo.com
The Yeti Presents Online Foundation Training! by ZURB.
zurb.com
Jean's Strawberry Patch says no berries yet. "Will be later season." I'm on last jar of jam at home!
For my @dukemedicine job (I'm comm dir), I am desperate to find a freelance designer for monthly retainer work.
Maybe Lucy Wasn't Your Mom - playin' dem bones - Australopithecus sediba
research.duke.edu
After that great post about by @ruhlman, I reread my 2004 post about pigs on Paama: It's a pigpen.
mistersugar.com
Trent Walton "When I'm not thinking about farm fresh eggs or green chile cheese burgers, my mind is set on future of the interweb."
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Nice. @ev commented on my comment on his Medium post about Medium. Maybe that'll get me an invite to use it?
medium.com
Draft (1 of the new online writing tools I'm exploring) is getting more interesting.
ninjasandrobots.com
Duke Hackathon - 100 students from Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill spent more than 24 hours competing last week.
today.duke.edu
I'm off to UNC j-school for Roy H. Park lecture with @ArthurBrooks of American Enterprise Institute
jomc.unc.edu
Genome Biology. "But how sick do we have to get before we decide we shouldn't have cut our investment in biomedical research?" #scio14
This blog post at Justinsomnia - New bike - is a great example of how cool Justin is. And how well he writes!
justinsomnia.org
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
New music from The National - "Demons" - YouTube.
youtube.com
Data Commons - new collaboration to aggregate info about health professionals. I think.
mydatacommons.org
Anyone figured out the rhyme or reason for getting invite to use Medium?
medium.com
Tomorrow: Google Hangout on human evolution with Steven Churchill, about latest re Australopithecus sediba
sites.duke.edu
Realizing the Opportunities of Genomics in Health Care - @personalizedmed (Geoff Ginsburg of @dukemedicine)
jama.jamanetwork.com
Monday, April 08, 2013
Bill Adair, PolitiFact Editor, Named Knight Professor at Duke.
today.duke.edu
Important traffic update for @DukeU @dukemedicine employees: West Main Street to Close for 5 Months.
today.duke.edu
Thursday, April 04, 2013
This is fun! - forkit.js - A different kind of GitHub ribbon.
lab.hakim.se
Another great Powerpoint alternative - rvl.io: Presentations Made Easy.
rvl.io
Are unordered lists appearing far to left of text column (in Chrome) desired on otherwise great page, @om?
om.co
Wow. New theater space in Durham, NC for @FullFrame festival - The Curtain Rises.
today.duke.edu
ONE DAY at DUKE event rescheduled to April 19. Guess it must be raining in Durham (I'm in sunny Florida).
onedayatduke.weebly.com
RapidPress from @namedotcom looks good if you want hosted Wordpress blog with custom domain.
name.com
For great example of social media + photos, see @DukeU Science Photo Walk. #gia13 #brains #gatorsocial
spotlight.duke.edu
Here's Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC take on costs in health care. You should read Steven Brill piece in Time, too!
connect.bcbsnc.com
fyi, this is what daddy blogging looks like: Same chair, different chicken. #gia13
mistersugar.com
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Talk about star power, this film has quite the cast: The Company You Keep
trailers.apple.com
#TEDxChange in Chapel Hill tomorrow - sorry to miss this.
ted.com
Sidr - A jQuery plugin for creating side menus.
berriart.com
And these 7 stories told at ScienceOnline2012 are worth listening to again. #scio13 #scio14
themonti.org
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Really interesting from @davewiner: Why don't programmers speak for programming? - Comments relevant to #scio13
threads2.scripting.com
Infogram - Create infographics & online charts.
infogr.am
Steven Brill in Wikipedia - he wrote big Time article about health care prices. I remember his Brill's Content.
en.wikipedia.org
Enjoyed this @onthemedia conversation with basketball great Walt Frazier - especially his point about vocabulary.
onthemedia.org
I read NYTimes columns by Douthat & Dowd. Head scratching ensued. Correlation confusion & collage commentary.
Balkan Promises - Hiking the Albanian Alps. Looks fun, & maybe there'd be some slivovitz along the way.
travel.nytimes.com
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Narrative Medicine Rounds at Columbia - lectures or readings by scholars, clinicians, or writers
narrativemedicine.org
My new blog post mentions @davidquammen & his book, Spillover. Still reading, & will write review soon.
mistersugar.com
Wondering if there's anyone consistently blogging about sugar. Science, cooking, history, politics, other. Pls tell me if you know.
Just finished reading long Time article Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us. Will blog it. But behind paywall.
time.com
I enjoy writing thank you notes. Just wish I didn't put them off so long. Bunch going out in the mail today.
Resetting the Table: talk by @AndreaReusing at @TEDxUNC last month. (She's award-winning chef @lanternnc)
youtube.com
Extended trailer for PRIDE & JOY: A Southern Foodways Alliance Film Project on Vimeo.
vimeo.com
Friday, March 29, 2013
Could have sworn I blogged about so wanting a TRS-80 Model 100 when I was a teen living on St. Croix.
en.wikipedia.org
Chasing Cholera in Haiti - excellent posting to Medium by @arikia.
medium.com
ThemeForest finally starting to have some good blogging themes, like this one: Basic.
themeforest.net
Domainr: fast, free, domain name search, short URLs, international domain registration.
domai.nr
I'm really liking the new Forecast weather website.
forecast.io
It's Nephrology Madness to determine the greatest nephrology advancement. #nephmadness
ajkdblog.org
Duke students can get a virtual machine to develop their applications: Innovation Co-Lab.
colab.duke.edu
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Midnight's Children - I must finally read Rushdie before the movie comes out.
trailers.apple.com
The Making of John Mayer's 'Born & Raised' Artwork - artists at work.
vimeo.com
My friend @WayneSutton blogging for WSJ: Work Smarter, Not Harder
blogs.wsj.com
Bummed to miss @TEDMED this year, especially @BenLillie talking about @storycollider.
tedmed.com
That profile-in-a-circle trend I mentioned yesterday? @boeddo does it 1 better, letting you drag the circle around
boeddo.com
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Some very cool tools I want to try here by @_dte: Portfolio / Daniel Eden.
daneden.me
Web design trend, in case you haven't noticed: profile pics go in a small circle.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Cosemble: "We designed Cosemble to help people connect through events."
cosemble.com
Proposed Cleveland City Council ward map approved; Cimperman, Polensek vote 'No'.
cleveland.com
Food Hackathon in San Fran April 6 & 7 - I should be there. But I'll be on the opposite coast. Bummer.
foodhackathon.com
Amazing "Grandma Got STEM" Project Fights Old-Lady Luddite Stereotype - project of @mathcirque
slate.com
Diego Bohórquez. Diego Boh�rquez: "I am a young scientist in the fast growing field of neurogastroenterology."
Next Big Thing - music recommendations.
nbt.fm
Monday, March 25, 2013
I can't stop listening to new album by @joshritter. Anticipating another great concert @catscradlenc in May.
joshritter.com
My new blog post - It's an outliner world - answers a question posed by @jiparker.
mistersugar.com
A new outliner from @davewiner & @kyleshank. I used it, & here's my testimonial: It's an outliner world.
mistersugar.com
Didn't get much sleep last night, what with 3 family members ill. But I'm wearing comfy new t-shirt @ktraphagen gave me, & life goes on.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Wife was in bed all day ill. Now, 2 kids just woke up with stomach aches, one vomited. Going to be an interesting 24 hours ahead.
I really enjoyed reading NYTimes Mag article by @maggiekb1: Who Lives Longest? (Reminded me of work of @pws22)
nytimes.com
Pork loin roast marinating in fridge. Milk cooling on stove, will become yogurt. Erin upstairs ill. Kids reading on sofas. Rain outside.
17 hours to go in @BabaBrinkman campaign: Darwin Meets Chaucer Off-Broadway: Three Plays in Rep.
indiegogo.com
If bands can make train ride into fun, @davewiner, why not outliner developers & users? - Big Easy Express
bigeasyexpress.com
Friday, March 22, 2013
Update from @jschuller on his new minimal web & blogging tools: Making Things Simple Again.
jason.sc
Surfed.it is coming soon! A couple of my brothers will probably like this.
surfed.it
Internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident Chinua Achebe dies at 82.
talkingpointsmemo.com
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Here's another good tune for your end-of-the-day groovin' - KCRW Presents: Jake Bugg : NPR.
npr.org
New music: Chvrches: NPR Front Row At Austin's Red 7 During SXSW : NPR.
npr.org
Let's Have Dinner and Talk About Death - great idea, seriously. Might inspire a future @thelongtable dinner.
deathoverdinner.org
Aaand, here's another visual organizer, web bookmark manager: Icebergs.
iceber.gs
My childhood dream was to write novel about a bugle boy at Gettysburg. But this story by @jeffelder so better, & true.
medium.com
A delightful story! Take 5 minutes and read this. "The best story I know" by @jeffelder.
medium.com
Kippt has launched. Another way to bookmark your web explorations.
kippt.com
I see Om's personal blog has a new design. Gone is the cool sliding sidebar I liked so much.
om.co
Springing Forward, Persian Style - Nowruz 1392 celebration is this coming Sunday.
arts.duke.edu
Duke Department Spotlight: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival - 16th annual fest is April 4-7
today.duke.edu
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Just watched this: The Innovator: Jack Dorsey - 60 Minutes - CBS News.
cbsnews.com
One last Rhythm Corps tweet - here's my 2002 blog post with remembrance of a missed concert: Up high, down low.
mistersugar.com
My college roommate, Chad, introduced me to Rhythm Corps. Wish I could find Chad now, too.
I've been searching online for Rhythm Corps for years, & just thought to look on YouTube.
youtube.com
Took our Sunday meal early today: roast chicken, Moroccan carrot salad, couscous, pan gravy.
Edible Institute. Must suggest to @ktraphagen for #scio14: Look at #edible2013 - BREAK: with complementary oyster and wine pairings
Found it: #edible2013 is Edible Institute, local food movement gathering in California.
ediblecommunities.com
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Hmm: The distraction-free iPhone (or 'Why I'm happier since I disabled Safari').
medium.com
Over lunch, I finished reading this classic Berton Roueche @NewYorker piece: CH3C02C6H4C02H
newyorker.com
Brilliant! - Phenomena bloggers on Reddit.
reddit.com
Communications specialist position in Duke's Economics Dept. - search req# 400698769
hr.duke.edu
So, the feed for my blog only recently started working again in Google Reader. Now that service is going away.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Would you rather sleep with a kg of Cesium-137 or kg of Uranium-238? - radioactive.js by @reinpk. #scio13
rein.pk
Poi: Hawaii's Recipe For Revitalizing Island Culture : The Salt : NPR.
npr.org
Dengue Fever No Longer Just A Visitor To Florida Keys : Shots - Health News : NPR.
npr.org
Draft is here. Another online writing tool. Saves drafts, natch.
draftin.com
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Two shirts ironed, while listening to very smooth new album by @JoshRitter.
joshritter.com
Introducing Editorially - here's another Markdown-based blogging tool in the works.
blog.editorially.com
Drinking my very first Manhattan, mixed with Town Branch Bourbon.
kentuckyale.com
Wow, @mikeswimm, Luisa Kelly Swimm is one adorable bundle of baby! Congrats.
swimmindustries.com
Reset post by @bjerkebjoy rings quite true to why I'm set on finding someone to redesign mistersugar-dot-com with me.
pixelshift.in
Arnaud Mercier - Retrospective 1999-2011. Honors life of an interactive designer.
arnaud.area17.com
We still have seats open for Talk Story: Voices of Medicine narrative show this Tues @casbahdurham. FREE.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Stumbled upon story (1 of few) of how Zuiker name came to be, this featuring Napoleon's brother. cc: @FranNu
mistersugar.com
Haha, I see @dropplets in GitHub. Will try it @jschuller.
github.com
Here's a solution to the sliding menu panel I wanted for my site: jPanelMenu.
jpanelmenu.com
Scriptogr.am looks to be like a Medium- or Svbtle-type blogging system. I've set up account.
Scriptogr.am - for generating simple, elegant, static weblogs by reading Markdown files stored in your Dropbox folder.
scriptogr.am
Mou - Markdown editor for web developers, on Mac OS X.
mouapp.com
Thursday, March 07, 2013
New look for the Duke Cardiology Fellows blog. Watch it this week for heart research news from #ACC13.
dukecardiologyfellows.org
Join me next Tues for Talk Story narrative show featuring Voices of Medicine. 3/12/2013 @ 8pm @casbahdurham
news.medicine.duke.edu
Michael Hebb of @onepotorg will speak @TEDMED next month.
This is interesting, & shares similarities with @thelongtable idea: The table of truth -- dining to learn and engage.
flipthemedia.com
Monday, March 04, 2013
Fun to listen/watch @JoshRitter live in concert on NPR Music, plus conversation in chat room.
npr.org
From work to dinner to kids bed routine. Think I'll take moment to watch #scio13 music video before bills & taxes.
blogs.scientificamerican.com
Gravitational Lensing to Observe Ancient Earth by @reinpk. cc: #scio13 astronomers
rein.pk
Get your ticket for Talk Story: Voices of Medicine narrative show @casbahdurham 3/12/2013.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Choosing Wisely. "...think & talk about medical tests & procedures that may be unnecessary, & in some instances can cause harm..."
Paperkit - printable graph paper template by @paperkitnet.
paperkit.net
The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds} - 1-minute roundup of top news at Duke University.
youtube.com
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Fantastic music @CatsCradleNC in April: They Might Be Giants, Billy Bragg, Son Volt, others - & Josh Ritter in May.
catscradle.com
Josh Ritter - new album out Tues. Stream it now at NPR Music.
joshritter.com
Yesterday, made roast leg of lamb with tomato & rosemary & garlic. Similar recipe here: Easy Provencal Lamb.
saveur.com
Friday, March 01, 2013
Some of the images I took while on today's #pictureDuke photo walk of science buildings - a set on Flickr.
flickr.com
Family movie night was Lifted (2010) - IMDb. A tear jerker. Dedicated to fallen soldiers.
imdb.com
About. The Carolina Mercury - early stage of development a statewide news and feature site, by @ludkmr
EpicEditor - embeddable JS Markdown editor. I've used Textile for 10 years, but Markdown is everywhere these days.
epiceditor.com
Typeplate: starter kit for beautiful web type. (SASS & import & Normalize are beyond my skill, but I'll learn.)
smashingmagazine.com
style.org > Storytelling with Data.
style.org
Reporting by @cqchoi: Temporary Tattoos Could Make Electronic Telepathy, Telekinesis Possible
txchnologist.com
Thursday, February 28, 2013
New blog to follow: ScienceSalsa, in English and Spanish. cc: @WhySharksMatter
sciencesalsa.com
Check it out: ScienceOnline site has live stream of #scioSEA happening right now. #scio13
scienceonline.com
Illinois Medical District - 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, biotech business incubator, more ...
imdc.org
Hack for Change. National Day of Civic Hacking is nat'l event June 1-2, 2013, in cities across the nation.
Peace Corps fair at Duke attracts students - third goal at work.
today.duke.edu
I think I know now what to do with Zuiker Chronicles Online. Project for the summer.
zuiker.com
Announced by @zurb: Foundation 4 is Here.
zurb.com
Here's how @JeffHurt started his webinar today: with the Presenter Attendee Agreement.
velvetchainsaw.com
Repeated crashes of Chrome browser on my MacBook Pro. Not even sure how to troubleshoot.
google.com
I might have to rethink my nickname to show my support for reduced sugar consumption.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Intriguing scientific talk at Duke today at 4pm: Worms, Drugs, and Obesity.
calendar.duke.edu
How did I miss that #TEDxRaleighLive was happening today?
ted.com
RIAA head Cary Sherman to focus on music industry in digital age during Frey Lecture @DukeLawSchool 3/6.
law.duke.edu
On my laptop, Gmail is repeatedly crashing Chrome Browser. Left hand, meet right hand.
google.com
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
My cousin in listening to Yellow Ostrich - "Marathon Runner" so now I am, too.
youtube.com
Fascinating discussion here: Are Tasting Menus the Way Toward "Art"?
ruhlman.com
The #pictureDuke activity made me remember this post from 2 years ago: FOMO? Not with Duke Today.
mistersugar.com
Love this event planned for Friday: #pictureDuke Science Photo Walk.
facebook.com
Report from @AAMCToday: Physician Education Debt and the Cost to Attend Medical School
aamc.org
Green City Growers. New 3.8-acre hydroponic greenhouse in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland's east side
Make your own explainer videos with help from @commoncraft (of interest to #scio13).
commoncraft.com
mHealth@Duke 2013 will be one-day conference with presentations about mobile health, April 15.
sites.duke.edu
Monday, February 25, 2013
Sneaky @CondeNastCorp has auto renewal for @newyorker at $94.26 for 1 year, but renewing myself online $25 less.
This could be right out of @davidquammen Spillover, except it's from Friday: Hendra virus kills Queensland horse.
sbs.com.au
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food. Must read, as it directly relates to next big event I'm plannig.
nytimes.com
Thursday, February 21, 2013
NC Claims 13 James Beard Award Semifinalists.
wunc.org
DrawQuest. And this. "Every day, people come together on DrawQuest to draw the Quest of the Day."
drawquest.com
Canvas - Remix your world! Maybe something we could use at #scio14 for science art. cc: @experrinment
canv.as
The DNA of Field Notes comes from farmer notebooks. Gotta be a DeKalb Corn connection, I just know it.
fieldnotesbrand.com
Cool fade in on simple About page by Ricardo Rauch @gravityonmars (nice Twitter handle, btw).
ricardorauch.com
I really like the click-count function in Radio2, the linkblog software by @davewiner. Here's my Top 40:
static.storyblogging.org
Wordpress Svbtle - allows users instant access to their WordPress Site through XML-RPC.
wordpress-svbtle.com
Life Beyond WordPress. From @jschuller: Leeflets ... simplistic platform for creating & managing minimalist websites
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I'm listening to @LouWoodley introducing #smwscience #sonyc Telling Stories with Scientists.
nature.com
I really don't like Drupal. But maybe I can find an NC friend to help me better understand why it's so popular.
drupal.org
Gold rush: A Digital Shift on Health Data Swells Profits in an Industry.
nytimes.com
Watched the pilot episode of The West Wing last night. Holds up well, indeed.
en.wikipedia.org
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Know where to start when telling your story? @bfeld has thoughts: Don't Tell Me Your History In Chronological Order
feld.com
Krulwich Wonders: The Filibuster Solution, Or 'What If Honeybees Ran The U.S. Senate?'
npr.org
SpotOn NYC: Telling Stories -- The Power of Personal Stories in Science.
nature.com
Friday, February 15, 2013
Think 140 characters is something new? Check out this 1961 postcard from my grandpa, a traveling salesman.
flickr.com
Stories that mention Peace Corps on Cowbird.
cowbird.com
Getting excited about our next Talk Story show, to feature Voices of Medicine stories from @dukemedicine.
show.storyblogging.org
Monday, February 11, 2013
This part of an unfinished memoir by Joseph Mitchell in @newyorker is just masterful: Becoming Part of the City
newyorker.com
Mark your calendars, & please join me at Talk Story: 'Voices of Medicine' on Tues, March 12 @casbahdurham
talk.storyblogging.org
I could expound on the first time I truly tasted garlic, briefly mentioned in this 2001 blog post.
mistersugar.com
Theme for next @themonti1 Story Slam is 'first times'. I can't be there Feb 19, so may write something for StoryBlogging.
themonti.org
Brent Simmons is independent again, & he added a sidebar to his inessential weblog.
inessential.com
I wrote silly stories in high school. Here's one about climate change: An answer to the predicament of Planet Earth.
mistersugar.com
Thursday, February 07, 2013
A beautiful tribute to a father, by @phylogenomics - The Tree of Life: A day to think, to pause, to ponder.
phylogenomics.blogspot.com
Nice photoshoot of @bigspooners - Mark makes some delicious small-batch nut butters.
thespoonfeeds.com
God Made A Factory Farmer from Nick Wiger and Funny Or Die.
funnyordie.com
Stop to read this by @davewiner. You'll enjoy it, be reminded of imp lesson: The guy at the gas station.
threads2.scripting.com
Monday, February 04, 2013
Add posts, videos, cartoons, etc to #scio13 linkfest. Or tweet link with tag #scio13fest so I can find to add.
scio13.wikispaces.com
So. 7 years ago tomorrow, I write a blog post about being a loner. Today, @astVintageSpace helps me see why.
mistersugar.com
Prior to #scio13, we said to expect 'phenomenal leadership & organization of @kTraphagen' - forecast 100% accurate!
twitter.com
When I get my mistersugar pig tattoo, perhaps both @pcorpsconnect & @carlzimmer will take note.
facebook.com
Watch "Your Voice, Their Money": A student-produced documentary on big money in politics.
cdsporch.org
Close Encounters of the Twitter Kind - about @astrokatie visit to Duke. #scio13
sites.duke.edu
Cool way to have fun: Adult Kickball Players at Duke and the Triangle.
today.duke.edu
Monday, January 28, 2013
Latest by @ruhlman - Steer Head & Chefs - reminds me of the sheep head I dined on in Norway: http://iv.stor.im/ -
ruhlman.com
MediaShift Idea Lab: Storytelling With Social Audio.
pbs.org
Lucky me? Just came upon dozens of salacious propositions asking for my coconut Tumblr url.
coconut.tumblr.com
Cooking up chemistry with candy. Explores the Duke course Chemistry and Physics of Cooking.
sites.duke.edu
Friday, January 25, 2013
Except now I see there are no live games tomorrow. Hmm.
Made dinner, baked cookies for family. Now #scio13 tasks. All so I can watch Premier League in the morning.
premierleague.com
My daughters helping me practice my part for the #scio13 music video.
scienceonline.com
Interview video: @RebeccaSkloot on Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks... and Getting Kicked Out of Preschool.
huffingtonpost.com
Just out of @dukemedicine research conference about osteoarthritis. Kinda cool to watch science unfold.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Digging in closet for old magazines. Found NatGeo Jan 1991, The Disease Detectives - inspired me to med journalism.
mistersugar.com
I embedded a tweet in my post yesterday, but it seems to work only intermittently.
mistersugar.com
Perhaps of use to #scio13: Stow Is a Packing List App that Makes Sure You Don't Leave Anything Important Behind.
lifehacker.com
Intriguing headline of the day: Against the Lobster font abuse.
mishes.com
Why did Twitter change their bird logo? - Quora. --> I'm thinking of using just my purple pig.
quora.com
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Launch: Basecamp Personal, the Basecamp for all your projects outside of work, by 37signals.
37signals.com
Cheese fire in Norway tunnel burns for 5 days. --> I ate that same cheese while driving through Norway's tunnels.
kottke.org
A year or so ago, I came across iPhone app that looked good for during a conference, monitoring chatter & twitter. Can't find it now.
A year or so ago, I came across iPhone app that looked good for during a conference, monitoring chatter & twitter. Can't find it, though. Suggestions?
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
"to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations" quote context: http://qote.me/PFIyTJ
Remember this, @boraz? First comment was asking for livestream. And now #scio13 has Watch Parties!
scienceblogs.com
Cranley for Cincinnati. John Cranley: I am running for mayor because I want Cincinnati to be a center of innovation and opportunity.
This was a key highlight of #sciwri12: David Quammen on Turning Research Into Story, Part 1. #scio13
theopennotebook.com
ScienceOnline gets seed grant, programming grant from two foundations. Thanks @bwfund @MooreFound #scio13
scienceonline.com
The State of Things @wunc today at noon will explore how Duke University integrated 50 years ago.
wunc.org
Yes, I just checked my copy of The Elements of Style (Strunk & White) re: further, farther.
bartleby.com
Friday, January 18, 2013
A few more minutes at my desk, but jamming to Tanlines - Brothers - YouTube.
youtube.com
I'm on Stellar, case you didn't know. @yo_stellar
stellar.io
The Voyage of the Drums: From Africa to the�Americas - ART 024, JAN 2013.
revista-art.com
Feathers, beta, 'blogless writing' & distraction-free writing app for the web.
feathe.rs
At Duke, there's this: Greater Than Games Lab, "to intervene constructively in real world problems."
fhi.duke.edu
Fading headers and footers. Brilliant - Theme :zenhabits.
zenhabits.net
If you read my recent post about designing a new mistersugar blog, this from @zen_habits will make sense: minimal web
mnmlist.com
This thread by @davewiner is beautiful, authentic & a good lesson for us all: Why I write.
threads2.scripting.com
I love these 3 videos by @RickMereki on Vimeo. They make me want to grab my passport & travel the world again.
vimeo.com
Thursday, January 17, 2013
1 minute into Oprah & Lance Armstrong, Erin says: I'd rather watch a fake Scandal than a real scandal.
ownspecial.oprah.com
If you happen to be in Raleigh super early for #sio13, catch @huler & The Equivocators in concert 1/27.
facebook.com
Two programs I use, may want to connect: iA Writer and Notational Velocity.
appleink.co.uk
This is excellent: Tips For Starting A ScienceOnline Satellite: If You Build It, Will They Come? by @comprendia
sdbn.org
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Could've sworn I blogged childhood memory of seeing display of flip books in Arizona state house, but can't find.
en.wikipedia.org
Another @CarterKersh story on @TheMonti1 podcast.
Web content producer job at @DukeSanford school of public policy. Good job. Search for req#400683421 at Duke HR.
hr.duke.edu
A designer explains process, choices, fonts: A card for a one-man business.
mcwade.com
Even though her letter wasn't read at White House today, I'm super proud of @liazuiker. See her note to the President.
mistersugar.com
I love this! Reminds me of my dad taking me to hockey games: Google honors Frank Zamboni, Jr. With 8-Bit Game.
laughingsquid.com
Seth's Blog: When a conference works (and doesn't). thanks @razoobe for alerting #scio13 community to this.
sethgodin.typepad.com
Future-looking page by Aaron Swartz, which I should copy for my own site: If I get hit by a truck...
aaronsw.com
Monday, January 14, 2013
This was good turn-by-turn story of two hang gliders: One Sky. The Silent Realization of a Purer Form of Flight.
nytimes.com
Well, @boraz & @ktraphagen, the slivovitz is ready. But, no telling whether there will be any left by #scio13.
twitter.com
Nice to see my website loading much faster than the last few years. The @Txd update seems great. Thanks @textism!
mistersugar.com
Woot. Looks like my multiple sites are now fully migrated to new TextDrive servers. Thanks tons @txd!
textdrive.com
Sunday, January 13, 2013
What sucks is that my site tracking is broken, so all the hits to the @boraz interview won't register.
Someone was feeling a bit sluggish yesterday.
flickr.com
Read to the end of this interview with @boraz to find out how our homemade #slivo turned out.
mistersugar.com
In which we turn the tables on the Blogfather: An interview with Bora Zivkovic. #scio13
mistersugar.com
Digging in old files, found paper showing Zuiker Chronicles was online 6/15/2000, month earlier than I'd thought.
zuiker.com
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Oh, my, this is good. @boraz is going to be happy.
I've been summoned to jury duty in Orange County, North Carolina this week. First time for me.
nccourts.org
Here's my 2007 essay about the early days of ScienceOnline: An off-line event about online science literacy. #scio13
mistersugar.com
Between birthday parties & family excursions, I'm writing a few blog posts. @iawriter helping me write faster, smarter.
On my next trip to Cleveland, I must visit the new @mocacleveland contemporary art museum.
mocacleveland.org
Thursday, January 10, 2013
I'm sure @10ch will enjoy this McPhee article given our discussion about designing my blog around time or theme.
newyorker.com
Fascinating! @newyorker John McPhee on writing structure, text editors, et cetera, & so forth. cc: @davewiner
newyorker.com
Wondering if any #scio13 friends coming from NYC or through JFK T5 can pick up few of these pens (black, blue) for me.
muji.us
Launch: Basecamp Breeze, the easiest way for small groups to keep in touch via email - 37signals.
37signals.com
An End to Odysseys. From @DukeIGSP: For Those with the Rarest Diseases, Genomes Can Yield Answers.
joebai.ch: About. "So, expect a similar approach here, even though any of these subjects is likely to draw more traffic to one's blog."
"Little War on the Prairie": Listen to "This American Life" Broadcast of New CDS Radio Documentary.
cdsporch.org
Blog post from my archives, about my love affair with Norway.
mistersugar.com
Job posting: director of @dukemedicine Cardiovascular Research Ctr, for basic or early-translational CV researchers
cvrc.center.duke.edu
Very nice @indyweek cover story profile of @dukemedicine Bob Lefkowitz by @davidkroll.
indyweek.com
New from @dukemedicine @PersonalizedMed: Measuring Genomic Response to Infection Leads to Earlier, Accurate Diagnoses
dukehealth.org
Monday, January 07, 2013
Will start to follow the soccer news on SBNation.com next month.
sbnation.com
When @ktraphagen updates me on all #scio13 details she's juggling, I'm astounded. Thank you, Karyn!
scienceonline.com
When @ktraphagen updates me on all the details she's juggling for #scio13, I'm astounded & impressed. Thank you, Karyn!
scienceonline.com
Database for mistersugar.com is down. Not sure when it will return. So I'll blog at my first, Zuiker Chronicles Online.
zuiker.com
The database used by mistersugar.com is down. Not sure when it will return. So I can't blog there. But I can use my Radio2 blog to post links, short messages and such. Actually, I don't even know what the limit on characters might be for this. Will have to check the docs.
So many reasons the ScienceOnline community is awesome. Here's another: The Music Video (Take Two). #scio13
scienceonline.com
ReadQuick. But what's wrong with reading slowly, enjoying the experience?
readquickapp.com
I'm reading 'mHealth in an mWorld' report by @deloittehealth in prep for talk to @dukemedicine residents Wed.
deloitte.com
Raspberry Pi: We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming.
raspberrypi.org
DukeList is an online trading post for the university. Not many people know about it.
dukelist.duke.edu
FAQs. Raspberry Pi, credit-card sized computer: We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming.
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Wondering if @Knoll_Inc could be persuaded to donate to #scio13. Who to contact?
scienceonline.com
Amazing what I discover in my own blog archives: I was on the radio with @wunc @state_of_things
mistersugar.com
I've found myself skipping the last two days. Skipping as in bouncing on my feet. I'm feeling a lightness to life.
George Saunders: 'cumulative effect of an absence of wealth was the erosion of grace'
nytimes.com
A tear-inducing article: Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?
nytimes.com
This caught me: "cumulative effect of an absence of wealth was the erosion of grace" - profile of author George Saunders
nytimes.com
And here's what I've been saying for years: When blogging, face the conversation. #goldenrule
mistersugar.com
Plea from @jeffjarvis to not attack people on the Web: We get the net - and society - we build.
buzzmachine.com
Friday, January 04, 2013
#scio13 is safe haven: gender parity! A Simple Suggestion to Help Phase Out All-Male Panels at Tech Conferences
theatlantic.com
Just realized that I can redo my map of world travels using Prezi. Another project for after #scio13.
mistersugar.com
Blast from the past: photo of Haish Gymnasium, where I spent 24 hours straight for DeKalb High School dance marathon
dekalbparkdistrict.com
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Video by @huler on the spanking new @NCState JB Hunt Library.
vimeo.com
My blog post about breadfruit & more. cc: @Cotesia1 #scio13
mistersugar.com
Neighborhood Connections Key To Surviving A Crisis : NPR.
npr.org
5th annual @themonti1 Hippo Awards on Feb 7th, featuring my buddy @carterkersh.
themonti.org
Thanks @joecimperman @ruhlman @zenext @kristinlubben @chefchrislubben @maryclaffey @hrm350694 for good conversations last week. #cleveland
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
A new website for Humans of Vanuatu. Awesome. I've been loving the photos on Facebook.
humansofvanuatu.com
The Coconut Wireless weblog at mistersugar dot com has been independent, ad-free since July 2000.
mistersugar.com
An N&O Tar Heel of the Week: Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, Nobel in hand, still shapes young researchers.
newsobserver.com
Congrats to Duke School of Medicine: new Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education opened today.
medschool.duke.edu
It's all about attention and focus for me in 2013.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Merry Christmas. Nice Christmas message from @ruhlman: 'When we cooperate, good things happen.'
Complaining about email? or is it complaining about communication? cc: @smalljones
medium.com
I'll be @WestSideMarket tomorrow. Let's have a tweetup at Cleveland's oldest publicly owned market. Who's in?
westsidemarket.org
ScienceOnline. Respect. Generosity. Acceptance. - first 3 of ScienceOnline community values (find at bottom right) #scio13
'Because they are the first to forget that there is a stranger watching them.' @twhaines on his photog friend.
theatlantic.com
Fascinating feature by Joshua Foer about an invented language. Read it to end to get the full experience.
newyorker.com
On car ride today, I finished this excellent feature by Joshua Foer, about John Quijada & his bespoke language Ithkuil.
newyorker.com
Friday, December 21, 2012
I see we're back to Friday cat blogging. kottke.org #vizzinisaidgobacktothebeginning
kottke.org
Next-gen magazine? - Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek - Multimedia Feature.
nytimes.com
Lazy Writing. Says @SachaGreif: "Imagine that, having to actually find at least one specific example to back up your point!"
Anyone in the #scio13 community using Telescope? Could it be useful tool for science news, links?
telesc.pe
Inspiring phone call just now with a brilliant researcher who will be speaker at #scio13.
Literally Canvas. I may embed this on one of my websites so my children can draw.
literallycanvas.com
Medicare Starts To Reward Quality, Not Quantity, Of Care : Shots - Health News : NPR.
npr.org
Got my Twitter archives yesterday. Here's Dec 2007 tweet: Late night working on science blogging conference details.
twitter.com
Thursday, December 20, 2012
I very much enjoyed reading 'Majestic Espresso' in the new issue of The Magazine.
the-magazine.org
What Airplane Safety, Mammograms, and Gun Massacres Have in Common - @peterubel.
forbes.com
Duke Global Health: Meet John Stanifer, internal medicine resident.
youtube.com
Celebrating the Past, Charting the Future: Commemorating 50 Years of Black Students at Duke University.
spotlight.duke.edu
March Madness 2013 begins on Tues., March 19.
google.com
Vertigo! - I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies ).
vimeo.com
Downloaded my Twitter archive. "You recently downloaded your archive. Please wait a little while before downloading it again."
I have requested by Twitter archives (found the button on my settings page today).
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Just stumbled upon this fantastic web typography tool. Going to save me loads of time.
typecast.com
Monday, December 17, 2012
New book from Dr Claude Piantadosi @dukemedicine: Mankind Beyond Earth, about space flight.
cup.columbia.edu
Mankind Beyond Earth. From Dr. Claude Piantadosi @dukemedicine: Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, & Future of Human Space Exploration
John Cranley, Cincinnati mayoral candidate: Keep guns away from the mentally ill. (I know John from college @johncarrollu)
cincinnati.com
At the moment, kottke.org seems to be dedicated to finding substantive gun-issue content. #applauding
kottke.org
Free cooking icons by @CosminCapitanu cc: @ruhlman
dribbble.com
This young concerned citizen suggests a change: 'Please can you make this a law.'
mistersugar.com
Sunday, December 16, 2012
A poem, by Sara Guest: "I am Adam Lanza's Mother".
inknode.com
When even the two-year-old looks up & says "there's something wrong with the internet, dad," you know the connection sucks.
Just two notes from GANGNAM STYLE is enough to make Oliver jump down onto the floor to dance.
youtube.com
Saturday, December 15, 2012
I used this recipe for sauteed shiitake mushrooms and barely got a bite. Surprisingly, the kids loved it.
naturalmushrooms.com
The Monti Podcast Thank you @themonti1 for podcast #50. Truly an amazing story. I feel so fortunate to have been there.
Went for walk in woods. Heard many gunshots, someone having their fun.
From @liazuiker: 'because people should fight with words instead of guns'
mistersugar.com
Now listed on airbnb by my sister-in-law: her Calamity Creek desert mountain ranch retreat in Alpine, TX.
airbnb.com
Proud that my daughter @liazuiker wrote a letter to @barackobama
mistersugar.com
Thursday, December 13, 2012
WHAT'S DIG SOUTH? DIG SOUTH interactive festival - Charleston, SC - April 12-14, 2013
Hakanai - popup restaurant at @Cookery in Durham, just 3 days Feb 1-3.
durhamcookery.com
Editors' Picks on ScienceSeeker has link to earthquake painting item; shared it with my daughter for her homework.
scienceseeker.org
There's a Center for Culinary Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine.
tulane.edu
I'm looking forward to using new Flickr iPhone app. My Flickrcubes are shared in sidebar on mistersugar.com.
mistersugar.com
Research @duke_medicine: Fragile X Protein Linked to Nearly 100 Genes Involved in Autism.
dukehealth.org
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Field Notes in orange - how can I resist?! - with synthetic pages - Expedition Edition
fieldnotesbrand.com
At this point, I should just pay a professional.
Om Malik has a great sliding menu on his blog.
om.co
From @ruhlman, new cookbook for iPad: Schmaltz! (Nice to see this, after all these months I was sworn to secrecy.)
ruhlman.com
Ravi Shankar, Who Brought Eastern Music To Western Legends, Dies : The Record : NPR.
npr.org
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
USAJOBS - Search Jobs. Durham VA Medical Center needs physician for role of Associate Chief of Staff for Education
mckelvey/creative. Very impressive personal site of @davidmckelvey, uses #bootstrap & lots of other pieces I don't understand.
One more reminder? We're telling stories tonight @casbahdurham, for Talk Story: 'Talk derby to me'.
talk.storyblogging.org
GravityLight: I can think of a small island in the South Pacific that would benefit from this. #paama
indiegogo.com
Lefkowitz banquet speech at Nobel mentions "role that science plays in shaping public policy decisions"
nobelprize.org
Monday, December 10, 2012
Working on my skating story for tomorrow's intro at Talk Story: 'Talk derby to me'. Join us @casbahdurham at 8pm.
talk.storyblogging.org
My island jukebox: 4 albums from 20 years ago, & why I'm still listening to them.
mistersugar.com
Looks like I have a profile page on Medium, though as far as I know I don't have an account to post yet.
medium.com
We'll be telling stories tomorrow night @casbahdurham. Joins us for Talk Story: 'Talk derby to me'.
talk.storyblogging.org
A bit of food blogging from me over the weekend: careful cuisine & delicious meals in the South Pacific.
mistersugar.com
New book from Duke Law prof Salzman examines our relationship with drinking water.
law.duke.edu
Friday, December 07, 2012
Monica Potter & Sarah Paulson - actresses I cannot tell apart.
imdb.com
Found in one of my old journals: my receipt for Guggenheim Bilbao, 11/23/99, 4.81 euros. A Warhol exhibit. Amazing day.
Talk Story: 'Talk derby to me' - next Tues at 8pm, @casbahdurham, free. Join us for stories!
talk.storyblogging.org
Fragile. "Am I taking care of life better than I'm taking care of this fucking iPhone?"
From my blog archive: a post about when @ruhlman & Reynolds - student & teacher - bantered about books.
mistersugar.com
Here's 2007 NYTimes article about underground kitchen of Duke student Bryan Zupon.
nytimes.com
Why Won't Helvetica Go Away? "As it spread over the graphic landscape like melted runny processed cheese, I suggested renaming it Velveetica."
Thursday, December 06, 2012
A blog without an RSS feed? I don't get it.
29.io
Lovely music video with dancers: My Brightest Diamond
vimeo.com
I need a way to recreate a few important mixed tapes friends sent me years ago. Maybe this: Opentape.
opentape.fm
I first heard Windfall on Paama, then saw Jay Farrar on tour: Just back from the Rialto.
mistersugar.com
So you saw me singing in my car this morning? That was Windfall, by Son Volt. Great early morning driving tune.
sonvolt.net
Do One Thing. "The thing is that focus trumps most things in any given situation."
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
andbang - not exactly sure what this is, but looks like some type of team productivity tool.
andbang.com
Lecture & live webcast schedule for Nobel Prizes are on NobelPrize.org home page.
nobelprize.org
Kottke catches wind: Trend alert: small internet publications.
kottke.org
Listen & watch The Decline and Fall of Food, by @patrickmustain: "There's even ingredients in the ingredients."
pmustain.webfactional.com
Monday, December 03, 2012
This essay by @mathowie reminded me of that Gladwell article.
medium.com
I recall @malcgladwell article about subject argued his childhood not imp to his life story. Present actions more imp.
gladwell.com
Today, must get Audio Hijack Pro to record a Skype call, & Panopto Recorder to capture a series of PPT presentations.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
I grew up in DeKalb, Illinois, & both my parents are alumni of NIU, so I guess I should wish the Huskies well!
daily-chronicle.com
Am reminded that my tea-&-chocolate-&-late-nights #scio13 habits sent me in for an EKG last year. #refluxredux
twitter.com
I'm at kitchen counter with tea & chocolate & #scio13 tasks.
Can one person eat too many dark chocolate-covered malt balls?
I read Life of Pi while on vacation in Costa Rica in 2003. And I vaguely recall seeing Yann Martel here in the Triangle.
mistersugar.com
More useful tools from Zurb: Responsive Email Templates.
zurb.com
Talk Story returns 12/11 w/ stories from members of @carolnarolrgrls - 'Talk derby to me'. (More details coming soon.)
talk.storyblogging.org
Just bought 2 tix to 12/13 @themonti1 show, with my friend Carter telling another story.
themonti.org
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Thanks to #glee, I now know what a Kiki is, & I think we need one at #scio13
en.wikipedia.org
Lefkowitz in the House. White House, that is, shaking the President's hand. @dukemedicine is proud of our Nobel winner.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Lots of LinkedIn endorsements for blogging coming my way. ;)
I'm home with Oliver for a bit. He's dancing. Just went from Surfin' USA to Gangnam Style.
It's hard to think simply.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I first met @HC in 2004. Honored to have raised my glass at the BlogAds 10-year party tonight.
mistersugar.com
Litragger - iPad app designed for literary journals. Launches Dec 2
litragger.com
I like the @fivefilters PDF Newspaper tool, but need to modify it. Does the AGPLv3 license allow us to fork it?
fivefilters.org
Heads up: Talk Story returns to @casbahdurham on Tues Dec 11. Going to be a rollerderby of a show. Details soon.
Lots of links to explore in the comments: Tablets are waiting for their Movable Type by Ryan of 37signals.
37signals.com
Carbon Copy Cloner available for Duke staff, students: OIT Site-Licensed Software.
oit.duke.edu
Monday, November 26, 2012
Important piece to read about trends in what he nicely calls Subcompact Publishing, by @CraigMod
craigmod.com
Junk drawers. So necessary in a house, but so aggravating.
ScienceOnline2013 Watch Parties: We want to give as many people as possible the opportunity to join in. #scio13
scienceonline.com
This was fascinating NPR report: How The Rule Of Reciprocation Binds Us
npr.org
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Gigagalaxy Zoom. Really boggles my mind, so many galaxies and stars and space.
gigagalaxyzoom.org
Whimsical illustrations by Jeehyun Hoke, currently showing at Caffe Driade in Chapel Hill.
jeehyunhoke.com
My kids love to dance to Gangnam Style - especially little Oliver.
mistersugar.com. New blog post: Dad, even if I do find that notice, I intend to stand at your funeral and proclaim your graces.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
My redesigning mistersugar.com a case study in inefficiency & ineptitude. But I plug along.
Turkey brining. Two-year-old crying. Rhythm Corps rocking.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - IMDb.
imdb.com
Drinking rum runners (with homemade grenadine) & reminiscing with my dad. Good rum. Good stories, memories.
Controversial Casting For A Nina Simone Biopic : NPR.
npr.org
Still one of my favorite albums: Us by Peter Gabriel. Listened again yesterday.
petergabriel.com
Monday, November 19, 2012
Working with my dad on his storytelling to @liazuiker class tomorrow: He'll show his Crossroads School photos.
zuikerchronicles.com
Reminder to myself to review this HowTo: Caring for Frontier databases.
howtos.opml.org
The State of Mozilla: 2011 Annual Report - mozilla.org.
mozilla.org
Zeega::Home. What is @Zeega? - "revolutionizing web publishing and interactive storytelling for a future beyond blogs"
Ran into a wall this morning. Really. I have a bruise in middle of forehead to show for it.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Here's outline I used for social media discussion at @AMSANational Knowledge4GlobalHealth Leadership Insitute.
3805.mediahackers.org
Sally Rockey, NIH deputy director for extramural research: Improving Public Access to Research Results.
nexus.od.nih.gov
I'm leading chat about global health & social media today, & I'm using World Outline presentation node.
worknotes.scripting.com
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
AMA Physician Masterfile. AMA Physician Masterfile has current & historical data for >1.4 million physicians, residents, &�med students in US.
Yesterday, @liazuiker came home from school talking about Cereal FACTS. So much sugar. cc: @patrickmustain
cerealfacts.org
But, I've been inspired by the simple design of Svbtle.com, too. I'm so close to relaunching mistersugar.com.
Hmm, this Principles WordPress theme sure does look a lot like that of @dcurtis.
themeforest.net
Princeton University looking for a social media strategist (search the listings here).
jobs.princeton.edu
Beachfront B-Roll. A place to download (for free!) unique HD stock video footage & animated backgrounds for any production purpose.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
So glad to have my MacBook Pro back, sporting a new Samsung SSD drive.
amazon.com
PSA: there is no Talk Story show @casbahdurham tonight. We'll be back in December.
Please note that Talk Story show scheduled for tonight is canceled. We'll be back in December with more stories.
show.storyblogging.org
Duke to celebrate 50 years of black student integration.
today.duke.edu
Friday, November 02, 2012
Lefkowitz talked yesterday about science being 99% failure, but failure teaches us. Humbling to see I've learned similar lesson.
Hey @SciOctopus, you're mentioned in my blog post: ScienceOnline, from mango tree to tax exempt.
mistersugar.com
This was great to hear yesterday: Robert Lefkowitz on science, life and 'eureka' moments.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Another slider solution: WordPress Slider & Gallery Plugin.
slidedeck.com
Got my EC2 server back online, and my OPML tools are at my fingertips again.
Monday, October 29, 2012
For those not at #sciwri12 to hear Duke's Miguel Nicolelis on robotic limbs & mind control, see his TEDMED talk.
tedmed.com
Duke Researchers Speak to Science Writers at National Conference. #sciwri12
today.duke.edu
This storify roundup by @marynmck is fantastic example of live tweeting a conference session. #SciWri12
storify.com
Saturday, October 27, 2012
.@DavidQuammen mentions Beatrice Hahn et al. cut-hunter hypothesis for HIV spillover; I heard Hahn at Duke; fascinating.
chavi-id-duke.org
From my '04 thesis: "before my #PeaceCorps, bookstore shelves started bulging w/ new books abt infectious diseases"
mistersugar.com
.@DavidQuammen says read this book: Science as a Process, by David Hull #sciwri12
amazon.com
2007 NGS article Infectious Animals by @DavidQuammen led to his new book Spillover #sciwri12
8m.stor.im
Here's 2007 NGS article by @DavidQuammen that was early step in writing new book Spillover: Infectious Animals #sciwri12
ngm.nationalgeographic.com
Nice way to end great first day of #sciwri12, with Quammen/Dobbs discussion.
theopennotebook.com
Here's @davewiner worknote explaining Fix Twitter breakage. Thanks for making it work again, Dave.
worknotes.scripting.com
Here's your Cannabis & Cannabinoids primer from National Cancer Institute #sciwri12
cancer.gov
Here's WHO report on Global Observatory for eHealth series, mentioned by @KevinClauson at #sciwri12
who.int
My 2004 masters thesis article: Narratives of North Carolina Epidemiology.
mistersugar.com
Elements iPad app from Touch Press gets kudos at #sciwri12 #sciebk session.
touchpress.com
This is a test Radio2 post to see if it goes to Twitter.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Seriously, @SunTrust? "Please note: If you are using a Macintosh computer, you must access the site via Internet Explorer."
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Super cake: 9100 receives special thank you from a patient. Gives @cakebossbuddy a run for the title IMHO.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Now that's some #sciInk. cc: @carlzimmer @ktraphagen
facebook.com
Cowbird. Cowbird: We think Apps are destined for obsolescence - they'll be CD-Roms of tomorrow. We believe in the open Web.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
I really like this #wordpress theme: Hum. Notice it's got the cool sidebar rollover effect I liked on Nieman site.
humdemo.wordpress.com
Is @ruhlman's blog design the inspiration for Wordpress.com theme Delicacy?
theme.wordpress.com
My middle-school daughter studied oases last week, so I'll show her this site for Siwa Oasis.
siwawi.com
DNSly - Simple DNS Management for Amazon Route 53 and Rackspace Cloud DNS.
dnsly.net
Monday, October 22, 2012
Annals of Internal Medicine. Iatrogenic Fungal Meningitis: Tragedy Repeated - by John Perfect, chief of Division of Infectious Diseases @dukemedicine
Newsweek's demise inspired yesterday's blog post: On magazines, printed and online.
mistersugar.com
Sunday, October 21, 2012
This looks, & sounds, fantastic: Hecho en Mexico - Movie Trailers - iTunes.
trailers.apple.com
I am such a slow blogger. But I eventually get my thoughts constructed. New post about magazines next.
mistersugar.com
Dad just called from Old Sturbridge Village in New England, says my kids would love dressing up in olde garb.
osv.org
Excited for next weekend's ScienceWriters2012 meeting in Raleigh. So many writers I read & admire. Much to learn.
sciencewriters2012.org
5 Blogging Tips For Newbies, by @fenellasaunders reporting on last week's #Back2Blog meeting.
spotlight.duke.edu
Here's @deborahblum blog post with more details: Poisoning the (Female) Tourist in Asia.
wired.com
I enjoyed hearing @deborahblum on NPR: Tourist Deaths Raise Poison Expert's Suspicions.
npr.org
Looking for how to change Disqus comment count text, found answer here: Adapting to the Disqus 2012 Update.
techpounce.com
Friday, October 19, 2012
Erin's aunt & uncle star in this: Coming of Age (2012) - 48 Hour Film Project NH
youtube.com
Open Access Week at Duke: @jasonpriem talks Altmetrics & the Decoupled Journal 10/22 3pm #scio13
blogs.library.duke.edu
New exhibit at Duke - Words Matter: How Writing Helps Alums Make a Difference.
today.duke.edu
I dig the archives-search approach at bottom of Signal vs. Noise. Been contemplating similar way for mistersugar.com
37signals.com
Granta 120: Medicine. Perhaps a visit to the bookstore for me. This issue looks intriguing.
granta.com
Hashtag help: #sciwri12 is for the ScienceWriters2012 meeting starting next week in Raleigh, NC.
sciencewriters2012.org
Because not knowing what a hashtag means bugs me, for those wondering about #scio13, it's for ScienceOnline2013.
scienceonline.com
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Duke Medicine Dev & Alumni Affairs hiring PR Specialist, Sr, someone with dev exp incl social media/web strategy. Contact me for more info.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Says @Ruhlman: 'Shallots are 1 of the great magic elements in the kitchen.' Watch his video on making Potato Gratin.
ruhlman.com
One of my favorite dishes to order & eat: Yellow Curry -- Kaeng Kari
shesimmers.com
Check how your responsive site looks in various mobile screens: The Responsinator.
responsinator.com
Responsive Sketchsheets - ZURB Playground - ZURB.com.
zurb.com
Tough Old Lizard To Face Grave Romantic Troubles, Say Scientists : Krulwich Wonders
npr.org
The Monti Podcast episode #45 features my friend Carter Kersh. He killed it at season opener last month. Listen!
themonti.org
A one-hoot owl loudly calling in the woods across the street. Love that late-night sound in the crisp fall air.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Great conversation just now with a Duke resident who has similar love of the gnip (Caribbean fruit).
Oh, my, this is fun, & funny: For all details on Mitt Romney's 5 trillion dollar tax plan - ROMNEYTAXPLAN.COM
romneytaxplan.com
Duke moving email system to cloud - Microsoft Office 365. I hope this means my Outlook woes will soon be over.
today.duke.edu
Friday, October 12, 2012
Tomorrow night, I write a post about my affliction (addiction?) for organizing events. #intervention
I'm still baffled why I'm usually last to get new Twitter features even though I was early in.
twitter.com
BlogHer Food '13 will be in Austin in June 2013.
blogher.com
Would be nice if we got 7 more to register & attend tomorrow's Back to the Blog event at Duke. 50 is good number.
sites.duke.edu
The new @DukeU on Twitter -- excellent tutorial for designing your Twitter profile background.
spotlight.duke.edu
For tomorrow's Back to the Blog meeting, we'll use #back2blog. Hoping others join online discussion.
sites.duke.edu
Back to the Blog. Have I mentioned the Back to the Blog event we're having at Duke tomorrow? Come talk with us about trends in blogging.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Tomorrow, @etemplin joins @dukemedicine as our new web writer. So glad to welcome her to the team.
A quiet office. So nice.
Tales from the Battlefield. Deadly bat-borne viruses Hendra, Nipah, SARS-like coronavirus - infectious diseases expert Prof Linfa Wang @DukeNUS
Have you read long list of contributors to ScienceOnline2012? Pls contact me or @ktraphagen to help with #scio13
scienceonline.com
Today at Duke, I'm talking with my Webcom colleagues about my dabblings in @foundationzurb @twbootstrap, OPML Editor & more.
Yes, we're meeting this Saturday at Duke to discuss Back to the Blog. We have seats (free!), & good trends to cover.
sites.duke.edu
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
MALAMPA UNITE - The Amrikejo band, on Malekula Island in Vanuatu.
youtube.com
Duke News: Robert Lefkowitz Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
today.duke.edu
Here's a 2003 profile of Lefkowitz (now Nobel laureate) by @cathyclabby. cc: @sconc
newsobserver.com
Congratulations, Dr. Lefkowitz, professor of medicine @dukemedicine, on receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Monday, October 08, 2012
Please come hear stories about 'Choices' tomorrow night. Likely to be next-to-last Talk Story show I organize.
talk.storyblogging.org
ConvergeSouth is this Friday 10/12. The 7th annual conference. I can't attend, but with my friends there the best.
convergesouth.com
Program Report from my talk to the Durham Rotary Club last week: Creating Online Communities.
durhamrotaryclub.org
We need your voices at Back to the Blog, to share your experience as blogger & ideas for design, style, trends & more.
sites.duke.edu
Friday, October 05, 2012
Redesigning mistersugar.com, while watching Apocalypse Now.
Mandy Patinkin: 25 Years After 'The Princess Bride,' He's Not Tired Of That Line - NPR.
npr.org
That peanut-butter-&-salmonella post by @marynmck reminds me of my 2005 post about food-sick blogging.
mistersugar.com
Blog post by @marynmck: Becoming Part Of The Story (Maybe): The Peanut Butter Recall.
wired.com
Does @farmerleejones have Italian prune plum tree? I need plums. Here's my blog post about The Chef's Garden.
mistersugar.com
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
In search of Italian prune plums (to make slivovitz). Struck out with @MelissasProduce. Anyone out West have source?
produceoasis.com
The Rise of Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea : The New Yorker.
newyorker.com
Another 2 hours wasted wrangling with Drupal. [primal scream]
Instagram in the O.R.: Hearing Restoration Surgery Live-Tweeted
theatlantic.com
Faculty panel discussion today at Duke: The place of social media in one's academic work (and life).
sites.duke.edu
One of the best parts of being a #scio13 organizer is thanking so many: They made ScienceOnline2012 possible.
scienceonline.com
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Getting excited for ScienceWriters2012 #sciwri12 meeting later this month. I'm volunteering, & participating.
sciencewriters2012.org
Walking back with my cinnamon roll, ran into storyteller who will be at Talk Story: Choices next Tues @casbahdurham.
talk.storyblogging.org
On NPR yesterday, @deanna about When Are Emoticons OK? This morning, I saw license plate: I:-D
npr.org
Internal alarm just sounded: You haven't had your daily cinnamon roll, Anton.
Monday, October 01, 2012
Read: 'This world we are giving you is changing & those changes are going to be the defining story of your generation.'
southernfriedscience.com
At my Duke job, we have a call for our faculty to be storytellers at Talk Story: Voices of Medicine show in Nov.
news.medicine.duke.edu
Duke Forward - Medicine that changes the world. Big capital campaign across Duke.
dukeforward.duke.edu
I used OPML outliner to rewrite speech. I'm finally grokking the outliner! Thx to @davewiner's Outliner cribsheet
cribsheet.opml.org
Reminder: if you're in the Triangle (or even beyond), join us for Back to the Blog 10/13 at Duke.
sites.duke.edu
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Just realized I could be using an outliner to prepare for my Rotary Club talk tomorrow. Now, now I understand the outliner.
It'll be honor & pleasure to tell ScienceOnline story at Durham Rotary Club tomorrow. Our #scio13 community rocks.
scienceonline.com
I'm using the orange backpack for visit to Carrboro Music Festival. Listen to me Talk Story about the pack's past.
talk.storyblogging.org
Tomorrow I'll be speaker at Rotary Club of Durham, talking about online community building.
durhamrotaryclub.org
Freezer needs fixing now, so I reached in, felt around, shocked the hell out of my finger.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Rainy day, quiet house, sleeping child, lull before the #scio13 lottery results. Curling up with a book & a beer.
Good background to Twitter Bootstrap - turns out out it shares DNA with Zurb Foundation.
news.ycombinator.com
Friday, September 28, 2012
Need a good backup in the cloud? @Strongspace is solid & dependable.
strongspace.com
I'm wearing a green linen shirt I bought in Cairns, Queensland (Australia) in 1999. Good memories.
mistersugar.com
Post by @marcoarment, good for anyone who's tried to help a parent or grandparent with tech: iCloud Backup
marco.org
I've added Back to the Blog to Duke's calendar of events, 10/13/2012.
calendar.duke.edu
Sitting down with a mocha & ScienceSeeker - so much great content in this river of science news & blogging
scienceseeker.org
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Gallery of free HTML snippets for Twitter Bootstrap.
bootsnipp.com
That's right, @smalljones is coming to Back to the Blog. Can we get @HC @ruby @brianr? Other long-time bloggers?
sites.duke.edu
I love watching this Duke timelapse video.
vimeo.com
I finally have details for event I've been talking about for months. See Back to the Blog. Join us 10/13 at Duke.
sites.duke.edu
There, their, they're. I spent a lot of time teaching these homonyms to my students in Vanuatu. But even I screw them up sometimes.
Superfine Ampworks. I learned about the work of Lora & Tim & their boutique & vintage tube guitar amplifier service company.