Public Library of Science

The Public Library of Science appears to me to be a great example of how science publishing should be done.

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.

It also provides a synopsis of every article, written for a general audience.

All of the articles are licensed under the excellent creative commons licensing system, in this case allowing:

You are free:

• to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
• to make derivative works
• to make commercial use of the work

Under the following conditions:

• by Attribution. You must give the original author credit.

Update:

On the very day I go blogging about this none other than wired news writes on it too.

At least 1,525 journals provide free access, making up 5 to 10 percent of the world's journals. The free journals are gaining influence too: Thomson Scientific, which tracks academic publishing, found they're commonly cited by other journals, suggesting that they're well-read. Meanwhile, other journals are opening their archives to readers for free.

Pick up the reciever

Here is an mp3 file of my amazing hand looped ring tone. From depeche mode's personal jesus. Pick up the receiver, i'll make you a believer. Already requested by random people in the street, its that hids!

Link

New site design

I like it, thanks to Cam for the awesome photo and wpthemes.info for the theme.

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this is a test of posting from email

Intel Dual Core reviews are out

My executive summary, makes a big difference in encoding and rendering application, not much in games or office applications. Should make for a more responsive computing experience with fewer applications "waiting" whilst you complete another task. Interestingly the dual core extreme edition with HyperThreading runs slower in many applications than the regular dual core. Now just waits to see what pricing and availability are like. Oh and to get a job so I can actually afford one!

Reviews at

Anandtech
Extremetech

And probably a dozen more by the end of the day.

Mashup of the Week Podcast

For those who are looking for good mash-ups check out the Mash-Up of the week podcaast, a painless way to have a freshly mashed tune added to iTunes each week.

Mashup of the Week Podcast

How much am I worth?

I may have some freelance work coming up and have to entertain the question of what I am worth, I am going with not a great deal!

A shameless plug

Here is a one page site I designed to advertise a family members company. They provide allergy testing services in Singapore to clinics and individuals. Allergy Laboratory.

My good friend Dan

..has started a blog of his own, it will probably be just as boring as this one. But if you have a passing interest in lardy kiwis living in London I heartily recommend swinging by now and again.[Link]

Grandmaster Flash

Back from New Zealand and straight back into the swing of things here in Singapore. Caught Grandmaster Flash DJ'ing at zouk last night. Very impressed by his skills and awesome to catch one of the pioneers of the hip hop scene. Recommend the experience to anyone who is remotely into hip hop.

Politics

I've been having some great arguments about politics recently, someone suggested that I start to write my thoughts down. I am not sure that I have a lot to add to the debate but, I will start to comment here on more of the things I feel passionate about. Freedom of speech and privacy are the top two topics that get me the most excited along with a fair dollop of alternative science.

Upgrade

Just upgraded the site to Wordpress 1.5 hopefully this will mean a whole lot less comment spam!!!

the wurst gallery

the wurst gallery

Very cool idea

"each artist was asked to find a framed piece of artwork at their local thrift store and manipulate it into a piece of their own." 

(Via boingboing.)

Adult Engrish

From the ever amazing Tokyo Damage Report, some adult engrish Link

Local Celebrity!

Well I made the local paper anyway. I went to get tickets for the Tiger cup final here in Singapore, playing Indonesia. Anyway long queues and all that the local media turned up and being a whitey they zoomed in for the story of the century! You can read it online here If you need a login I recommend bugmenot.com

New Year with Friends

Had a good new year with Pete and Anna here, they jumped off the plane and straight into the swing of things and a good night and large hangover was had by all. Been great having good friends around but now its back to finding a job and working in plan-b. Hope everyone reading this had a great new year, looking forward to seeing most of you very soon. Photos to follow! Photos are here

Im coming back...

I will be back in London from the 19th of Jan for a couple of weeks, try and do everything with everyone. looking forward to seeing all the London folks and feeling the chill January wind, someone better bring a coat to the airport! Will be in London for 10 days leaving on the 29th of Jan.

Nightmare hand knitted ski masks

Its that time of year so how about these for some of the most frightening hand knitted ski masks, any relative that would knit this is seriously disturbed! via boing boing Link:SWAPATORIUM: Ski Masks

three microbes in a petri dish

That's the suggestion that won me a Guinness hamper at the Whose Line Is It Anyway stand up show in Singapore. The theme was acted out by the team, actually sung, and I got a hamper for being one of the three best suggestions, it had the following Guinness themed items a Guinness telephone!?? Guinness CD Radio, Guinness Beer Tray and of course Guinness.