Prehistoric animals are an astonishingly popular subject for postage stamps, almost always featuring animals never found in the country which issued them, and most of which are really, really terribl… more →
microecosNeil wrote 4 months ago: Prehistoric animals are an astonishingly popular subject for postage stamps, almost always featuring … more →
Neil wrote 6 months ago: I once wrote a paper entitled “Applying the Principles of Stratigraphy in an Analysis of Melod … more →
Neil wrote 10 months ago: “Um…what are you working on?” my lab mate asked. A few hours earlier she had show … more →
Neil wrote 10 months ago: about marmots (woodchucks &c.): marmots are basically squirrels with a weight problem “wuc … more →
Neil wrote 10 months ago: Tilt-shift is a relatively sophisticated photography technique that allows photographers to play wit … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: On an autumn afternoon, Earl Wadsworth climbed up to the top of a ledge in a remote slot canyon in N … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: If you have ever taken an introductory ecology course, you will no doubt remember C.S. Elton’s … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Treasure Heap The blogohedron (i’m already beginning to overuse this) sports an unquantifiable … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Crazy story in Science Daily today about a paper recently published in the Bulletin of the Society o … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: i’ve finally gotten around to putting a Creative Commons license on my Flickr photos. A … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Seen at the Maker’s Mark distillery, included for no particular reason… Way back in the … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Var. self portraits. Web 2.0: boon or deathtrap for middling talent? Range Maps … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Biking home today, I almost crashed into a tree when a small Accipiter clutching a ginormous Fox Squ … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: I bought Paul Sereno a beer. It was a Shiner Bock. I also participated, peripherally, in a scheme … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Okay, I’ve been sitting on this one for awhile, waiting for: a) BBC to run another squid story … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: I wonder if by ditching the (smog) moniker, Bill Callahan is suggesting that he has in fact finally … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: The last time I got tagged with a meme…well Decimating Birds: Episode V is coming any day now. … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Oh precious, darling little Science Daily, what would we do without you? “Is There Any Validit … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Speaking of psychedelic, Silver freaking Apples are playing Davis tonight! WTF? I don’t quite … more →