So far my attempt at making one post per day on average, aided by my little PHP tool is going well. Here’s a plot made with the output and Google Spreadsheets showing how I’m doing as of today:

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I had one major New-Year’s resolution (though I had resolved it before then): post to my blog on average once per day. This sounds simple, but I don’t just want one post on each day. I’m happy to let my posting muse cycle between wordlessness and logorrhea. Therefore, if I post three things one [...]

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I would like to improve my blog writing. As far as I know, my English is generally correct. While I welcome grammatical and spelling corrections, I am seeking critiques of my writing style specifically. I’ve read a few books on how to improve one’s writing style, and I have subscribed to some blogs that espouse [...]

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When doing a literature search, it’s a good idea to start from a few articles and then (if they are along the lines of what you are looking for) use their references and articles that reference them to expand the search.
One handy way of doing that is with the HubMed Graph Browser. You get to [...]

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Have you noticed that everything is named in CamelCase these days? Anyway…
I’ve had a couple of conversations with Dr. Rachel Karchin here at the ICM regarding Open Access scientific publishing, and PLoS specifically. Last week, she forwarded an email to me regarding PubCasts on SciVee. (Example here.)
A “PubCast” is basically the same thing as [...]

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