tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post1278493762516174839..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Best Canadian Sci/Tech BlogLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-22636356359602655482008-11-26T17:38:00.000-05:002008-11-26T17:38:00.000-05:00saskboy,This blog article is a recent example of w...saskboy,<BR/><BR/>This blog article is a recent example of what I mean: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/11/odontochelys_a_transitional_tu.php<BR/><BR/>You'll see in the top-left corner a icon with a green tick and the words "Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research", which links to http://researchblogging.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-48843337362623502612008-11-25T21:37:00.000-05:002008-11-25T21:37:00.000-05:00Wheat from the chaff: The Tyrannosaur Chronicles ...Wheat from the chaff: The Tyrannosaur Chronicles is lots of educational fun.<BR/><BR/>My own blog <A>The Flying Trilobite</A> is up for a nomination in the photo/art blog category.Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-4542494417278100742008-11-25T18:52:00.000-05:002008-11-25T18:52:00.000-05:00Better to call it a Random Nomination Blog award i...Better to call it a Random Nomination Blog award instead. Make more sense.Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119444616659234057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-83571452862023289902008-11-25T18:51:00.000-05:002008-11-25T18:51:00.000-05:00Conducting any survey/poll/vote on the internet wi...Conducting any survey/poll/vote on the internet without <I>some</I> filtering, etc., sounds unwise to me.<BR/><BR/>You could, for example, limit the selection to blogs that have some minimum number of posts supported by 'Research Blogging'. It'd promote the Research Blogging notion of marking research-based blog articles with their icon and would serve to filter out blogs without a science basis--?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-5038704756526099262008-11-25T17:05:00.000-05:002008-11-25T17:05:00.000-05:00If you are relying on people nominating themselves...If you are relying on people nominating themselves and then refusing to take the time to check the sites on your list (it took me about 5 minutes to look at your entire list) it's no wonder it turned out like it did.Sigmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262375488263086844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-78142380658861881702008-11-25T16:04:00.000-05:002008-11-25T16:04:00.000-05:00"You can't just blame people nominating those blog..."You can't just blame people nominating those blogs. It is the internet."<BR/><BR/>I think you just answered my question. Yes I can, it's the Internet. If more wheat took the time to nominate themselves, then the chaff would be minimized. <BR/><BR/>Ideally we'd have filtered out the blogs that don't use real science, and perhaps one of our judges will soon have time to review the ones called into question if they don't meet the current criteria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-74807167820378333572008-11-25T15:54:00.000-05:002008-11-25T15:54:00.000-05:00You can't just blame people nominating those blogs...You can't just blame people nominating those blogs. It is the internet. Would you allow a pokemon fan site or one that sold penis enlarging pills in the science tech section simply on the votes you recieved? There must be some sort of filtering process applied and if so how on earth do you have THREE Denyse O'Leary blogs on the list. She has nothing to do with science. Don't you have a 'religious nutcase with books to flog' section?Sigmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262375488263086844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-26405360408848216712008-11-25T15:23:00.000-05:002008-11-25T15:23:00.000-05:00Martin, the list is compiled by the people who nom...Martin, the list is compiled by the people who nominated the blogs. If it's comprised of "idiots" then consider the nominator(s).<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the science bloggers were too busy to notice the CBAs this year? The result will be that some blogs are missed. They can try again next year. Keep in mind that if one blogger gets many through to the next round, they won't be hard to beat, since they only get one vote in the category.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-83261041736904634832008-11-25T08:17:00.000-05:002008-11-25T08:17:00.000-05:00Denyse O'Leary has three blogs on that list. I wen...Denyse O'Leary has three blogs on that list. I went through the whole list and only one of them seems to be a serious scientific blog (on global climate change) and another a more populist take on the same subject. The rest seem to be either web or tech blogs or personal blogs (including one with a guy taking his TRex glove puppet to various museums). And of course the O'Leary blogs.<BR/>Either Canada has been sucked through a wormhole back to 1993 and these are indeed the best science blogs in the country or this list was compiled by idiots.<BR/>I'm seriously considering voting for O'Leary just to embarrass them (and Canada!)Sigmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262375488263086844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90700626403265421712008-11-24T14:09:00.000-05:002008-11-24T14:09:00.000-05:00The Canadian Blog Awards are an excellent way for ...The Canadian Blog Awards are an excellent way for people to identify new Canadian blogs. We even make room for curmudgeonly Canadian bloggers. Thanks for pointing out Bad Astronomy, that must have slipped by a judge by mistake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-69222821992021054742008-11-24T12:30:00.000-05:002008-11-24T12:30:00.000-05:00I'm not sure why Bad Astronomy is on a list of blo...<I>I'm not sure why Bad Astronomy is on a list of blogs that celebrate the best in the Canadian blogosphere but that's who I voted for</I><BR/><BR/>So did I (there was nothing to say you have to be Canadian to vote), mainly because it was about the only one I'd heard of apart from Post Darwinist, and there was no way I was going to for for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-73028029270292697402008-11-24T12:19:00.000-05:002008-11-24T12:19:00.000-05:00So: the reason D'oh!Leary starts so many blogs is ...So: the reason D'oh!Leary starts so many blogs is to incresae the chances of winning the Blog Awards lottery?Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.com