I'd started writing a post about this educational physics blog. I just came across it and it struck me as cute and also relevant to some of the things we've been talking about. Things I would have no problem opening my big mouth about in our class. But I deleted it because it felt totally lame to post it. Even if just to you guys. Even if the next time I saw you I could have very easily and naturally sucked you into a convo about how one would model the decrease in volume of a beer's head over time. I guess I do have an issue with the medium just like GradStudentWithUniqueName was talking about.
My current thinking is that science blogs (and I'm talking independent blogs by active research scientists) are a labor of love expressing a particular strain of science geekery. Of course we are all huge geeks for science, but for some the blog (however you want to define it) is going to be a natural extension of that geekiness and others (most?) not.
Posting this post actually feels just as weird as the last (aborted) one. It's like posting it makes it seem more important than I actually think it is. Two of your minutes in the hallway? No problem. Two of your minutes online? The nerve!
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