Ask The Chefs: OSTP Policy Part I
Everyone has an opinion about the OSTP Policy memo! Come over and hear what the Chefs have to say and share your opinions with us. Part 1 of a 2 part post.
Making Hard Candy: Non-Newtonian Fluids
How do you make a candy cane and how does candy behave as a non-Newtonian fluid?
Design Matters: Why Are Company Logos Simplifying?
A look at recent trends in brand logo design, and why things are becoming simpler.
Bad Handwriting, Undeliverable Mail, and Improvements in OCR
The question of what happens to your mail when the address is illegible offers a view on how much OCR technology has improved.
The Latest in Spider Necrobiotics
The latest in soft robotics research finds materials from an unexpected source.
A Time Travel Guide to Ancient Rome
The Scholarly Kitchen has, over the years, offered significant resources for the potential time traveler. Here, a guide to visiting Ancient Rome.
Summer Break
We’re on summer break for a week.
Found in a Library Book
The Oakland Public Library shows us what they’ve found.
Why Are There No Big Dogs?
We have big cats like tigers in the wild. Where are the big dogs?
Out of Office: 4th of July
We are off for the 4th of July holiday, with some bittersweet musical accompaniment.
Words We Need
English is a vocabulary-rich language, but we still lack some terms we need.
Going Legit Part 2: The Continuing Path from Piracy to Partnership
An SSP Meeting Session showing the results from publisher partnerships with Researchgate suggest the company is shifting from a source of potential infringement to a distribution channel that is being folded into more and more organizations.
Ask The Chefs: It’s Travel Time Again!
Professional conferences, it’s been a while, but we’re ready for you – or are we? This week we ask the chefs what did you forgot while we were home for 2 years? What’s changed and how are you adjusting?
Reverse Engineering, the Cycle of Culture, and the Dark History of White Bread
The story of white bread’s rise and fall offers a lesson in the circular nature of manufacturing and consumer culture.
Out of Office: SSP and Jubilee
We’re off for the rest of the week for the SSP Meeting and for those in the UK, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.