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• Excel, fanaticism and R

  This week I’ve been feeling tired of excessive fanaticism (or zealotry) of open source software (OSS) and R in general.…
  17 Dec, '13

• Should I reject a manuscript because the analyses weren’t done using open source software?

  “Should I reject a manuscript because the analyses weren’t done using open software?” I overheard a couple of young researchers…
  15 Dec, '13

• If one were to invent scientific journals today

  While taking a shower I was daydreaming about what would happen if one were to invent journals today, with a…
  15 Dec, '13

• Jetsam 13: dump

  ♬♪ While disposing of some garden waste in Christchurch’s EcoDrop—which processes recycling, garden waste and rubbish—I captured the sound of a…
  9 Nov, '13

• Jetsam 12: Warming up

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  2 Nov, '13

• Jetsam 11: Two hundred beetles

  ♬♪ I am a fan of Tim Prebble’s The Music of Sound, where he deals with field recording and the role…
  30 Oct, '13

• Jetsam 10: Chronos

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  17 Jul, '13

• Flotsam 13: early July links

  ༄> Man flu kept me at home today, so I decided to do something ‘useful’ and go for a linkathon:
  10 Jul, '13

• My take on the USA versus Western Europe comparison of GM corn

  A few days ago I came across Jack Heinemann and collaborators’ article (Sustainability and innovation in staple crop production in…
  4 Jul, '13

• Jetsam 9: Walking amongst the trees

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  22 Jun, '13